2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consisted of thirteen rounds and started on 25 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 29 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.

Calendar

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On 20 February 2015 it was announced that the series would support the opening round of the 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season, at Hockenheim.[1]

 
2015 World RX calendar by nations
Rnd. Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report
1   World RX of Portugal 25–26 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre Supercar   Johan Kristoffersson   Volkswagen Team Sweden Report
RX Lites   Kevin Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
2   World RX of Hockenheim 1–3 May Hockenheimring, Hockenheim Supercar   Petter Solberg   SDRX Report
3   World RX of Belgium 16–17 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet Supercar   Toomas Heikkinen   Marklund Motorsport Report
4   World RX of Great Britain 21–24 May Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton Supercar   Petter Solberg   SDRX Report
RX Lites   Kevin Hansen   Hansen Junior Team
5   World RX of Germany 20–21 June Estering, Buxtehude Supercar   Davy Jeanney   Hansen Motorsport Report
6   World RX of Sweden 4–5 July Höljesbanan, Höljes Supercar   Mattias Ekström   EKS RX Report
RX Lites   Thomas Bryntesson   TBRX
7   World RX of Canada 7–8 August Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières Supercar   Davy Jeanney   Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
8   World RX of Norway 22–23 August Lånkebanen, Hell Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites   Thomas Bryntesson   TBRX
9   World RX of France 5–6 September Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
10   World RX of Barcelona 19–20 September Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló Supercar   Petter Solberg   SDRX Report
RX Lites   Thomas Bryntesson   TBRX
11   World RX of Turkey 3-4 October Istanbul Park, Tuzla Supercar   Timmy Hansen   Team Peugeot-Hansen Report
RX Lites   Thomas Bryntesson   TBRX
12   World RX of Italy 17–18 October Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato Supercar   Andreas Bakkerud   Olsbergs MSE Report
RX Lites   Kevin Eriksson   Olsbergs MSE
13   World RX of Argentina 28–29 November Autódromo Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe Supercar   Robin Larsson   Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Report
  Event of FIA ERX (including Supercars)
  Event of FIA ERX (except Supercars)

Teams and drivers

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The permanent entries for the 2015 season, with Edward Sandström filling in for Mattias Ekström
 
Toomas Heikkinen at the 2015 World RX of France
 
Mattias Ekström leads Timmy Hansen and Reinis Nitišs at the 2015 World RX of Canada
Permanent entries[2]
Constructor Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds
Audi   Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 4   Robin Larsson[3] All
  EKS RX[3] Audi S1 5   Edward Sandström 2
10   Mattias Ekström 1, 3–11, 13
92   Anton Marklund 1–6, 8–13
  EKS Pirtek Racing 177   Andrew Jordan 12
  All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport[3] Audi S3 24   Tommy Rustad 7
44   Timo Scheider 10
55   Alx Danielsson 1–6, 8–11
77   René Münnich 1–9, 11–13
110   Gianni Morbidelli 12–13
Citroën   SDRX[3] Citroën DS3 RX 1   Petter Solberg[3] All
33   Liam Doran 1–4, 6–13
Ford   Olsbergs MSE[3] Ford Fiesta ST 13   Andreas Bakkerud All
15   Reinis Nitišs All
  Namus OMSE 42   Timur Timerzyanov All
  World RX Team Austria[3] Ford Fiesta 7   Manfred Stohl All
31   Max Pucher 1–6, 8–12
70   Christoph Brugger 7–8
199   Jānis Baumanis 13
Peugeot   Team Peugeot-Hansen[3] Peugeot 208 WRX 17   Davy Jeanney[4] All
21   Timmy Hansen[4] All
177   Andrew Jordan 4
Volkswagen   EKS RX Volkswagen Polo 92   Anton Marklund 7
  Marklund Motorsport[3] 34   Tanner Foust 2, 4, 7, 10
45   Per-Gunnar Andersson 1–6, 8–12
57   Toomas Heikkinen All
100   Thomas Bryntesson 13
  Volkswagen Team Sweden[3] 3   Johan Kristoffersson All
52   Ole Christian Veiby 6, 13
99   Tord Linnerud 1–12

Championship Standings

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FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

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Pos. Driver POR
 
HOC
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
GER
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
NOR
 
