Hansen Motorsport

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Hansen Motorsport (officially Kenneth Hansen Motorsport AB), which formerly competed under the title Team Peugeot-Hansen as Peugeot's official partner in the motorsport of rallycross, is a team founded by Swedish racing driver Kenneth Hansen in 1990.

Sweden Hansen Motorsport
Founded1990
Team principal(s)Kenneth Hansen
Current seriesFIA World Rallycross Championship
Former seriesFIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers
Nitro Rallycross
Current drivers21. Sweden Timmy Hansen
71. Sweden Kevin Hansen
Teams'
Championships
FIA World Rallycross Championship:
20192021
Drivers'
Championships
FIA World Rallycross Championship:
2019: Timmy Hansen

The team has been competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship since its creation in 2014. Hansen Motorsport used Citroën cars exclusively from 1993 and switched to Peugeot in 2014. Hansen Motorsport ran Peugeot's entry in the World Rallycross Championship from 2014 to 2017.[1]

In December 2017, it was announced that Peugeot Sport would take over the running of Peugeot's factory cars from Hansen Motorsport, through Team Peugeot Total. Kenneth Hansen stayed on as sporting director with Team Peugeot Total.[2]

Hansen Motorsport has won more top-level rallycross championships than any other team, with four World Championship titles, 19 European Championship titles, two Nitro Rallycross titles and two X Games gold medals. In addition to Hansen World RX Team, which competes in World RX, the team also supports the development of young drivers through its junior programme, #YellowSquad.

Current drivers edit

 
Hansen World RX Team in action during the 2023 World RX of Portugal

Kenneth Timmy Hansen (born 21 May 1992) is a rallycross driver from Sweden. He won the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship, driving for Team Peugeot-Hansen. His father is the 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen, his mother the 1994 ERA European Cup (Group N up to 1400cc) winner Susann Hansen (née Bergvall), and his brother rallycross driver Kevin Hansen.

Timmy initially sought a different path, climbing the single-seater after becoming Swedish karting champion in 2008. In Formula BMW Europe, he raced against the likes of future Formula 1 drivers Carlos Sainz Jr. and Daniil Kvyat, winning races there and in Formula Renault 2.0.

By 2013, Timmy had made the full-time switch to rallycross, finishing third in the European Rallycross Championship that year, and has competed in World RX since the championship's inaugural season in 2014.

Mikael Kevin Hansen (born 28 May 1998) is a rallycross driver from Sweden. He currently competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship(WRX) Supercar category for Team Peugeot-Hansen. He is also currently competing in Extreme E for Veloce Racing alongside Molly Taylor.

His father is the 14-time European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen. He is also the youngest driver to race in a WRX event, making his debut at 17 years and 6 months old.

Kevin had already become the youngest FIA European Rallycross Champion, taking the title on debut in 2016 driving a Supercar. Winning four races out of five that season led to his FIA Rookie of the Year award, joining the likes of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc in winning the accolade.

Competing in 48 rounds since his World RX debut in late 2015, Kevin's 2023 campaign was the most successful to date, finishing second in the championship race with an event win at the inaugural World RX of Hong Kong, China.

Racing record edit

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results edit

(key)

Division 1 edit

Year Entrant Car Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERX Points
1990 Hansen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth   Kenneth Hansen AUT
4
SWE
(10)
FIN
1
IRE
1
FRA
(6)
BEL
(6)
NED
1
NOR
1
GER
4
GBR
3
1st 121
1991 Hansen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth   Kenneth Hansen POR
1
AUT
(2)
FIN
(2)
FRA
1
IRE
1
SWE
1
BEL
1
NED
1
NOR
1
GBR
(2)
GER
(6)
1st 140
1992 Hansen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth   Kenneth Hansen GBR
2
AUT
DNS
POR
3
FIN
(6)
SWE
(3)
FRA
(4)
IRE
1
BEL
2
NED
2
NOR
1
GER
(3)
1st 128

Division 2 edit

Year Entrant Car Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ERX Points
1993 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo   Kenneth Hansen AUT
1
POR
2
FRA
(6)
IRE
4
SWE
1
FIN
(6)
BEL
2
NED
1
NOR
1
GER
(6)
2nd 127
1994 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo   Kenneth Hansen AUT
1
POR
1
FRA
(4)
IRE
2
GBR
2
SWE
1
FIN
(2)
BEL
1
NED
(3)
NOR
1
GER
(2)
1st 134
1995 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo   Kenneth Hansen AUT
3
POR
2
FRA
(3)
SWE
1
GBR
1
IRE
1
BEL
2
NED
2
NOR
(5)
FIN
(4)
CZE
(6)
GER
1
2nd 146
1996 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo   Kenneth Hansen AUT
(3)
POR
(6)
FRA
2
SWE
2
IRE
(3)
GBR
1
BEL
1
NED
2
NOR
2
CZE
(2)
GER
1
1st 128

