The World RX of Finland is a Rallycross event held in Finland for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 season, at the Tykkimäki amusement park in the town of Kouvola.

2020 World RX - RD4 Kouvola

In June 2020, an extraordinary World Motor Sport Council added an event in Kouvola (Finland) to replace the World RX of France as it was cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The event was a double-header[2]

Track has also functioned as a competition of the Finnish rallycross championship series and RallyX.

Past winners edit

Year Heat 1 winner Heat 2 winner Heat 3 winner Heat 4 winner Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner
2014[3]   Reinis Nitišs   Anton Marklund   Anton Marklund   Tanner Foust   Reinis Nitišs   Tanner Foust   Tanner Foust
Year Qualifying 1 winner Qualifying 2 winner Qualifying 3 winner Qualifying 4 winner Semi-Final 1 winner Semi-Final 2 winner Final winner
2020[4]   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson No Q4 (Double-header)   Johan Kristoffersson   Juha Rytkönen   Johan Kristoffersson
  Johan Kristoffersson   Niclas Grönholm   Johan Kristoffersson   Johan Kristoffersson   Niclas Grönholm   Niclas Grönholm

References edit

  1. ^ Ridge, Hal (21 May 2020). "French World Rallycross round cancelled for 2020". motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ^ "World Rallycross confirms trio of 2020 double-headers".
  3. ^ "2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Finland | FIA Results and Statistics".
  4. ^ "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship CapitalBox World RX of Finland | FIA Results and Statistics".