2024 FIA European Rallycross Championship

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The 2024 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 49th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of three classes: RX1, RX2e and RX3.

The championship began on 6 July at the Höljesbanan in Sweden, and ended on 8 September at Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in Portugal. Patrick O'Donovan won his first RX1 title.[1] Nils Andersson won his second consecutive RX2e title.[2] Nils Volland won his first RX3 title.[3]

Calendar

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On 28 February 2024, the 2024 calendar was announced.[4] The championship was slated to return to the Circuit d'Essay [fr] for the first time since 2011,[5] but the event was cancelled on the 30th of May 2024.[6]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
- France Euro RX of France 8–9 June Circuit d'Essay [fr], Essay RX1 Cancelled
RX2e
RX3
1 Sweden Euro RX of Sweden 6–7 July Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan United Kingdom Team RX Racing
RX2e Sweden Nils Andersson Sweden Team E
RX3 Germany Nils Volland Poland Volland Racing
2 Hungary Euro RX of Hungary 27–28 July Nyirád Racing Center, Nyirád RX1 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan United Kingdom Team RX Racing
RX2e Sweden Nils Andersson Sweden Team E
RX3 Germany Nils Volland[a] Poland Volland Racing
3 Belgium Euro RX of Benelux 17–18 August Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet RX1 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan United Kingdom Team RX Racing
RX2e Belgium Kobe Pauwels Belgium Kobe Pauwels
RX3 Portugal João Ribeiro Portugal João Ribeiro
4 Portugal Euro RX of Portugal 7–8 September Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy Poland Volland Racing
RX2e Sweden Nils Andersson Sweden Team E
RX3 Portugal João Ribeiro Portugal João Ribeiro

Series News

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  • On the 30th of May 2024, the series promoter RXP put out a statement that the opening round of the season at Circuit d'Essay [fr] had been unexpectedly withdrawn from the calendar upon request by France's national motorsport governing agency, the FFSA. The event was subsequently cancelled, and the series was set to start at the World RX of Sweden at Höljes.[6] The circuit also put out a statement, echoing the statement made by RXP.[7]

Entries

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RX1

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Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Hungary Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület Audi S1 39 Hungary Zoltán Koncseg All [8]
73 Hungary Tamás Kárai All [8]
Poland Volland Racing 66 Poland Damian Litwinowicz All [9]
95 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy All [10]
Hungary Extremarena KFT 85 Hungary István Antal 2 [11]
Ford Hungary Nyirád Motorsport KFT Ford Fiesta 50 Hungary Attila Mózer All [12]
51 Hungary Mark Mózer All [12]
Portugal Cesar Pereira 88 Portugal Cesar Pereira 4 [13]
Hyundai Finland Betomik Racing Hyundai i20 10 Finland Mikko Ikonen All [8]
37 Finland Mika Liimatainen All [8]
Peugeot United Kingdom Team RX Racing Peugeot 208 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 3–4 [13]
7 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan All [14]
Sweden Hedströms Motorsport 8 Sweden Peter Hedström 1 [15]
France DA Racing 16 France Julien Fébreau [fr] 4 [16]
Hungary Korda Racing KFT 22 Hungary Máté Benyó All [8]
Hungary Speedbox Racing Team KFT 27 Hungary László Kiss 2–3 [11]
Portugal José Oliveira 110 Portugal José Oliveira 4 [13]
Proton United Kingdom Team RX Racing Proton Iriz 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 1–2 [17]
Renault France Pascal Lambec Renault Clio 19 France Pascal Lambec 4 [13]
SEAT Germany ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38 Germany Mandie August All [8]
Škoda Lithuania TSK Baltijos Sportas Škoda Fabia 55 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas All [18]
Hungary Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület 74 Hungary Zoltán Held 2 [11]
Volkswagen Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team Volkswagen Polo 11 Czech Republic Aleš Fučík All [19]
Norway Sivert Svardal 24 Norway Sivert Svardal 1 [20]
Sweden Hedströms Motorsport 28 Sweden Filip Thorén 1 [15]
Denmark Linnemann Promotion 33 Denmark Ulrik Linnemann 1 [21]

