FIA European Rallycross Championship season
The 2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 46th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship . The championship consisted of two classes: RX1 and RX3.
The championship began on 22 May at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium , and ended on 4 September at Circuit de Lohéac in France .
The championship consisted of 6 events across Europe , with RX1 competing at four rounds and RX3 competing at five.
The initial calendar was released on 16 December. It included one unconfirmed event.[ 1]
A revised calendar was released on 26 March.[ 2]
Another calendar revision was published on 12 May.[ 3]
After being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Euro RX of Benelux, Euro RX of Norway and Euro RX of France were all set to return to the championship on the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Norway was not included in the 12 May revision of the calendar.[ 3]
The Euro RX of Finland was set to return to the championship for the first time since 2014 on the initial calendar, but was not included in the 12 May revision.[ 3]
After being on the calendar in 2020, the Euro RX of Riga - Latvia was not included in the initial calendar, but was later added to the calendar in the May 12 revision.[ 3]
After being on the original 2020 calendar, then being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euro RX of Portugal, Euro RX of Russia and Euro RX of Germany were not included in the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Portugal and the Euro RX of Germany were reintroduced on the revised calendar.[ 3]
The Supercar and Super1600 classes were renamed to RX1 and RX3 respectively.[ 4]
Constructor
Team
Car
Driver
Rounds
Audi
Damian Litwinowicz
Audi A1
6
Damian Litwinowicz
All
[ 17]
Per Magne Egebø-Svardal
13
Per Magne Egebø-Svardal
2, 4
[ 7]
Volland Racing KFT.
22
Kobe Pauwels
All
[ 18]
54
Marat Knyazev
All
[ 19]
89
Timur Shigabutdinov
1-3, 5
[ 19]
95
Yury Belevskiy
All
[ 19]
Speedy Motorsport
18
Zsolt Szíjj Jolly
1-3
[ 19]
Nuno Araújo
108
Nuno Araújo
5
[ 20]
Citroën
Maximilien Eveno
Citroën C2
75
Maximilien Eveno
3
[ 21]
Hélder Ribeiro
122
Hélder Ribeiro
5
[ 20]
Ford
Sebastian Høidalen
Ford Fiesta
5
Sebastian Høidalen
2
[ 19]
Martin Kjær
91
Martin Kjær
2
[ 7]
Peugeot
Pedro Ribeiro
Peugeot 108
44
Pedro Ribeiro
3, 5
[ 6]
Espen Isaksætre
Peugeot 208
8
Espen Isaksætre
2
[ 19]
Antonio Sousa
129
Antonio Sousa
5
[ 20]
Joaquim Machado
146
Joaquim Machado
5
[ 20]
Renault
Dylan Dufas
Renault Twingo
9
Dylan Dufas
2-3
[ 7]
RS Racing Team
20
Siim Saluri
1
[ 19]
Meunier Competition
28
Clément Picard
3-4
[ 6]
161
Frédéric Moreau
3
[ 6]
Sergio Dias
125
Sergio Dias
5
[ 20]
Škoda
Pajrs S.R.O.
Škoda Citigo
11
Jan Černý
All
[ 19]
Ligur Racing
Škoda Fabia
10
Janno Ligur
2-3
[ 19]
Kreda
14
Kasparas Navickas
1-2
[ 19]
Automax Motorsport
23
Radosław Raczkowski
1–4
[ 19]
Alexander Hvaal
60
Marius Solberg Hansen
2
[ 7]
Josef Šusta
61
Jiři Šusta
1–4
[ 19]
Jérémy Lambec
66
Jérémy Lambec
2-3
[ 7]
Maximilien Eveno
75
Maximilien Eveno
3
[ 6]
ADAC Team Weser-Ems E.V.