Division 1* edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERX Points
1997 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo 1   Kenneth Hansen AUT
4
FRA
4
POR
2
GBR
(4)
SWE
2
FIN
2
BEL
1
NOR
2
CZE
5
GER
6
2nd 114
1998 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara VTS T16 2   Kenneth Hansen AUT
1
POR
2
FRA
(5)
SWE
(6)
GBR
2
FIN
2
BEL
1
NOR
1
GER
2
CZE
(2)
1st 128
1999 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara VTS T16 1   Kenneth Hansen CZE
4
FRA
2
POR
1
SWE
(10)
FIN
5
BEL
1
NED
3
NOR
(6)
GER
1
2nd 117
2000 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara WRC 2   Kenneth Hansen POR
(6)
FRA
1
CZE
2
SWE
1
BEL
(6)
NED
1
NOR
2
POL
2
GER
1
1st 131
2001 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara WRC 1   Kenneth Hansen FRA
1
POR
1
AUT
1
CZE
(5)
SWE
(1)
BEL
3
NED
(4)
NOR
1
POL
(12)
GER
2
1st 112
2002 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara WRC 1   Kenneth Hansen POR
1
FRA
1
AUT
(2)
CZE
1
SWE
1
BEL
3
NED
2
NOR
1
POL
1
GER
(5)
1st 152
2003 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara T16 1   Kenneth Hansen POR
1
FRA
2
AUT
1
CZE
(6)
SWE
1
BEL
1
NED
1
NOR
2
POL
(8)
GER
1
1st 154
2004 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara T16 1   Kenneth Hansen POR
3
FRA
(6)
CZE
2
AUT
1
NOR
1
SWE
2
BEL
1
NED
3
POL
(6)
GER
1
1st 144
2005 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara T16 1   Kenneth Hansen FRA
1
POR
1
AUT
1
CZE
(10)
NOR
2
SWE
(6)
BEL
3
NED
3
POL
3
GER
2
1st 139
2006 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 1   Kenneth Hansen POR
1
FRA
3
CZE
3
AUT
1
SWE
2
HUN
(5)
BEL
4
NED
6
NOR
2
POL
6
GER
(7)
2nd 139
2007 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 2   Kenneth Hansen POR
3
FRA
2
HUN
2
AUT
(7)
SWE
4
NOR
5
BEL
4
NED
1
POL
2
CZE
(18)
2nd 124
2008 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 2   Kenneth Hansen POR
2
FRA
3
HUN
1
AUT
(8)
NOR
2
SWE
2
BEL
3
NED
2
CZE
1
POL
4
GER
(7)
1st 151
2009 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 1   Kenneth Hansen GBR
1
POR
(5)
FRA
5
HUN
4
AUT
2
SWE
5
BEL
3
GER
(11)
POL
3
CZE
11
3rd 110
2010 Kenneth Hansen Racing Citroën C4 T16 3   Kenneth Hansen POR
3
FRA
(6)
GBR
2
HUN
3
SWE
2
FIN
4
BEL
(7)
GER
2
POL
3
CZE
3
2nd 124
15   Liam Doran POR
4
FRA
3
GBR
3
HUN
7
SWE
7
FIN
1
BEL
2
GER
6
POL
1
CZE
6
3rd 112

* Division 2 was rebranded as Division 1 in 1997.

Supercar edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ERX Points
2011 Citroën Hansen Motorsport Citroën DS3 2   Kenneth Hansen GBR
POR
FRA
NOR
SWE
2
BEL
NED
AUT
POL
CZE
2
15th 34
Namus Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 21   Timur Timerzyanov GBR
5
POR
3
FRA
5
NOR
3
SWE
(15)
BEL
1
NED
(11)
AUT
2
POL
7
CZE
4
3rd 114
2012 Namus Hansen Motorsport Citroën DS3 3   Timur Timerzyanov GBR
DNS
FRA
4
AUT
1
HUN
1
NOR
3
SWE
1
BEL
1
NED
1
FIN
1
GER
14
1st 148
Citroën Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 23   Alexander Hvaal GBR
NC
FRA
2
AUT
2
HUN
4
NOR
6
SWE
3
BEL
19
NED
8
FIN
DNS
GER
NC
7th 82
Citroën DS3 66   Timmy Hansen GBR
FRA
AUT
HUN
NOR
SWE
BEL
NED
FIN
5
GER
24th 1
2013 Namus Hansen Motorsport Citroën DS3 1   Timur Timerzyanov GBR
5
POR
6
HUN
2
FIN
2
NOR
2
SWE
11
FRA
4
AUT
2
GER
4
1st 148
Citroën Hansen Motorsport 21   Timmy Hansen GBR
3
POR
11
HUN
1
FIN
3
NOR
9
SWE
3
FRA
8
AUT
10
GER
13
3rd 145
25   Alexander Hvaal GBR
8
POR
4
HUN
6
FIN
12
NOR
4
SWE
7
FRA
10
AUT
1
GER
1
6th 116
2015 Hansen Talent Development Peugeot 208 WRX 16   Tamás Pál Kiss BEL GER NOR
BAR
ITA
6
18th 20
111   Fredrik Salsten BEL GER NOR
BAR
7
ITA
20th 15
199   Jānis Baumanis BEL GER NOR
3
BAR
ITA
14th 23
2016 Peugeot-Hansen Academy Peugeot 208 WRX 71   Kevin Hansen BEL
1
NOR
1
SWE
1
BAR
1
LAT
2
1st 143