RX2e

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Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
QEV Technologies Hungary GFS Motorsport Egyesület ZEROID X1 00 Hungary 'Luigi' 1–2, 4 [22]
Sweden Team E 1 Sweden Nils Andersson All [22]
19 Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky All [22]
Sweden #YELLOWSQUAD 5 Australia Molly Taylor 1, 4 [23]
82 Sweden Isak Sjökvist All [24]
Portugal Gustavo Henriques 8 Portugal Gustavo Henriques 4 [25]
Belgium Kobe Pauwels 22 Belgium Kobe Pauwels 3 [26]
Finland SET-Loenbro 27 Estonia Marko Muru All [22]
Portugal Sergio Dias 149 Portugal Sergio Dias 4 [25]
Spain ZEROID Motorsport 911 Germany Luka Wlömer All [27]

RX3

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Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Poland Volland Racing Audi A1 2 Lithuania Rytis Rutkauskas All [28]
23 Hungary Krisztián Szabó 2 [11]
26 Antigua and Barbuda Nicolas Geleyns All [28]
30 Germany Nils Volland All [29]
Norway Anders Hansen 4 Norway Anders Hansen 3 [30]
Hungary TMC Rallysport KFT 13 Hungary András Ferjáncz 2 [11]
Czech Republic Libor Teješ 14 Czech Republic Libor Teješ 2–3 [11]
Portugal João Ribeiro 99 Portugal João Ribeiro All [8]
Portugal André Sousa 104 Portugal André Sousa All [31]
Portugal Joaquim Machado 146 Portugal Joaquim Machado 4 [13]
Citroën Portugal André Monteiro Citroën C3 69 Portugal André Monteiro 4 [13]
Ford Portugal Rogério Sousa Ford Fiesta 105 Portugal Rogério Sousa 4 [13]
Peugeot France Jimmy Terpereau Peugeot 208 37 France Jimmy Terpereau 4 [13]
Portugal Jorge Machado 101 Portugal Jorge Machado 4 [13]
Portugal Tiago Ferreira 121 Portugal Tiago Ferreira 4 [13]
Portugal António Sousa 129 Portugal António Sousa 4 [13]
Renault France Dylan Dufas Renault Clio 9 France Dylan Dufas 4 [13]
Škoda Hungary Korda Racing KFT Škoda Fabia 7 Hungary Sámuel Kovács All [8]
Czech Republic KRTZ Motorsport 28 Austria Josef Strebinger 1–2 [8]
58 Austria Dominik Senegacnik All [8]
Portugal Leonel Sampaio 147 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 4 [13]
Suzuki Hungary Speedy Motorsport Suzuki Swift 22 Hungary Andor Trepák 2 [11]
Volkswagen Hungary MGAMS KFT Volkswagen Polo 45 Hungary Tamás Végh 2 [11]
Hungary Szada Ring Racing KFT 131 Hungary Balázs Körmöczi All [32]

Championship standings

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Points are scored based off of finishing position in every heat race, semi-final and final.[20] Points are scored as follows:

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Heat race points 5 4 3 2 1 0
Finals points 10 8 6 4 2 1

RX1 Driver's Championship

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Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
HUN
Hungary
BLX
Belgium
PRT
Portugal
Points
1 United Kingdom Patrick O'Donovan 1 1 1 3 147
2 Switzerland Yury Belevskiy 5 2 2 1 135
3 Hungary Máté Benyó 7 3 3 2 106
4 Poland Damian Litwinowicz 3 8 4 4 104
5 Finland Mika Liimatainen 2 4 9 6 98
6 Hungary Zoltán Koncseg 4 7 10 7 72
7 Hungary Tamás Kárai 13 6 13 5 65
8 Hungary Mark Mózer 14 10 5 12 59
9 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas 9 15 8 9 59
10 Finland Mikko Ikonen 12[b] 5 11 11 58
11 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan 8 9 7 15 57
12 Hungary Attila Mózer 16 14 15 10 41
13 Hungary László Kiss 13 6 31
14 Czech Republic Aleš Fučík 18 11 12 28
15 Germany Mandie August 15 16 14 17 23
16 Sweden Peter Hedström 6 22
17 France Julien Fébreau [fr] 8 18
18 Norway Sivert Svardal 11 17
19 Sweden Filip Thorén 10 13
20 Hungary István Antal 12 13
21 Portugal José Oliveira 13 9
22 France Pascal Lambec 14 8
23 Denmark Ulrik Linnemann 17 8
24 Portugal Cesar Pereira 16 5
25 Hungary Zoltán Held 17 2
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
HUN
Hungary
BLX
Belgium
PRT
Portugal
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)