86
Lukas Ney
1-3
[ 22]
JihoČesky Autoklub V AČR
96
Marcel Suchý
1–2, 4
[ 19]
João Ribeiro
99
João Ribeiro
5
[ 20]
Leonel Sampaio
147
Leonel Sampaio
5
[ 20]
Volkswagen
KRTZ Motorsport
Volkswagen Polo
58
Dominik Senegacnik
2
[ 7]
Championship standings [ edit ]
Points are scored as follows:
Position
Round
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
Heats
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Semi-Finals
6
5
4
3
2
1
Final
8
5
4
3
2
1
Driver
SWE
FRA
LAT
BEL
Points
1
Andreas Bakkerud
3
4
7
1
90
2
Fabien Pailler
8
6
2
2
86
3
Janis Baumanis
20
5
1
3
69
4
Jonathan Pailler
5
9
10
4
60
5
Ándrea Dubourg
9
2
4
14
57
6
René Münnich
10
1
8
53
7
Tamás Kárai
4
3
13
5
52
8
Thomas Bryntesson
1
8
46
9
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg
2
8
35
10
Csucsu
6
19
6
12
30
11
Hans-Jøran Østreng
13
16
11
11
22
12
Peter Hedström
3
21
13
Anders Michalak
12
9
16
20
14
Mandie August
14
10
17
10
20
15
Sivert Svardal
17
17
5
17
18
16
Romuald Delauney
15
7
15
17
Anton Marklund
7
15
18
Marcin Gagacki
18[ a]
12
19
7
14
19
Stéphane De Ganay
11
13
13
20
Attila Mózer
14
12
15
12
21
Dariusz Topolewski
19
24
18
9
11
22
Paulius Pleskovas
24
20
16
6
10
23
David Nordgaard
11
9
24
Emmanuel Anne
13
7
25
Aleš Fučik
16
14
4
26
Edijs Ošs
15
2
27
Laurent Bouliou
15
2
28
Patrick Guillerme
21
25
18
0
29
David Meslier
18
0
30
Benoît Fretin
21
0
31
Per Eklund
22
0
32
Anthony Pelfrene
22
0
33
Pascal Lambec
23
23
0
Driver
SWE
FRA
BEL
POR
Points
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Driver
BAR
SWE
FRA
BEL
POR
Points
1
Yury Belevskiy
1
1
2
1
1
147
2
Kobe Pauwels
4
2
1
4
3
115
3
Marat Knyazev
5
3
4
2
2
114
4
Jan Cerny
7
4
5
6
7
88
5
Timur Shigabutdinov
2
7
3
6
72
6
Damian Litwinowicz
6
6
15
3
4
72
7
Radoslaw Raczkowski
9
14
8
10
36
8
Zsolt Szíjj Jolly
3
17
7
33
9
Janno Ligur
5
10
31
10
Clément Picard
12
5
24
11
Kasparas Navickas
8
9
24
12
Jiri Susta
10
13
9
7[ b]
21
13
Nuno Araújo
5
16
14
Maximilien Eveno
6
16
15
Marcel Suchý
12
19
9
16
16
João Ribeiro
8
15
17
Espen Isaksætre
8
13
18
Per Magne Egebø-Svardal
21
8
11
19
Marius Solberg Hansen
10
11
20
Leonel Sampaio
9
10
21
Joaquim Machado
10
9
22
Sergio Dias
11
8
23
Siim Saluri
11
8
24
Jérémy Lambec
18
11
7
25
Sebastian Høidalen
11
7
26
Lukas Ney
13
20
14
7
27
Martin Kjær
12
6
28
Antonio Sousa
12
6
29
Dylan Dufas
15
13
6
30
Pedro Ribeiro
16
13
4
31
Hélder Ribeiro
14
3
32
Dominik Senegacnik
16
1
33
Frédéric Moreau
17
0
Driver
BAR
SWE
FRA
BEL
POR
Points
^ Marcin Gagacki was deducted 10 championship points for the use of a third turbo in one event.
^ Jiri Susta was deducted 15 championship points for the use of a third engine over the season.
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