Super 1600 edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ERX Points
2012 Citroën Hansen Motorsport Citroën C2 21   Eric Färén GBR
12
FRA
(33)
AUT
10
HUN
4
NOR
10
SWE
4
BEL
(17)
NED
13
FIN
4
GER
12
7th 67
2013 Citroën Hansen Motorsport Citroën C2 21   Eric Färén GBR
3
POR
2
HUN
7
FIN
3
NOR
5
SWE
4
FRA
5
AUT
5
GER
5
4th 184

JRX Junior Rallycross Cup edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 JRX Points
2012 Hansen Junior Team JRX "Citroën DS3" 1   Kevin Hansen SWE1
1
BEL
2
NED
3
SWE2
1
FIN
1
GER
1
1st 112
2013 Hansen Junior Team JRX "Citroën DS3" 1   Kevin Hansen HUN
3
FIN
3
NOR
2
SWE
1
AUT
1
GER
1
1st 123

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results edit

(key)

Supercar edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points Teams Points
2014 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 1   Timur Timerzyanov POR
7
GBR
29
NOR
4
FIN
11
SWE
7
BEL
7
CAN
3
FRA
6
GER
7
ITA
4
TUR
8
ARG
8
7th 152 3rd 351
3   Timmy Hansen POR
8
GBR
11
NOR
6
FIN
9
SWE
11
BEL
2
CAN
7
FRA
3
GER
6
ITA
1
TUR
2
ARG
4
4th 199
2015 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 WRX 17   Timmy Hansen POR
3
HOC
3
BEL
8
GBR
8
GER
3
SWE
2
CAN
7
NOR
1
FRA
1
BAR
3
TUR
1
ITA
7
ARG
6
2nd 275 1st 476
21   Davy Jeanney POR
5
HOC
10
BEL
9
GBR
11
GER
1
SWE
12
CAN
1
NOR
2
FRA
11
BAR
4
TUR
5
ITA
10
ARG
8
5th 201
177   Andrew Jordan POR
HOC
BEL
GBR
7
GER
SWE
CAN
NOR
FRA
BAR
TUR
ITA
ARG
24th 13 N/A N/A
Hansen Talent Development 90   Eric Färén POR
HOC
BEL
GBR
GER
SWE
10
CAN
NOR
FRA
BAR
TUR
ITA
ARG
26th 10
199   Jānis Baumanis POR
HOC
BEL
GBR
20
GER
SWE
CAN
NOR
FRA
BAR
TUR
17
ITA
ARG
40th 0
2016 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 WRX 9   Sébastien Loeb POR
5
HOC
10
BEL
2
GBR
10
NOR
5
SWE
2
CAN
9
FRA
3
BAR
8
LAT
1
GER
8
ARG
8
5th 209 2nd 387
21   Timmy Hansen POR
9
HOC
18
BEL
7
GBR
3
NOR
2
SWE
3
CAN
1
FRA
8
BAR
2
LAT
3
GER
11
ARG
13
6th 178
Peugeot-Hansen Academy 17   Davy Jeanney POR
11
HOC
9
BEL
11
GBR
13
NOR
11
SWE
12
CAN
FRA
9
BAR
12
LAT
10
GER
10
ARG
12th 86 N/A N/A
71   Kevin Hansen POR
13
HOC
19
BEL
GBR
4
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
11
BAR
LAT
GER
4
ARG
15th 52
2017 Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 WRX 9   Sébastien Loeb BAR
14
POR
2
HOC
5
BEL
7
GBR
4
NOR
3
SWE
3
CAN
3
FRA
2
LAT
3
GER
11
RSA
10
4th 214 2nd 415
21   Timmy Hansen BAR
5
POR
4†
HOC
3
BEL
2
GBR
6
NOR
5
SWE
4
CAN
6
FRA
6
LAT
9‡
GER
2
RSA
2
5th 201
71   Kevin Hansen BAR
11
POR
8
HOC
8
BEL
21
GBR
13
NOR
9
SWE
13
CAN
10
FRA
8
LAT
10
GER
6
RSA
6
8th 115 N/A N/A
2018 Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 RX 09   Sébastien Loeb BAR
2
POR
2
BEL
1
GBR
3
NOR
8
SWE
9
CAN
3
FRA
6
LAT
3
USA
4
GER
8
RSA
3
4th 229 3rd 421
21   Timmy Hansen BAR
7
POR
6
BEL
3
GBR
8
NOR
5
SWE
4
CAN
2
FRA
