The World RX of Catalunya is a Rallycross event held in Spain for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2015 season, at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the town of Montmeló, Catalonia.

World RX layout of Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

From 2015 to 2018, the event was called "World RX of Barcelona". From 2019 onwards, it's called "World RX of Catalunya".

Due to COVID-19 pandemic which affected the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship season calendar, the circuit hosted a double-header season finale. The first race was named as World RX of Pirineus-Barcelona 2030 as mark of support for Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.[1] The second race was held under World RX of Catalunya name.

Past winners

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Year Heat 1 winner Heat 2 winner Heat 3 winner Heat 4 winner Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner
2015[2]   Timmy Hansen   Petter Solberg   Johan Kristoffersson   Timmy Hansen   Timmy Hansen   Johan Kristoffersson   Petter Solberg
Year Qualifying 1 winner Qualifying 2 winner Qualifying 3 winner Qualifying 4 winner Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner
2016[3]   Timmy Hansen   Mattias Ekström   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson   Mattias Ekström   Timur Timerzyanov   Mattias Ekström
2017[4]   Johan Kristoffersson   Toomas Heikkinen   Mattias Ekström   Andreas Bakkerud   Johan Kristoffersson   Mattias Ekström   Mattias Ekström
2018[5]   Mattias Ekström   Petter Solberg   Petter Solberg   Timmy Hansen   Petter Solberg   Mattias Ekström   Johan Kristoffersson
2019[6]   Timmy Hansen   Timmy Hansen   Timmy Hansen   Timmy Hansen   Timmy Hansen   Kevin Hansen   Timmy Hansen
2020[7]   Johan Kristoffersson   Andreas Bakkerud   Johan Kristoffersson No Q4 (Double Header)   Johan Kristoffersson   Timmy Hansen   Timmy Hansen
  Mattias Ekström   Mattias Ekström   Andreas Bakkerud   Johan Kristoffersson   Andreas Bakkerud   Johan Kristoffersson
2021[8]   Timmy Hansen   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson   Timmy Hansen   Kevin Hansen   Kevin Hansen
Year Heat 1 winner Heat 2 winner Heat 3 winner Progression best time Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner
2022[9]   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson No Q3 (Double Header)   Kevin Hansen   Johan Kristoffersson   Kevin Hansen   Timmy Hansen
  Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson   Niclas Grönholm   Timmy Hansen   Johan Kristoffersson

References

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  1. ^ "The 6th edition of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Catalonia". Catalunya RX Rally Cross. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  2. ^ "2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics".
  3. ^ "2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics".
  4. ^ "2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics".
  5. ^ "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics".
  6. ^ "2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Catalunya-Barcelona | FIA Results and Statistics".
  7. ^ "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Catalunya | FIA Results and Statistics".
  8. ^ "2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Spain | FIA Results and Statistics".
  9. ^ "2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Spain | FIA Results and Statistics".
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