FRA
 
BAR
 
TUR
 
ITA
 
ARG
 
Points
1   Petter Solberg 2 1 2 1 2 6 8 7 2 1 8 3 3 301
2   Timmy Hansen 3 3 8 8 3 2 7 1 1 3 1 7 6 275
3   Johan Kristoffersson 1 8 7 3 4 7 11 10 4 2 3 2 13 234
4   Andreas Bakkerud 5 6 5 4 6 3 5 11 8 10 2 1 7 232
5   Davy Jeanney 4 10 9 11 1 8 1 2 11 4 5 10 8 201
=   Mattias Ekström 7 6 2 15 1 6 12 5 7 4 2 201
7   Reinis Nitišs 11 2 3 5 7 5 9 9 16 9 7 9 14 167
8   Robin Larsson 9 5 15 12 9 34 18 3 6 6 10 8 1 147
9   Toomas Heikkinen 8 4 1 15 13 4 2 19 7 8 14 13 9 137
10   Timur Timerzyanov 10 15 13 18 11 11 12 6 10 11 9 6 17 105
11   Manfred Stohl 12 14 11 10 8 13 10 14 21 13 13 5 12 82
12   Anton Marklund 17 20 10 14 10 25 13 8 9 15 6 4 11 78
13   Per-Gunnar Andersson 6 12 4 13 14 16 5 13 20 14 70
14   Tord Linnerud 16 11 12 9 5 21 20 15 18 12 11 11 49
15   Tanner Foust 9 16 3 5 44
16   Liam Doran 15 7 14 17 14 15 18 17 18 21 12 15 35
17   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 13 18 3 24
=   Tommy Rustad 12 4 24
19   Ole Christian Veiby 9 10 19
20   Jānis Baumanis 20 17 4 18
21   Alx Danielsson 21 16 18 29 16 20 4 15 17 19 17
22   Kevin Hansen 5 16
23   Guy Wilks 6 33 14
24   Andrew Jordan 7 21 13
25   Henning Solberg 33 13 14 15 12
26   Eric Färén 10 10
27   Gaëtan Sérazin 12 17 7
28   Edward Sandström 13 4
29   Mário Barbosa 14 3
=   Jérôme Grosset-Janin 14 3
=   Alexander Hvaal 22 16 15 3
=   Patrick Carpentier 14 3
33   Stig-Olov Walfridson 15 2
34   Kristian Sohlberg 16 1
=   Thomas Bryntesson 16 1
=   Louis-Philippe Dumoulin 16 1
=   Timo Scheider 16 1
=   Ole Kristian Nøttveit 16 28 1
=   Guerlain Chicherit 16 1
41   René Münnich 20 18 19 26 12 27 19 21 34 12 20 18 −2
Pos. Driver POR
 
HOC
 
BEL
 
GBR
 
GER
 
SWE
 
CAN
 
NOR
 
FRA
 
BAR
 
TUR
 
ITA
 
ARG
 
Points

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

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Pos. Team No. Drivers Points
1   Team Peugeot-Hansen 17   Timmy Hansen 476
21   Davy Jeanney
2   Olsbergs MSE 13   Andreas Bakkerud 399
15   Reinis Nitišs
3   SDRX 1   Petter Solberg 336
33   Liam Doran
4   Volkswagen Team Sweden 3   Johan Kristoffersson 291
52   Ole Christian Veiby
99   Tord Linnerud
5   EKS RX 5   Edward Sandström 258
10   Mattias Ekström
92   Anton Marklund
177   Andrew Jordan
6   Marklund Motorsport 34   Tanner Foust 236
45   Per-Gunnar Andersson
57   Toomas Heikkinen
100   Thomas Bryntesson
7   World RX Team Austria 7   Manfred Stohl 100
31   Max Pucher
70   Christoph Brugger
199   Jānis Baumanis
8   All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport 24   Tommy Rustad 31
44   Timo Scheider
55   Alx Danielsson
77   René Münnich
110   Gianni Morbidelli

References

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  1. ^ "WORLD RX SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DEAL WITH DTM FOR HOCKENHEIM". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. ^ "World RX Teams presented in Barcelona". fiaworldrallycross.com. 13 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2015 World RX boasts increased teams entry". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ^ "JRM Racing commits to FIA World Rallycross Championship". FIA World Rallycross Championship. IMG. 2 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
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