5
LAT
5a
USA
6a
GER
7
RSA
6
6th 192
71   Kevin Hansen BAR
13
POR
8
BEL
9
GBR
6
NOR
4
SWE
5
CAN
9
FRA
7a
LAT
6
USA
7
GER
6
RSA
4
8th 145
2019 Team Hansen MJP Peugeot 208 RX 21   Timmy Hansen ABU
13
BAR
1
BEL
4
GBR
1
NOR
6
SWE
6
CAN
13
FRA
1
LAT
1
RSA
4
1st 211 1st 410
71   Kevin Hansen ABU
1
BAR
2
BEL
8
GBR
7
NOR
2
SWE
2
CAN
6
FRA
3
LAT
4
RSA
5
3rd 199
2020 Team Hansen Peugeot 208 RX 01   Timmy Hansen SWE
6
SWE
11
FIN
3
FIN
5
LAT
3
LAT
4
BAR
1
BAR
2
3rd 163 2nd 310
09   Kevin Hansen SWE
8
SWE
2
FIN
6
FIN
7
LAT
4
LAT
6
BAR
3
BAR
7
5th 135
2021 Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 21   Timmy Hansen BAR
2
SWE
1
FRA
1
LAT
2
LAT
3
BEL
4
POR
2
GER
5
GER
4
2nd 217 1st 408
09   Kevin Hansen BAR
1
SWE
2
FRA
2
LAT
3
LAT
5
BEL
2
POR
3
GER
9
GER
2
4th 191
2022 Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 21   Timmy Hansen NOR
2
LAT
3
LAT
4
POR
3
POR
4
BEL
4
BEL
7
CAT
1
CAT
2
GER
3
2nd 136 2nd 259
71   Kevin Hansen NOR
7
LAT
2
LAT
2
POR
4
POR
7
BEL
2
BEL
4
CAT
5
CAT
6
GER
5
5th 122
2023 Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 21   Timmy Hansen POR
7(3)
NOR
10
SWE
2(3)
GBR
C
BEL
C
GER
C
RSA
4(2)
RSA
4
HKG
9
HKG
4
6th 78 3rd 71
71   Kevin Hansen POR
2
NOR
9(3)
SWE
4(2)
GBR
C
BEL
C
GER
C
RSA
2
RSA
2(3)
HKG
1(1)
HKG
7(3)
2nd 104

Ten championship points deducted for use of an unregistered tyre in Q3.[3]
Fifteen championship points deducted for use of a fourth engine in the championship.[4]

a loss of fifteen championship points - stewards' decision

(1-3) Top 3 heat ranking

RX Lites Cup edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lites Points
2014 Hansen Junior Team Lites "Peugeot 208" 81   Kevin Hansen POR
GBR
FIN
1
SWE
2
ITA
3
TUR
2
2nd 99
2015 Hansen Junior Team Lites "Peugeot 208" 71   Kevin Hansen POR
2
GBR
1
SWE
2
NOR
2
BAR
3
TUR
2
ITA
2
1st 178

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results edit

(key)

Supercar edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 GRC Points
2012 Hansen Motorsport Citroën DS3 72   Sébastien Loeb CHA TEX LA
1
NH LVS LVC 17th 21

GRC Lites edit

Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GRC Points
2014 Hansen Motorsport Lites "Peugeot 208" 81   Kevin Hansen AUS
DC
NY
CHA
DAY
LA1
3
LA2
6
SEA
LV
9th 73

References edit

  1. ^ Ridge, Hal (3 February 2014). "Peugeot to enter 2014 World Rallycross with Hansen Motorsport". Autosport. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ Ridge, Hal (18 December 2017). "Peugeot World RX principal Hansen set to land sporting role". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Victory for Ekstrom in Portugal". FIA World Rallycross. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion". FIA World Rallycross. 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

External links edit