RX2e Driver's Championship

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Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
HUN
Hungary
BLX
Belgium
PRT
Portugal
Points
1 Sweden Nils Andersson 1 1 5 1 126
2 Sweden Isak Sjökvist 6 2 2 2 110
3 Estonia Marko Muru 3 3 4[c] 4 92
4 Sweden Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky 2 4 6[d] 6 84
5 Germany Luka Wlömer 5 5 3 3 82
6 Australia Molly Taylor 4 5 41
7 Hungary 'Luigi' 7 6 30
8 Belgium Kobe Pauwels 1 29
9 Portugal Gustavo Henriques 7 18
10 Portugal Sergio Dias 8 11
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
HUN
Hungary
BLX
Belgium
PRT
Portugal
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)

RX3 Driver's Championship

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Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
HUN
Hungary
BLX
Belgium
PRT
Portugal
Points
1 Germany Nils Volland 1 1 3 2 147
2 Portugal João Ribeiro 2 2 1 1 142
3 Austria Dominik Senegacnik 4 7 2 6 93
4 Portugal André Sousa 5 4 5 5 88
5 Hungary Balázs Körmöczi 6 6 7 3 82
6 Hungary Sámuel Kovács 3 12 10 8 60
7 Antigua and Barbuda Nicolas Geleyns 8 5 4 12 58
8 Lithuania Rytis Rutkauskas 7 13 9[e] 11 39
9 Czech Republic Libor Teješ 8 6 34
10 Hungary Krisztián Szabó 3 30
11 Austria Josef Strebinger 9 10 25
12 Portugal Joaquim Machado 7 22
13 Portugal Rogério Sousa 4 19
14 Hungary Andor Trepák 9 14
15 Norway Anders Hansen 8 12
16 Portugal Tiago Ferreira 13 12
17 Portugal Jorge Machado 10 10
18 Hungary András Ferjáncz 11 10
19 Portugal António Sousa 14 6
20 Hungary Tamás Végh 14 6
21 Portugal Leonel Sampaio 9[f] 5
22 France Dylan Dufas 15 1
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
HUN
Hungary
BLX
Belgium
PRT
Portugal
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)


Notes

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  1. ^ João Ribeiro finished first, but was later penalized one position for pushing and passing. Nils Volland inherited the win.
  2. ^ Mikko Ikonen was penalized 5 championship points due to receiving two reprimands across the season.
  3. ^ Marko Muru was penalized 5 championship points due to receiving two reprimands across the season.
  4. ^ Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky was penalized 5 championship points due to receiving two reprimands across the season.
  5. ^ Rytis Rutkauskas was penalized 5 championship points due to receiving two reprimands across the season.
  6. ^ Leonel Sampaio was penalized 5 championship points due to receiving two reprimands across the season.

References

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  1. ^ "O'Donovan completes 'childhood dream' with Euro RX1 title glory". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Andersson celebrates successful title defence with victory". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Ribeiro's home soil success can't prevent Volland's coronation". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
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  15. ^ a b "Hedström in for Höljes, with a new car and victory on his mind". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
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  18. ^ "Pleskovas hopes new format will play in his favour in 2024". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  19. ^ "New car and new ambitions for Fučík in 2024". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Svardal promises 'more to come' as he commits to 2024 Euro RX1 assault". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 13 December 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  21. ^ "Never-say-die Dane returns: Linnemann is back from the brink!". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  22. ^ a b c d "Ferratum World RX of Sweden 1". FIA World Rallycross Championship. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Taylor returns to RX2e with Hansen junior team #YellowSquad". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  24. ^ "Sjökvist back in RX2e to take care of 'unfinished business'". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  25. ^ a b "Homegrown duo join RX2e field for Montalegre season finale". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Former European champion Pauwels joins RX2e grid for Mettet". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  27. ^ "Wlömer signs up for full season of RX2e with great expectations". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  28. ^ a b "The boy from Antigua: Volland bets on teenage talent for Euro RX3 team". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  29. ^ "Volland aiming to add another European title to family résumé in 2024". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  30. ^ "Euro entries out for World RX of Benelux". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  31. ^ "Sousa set for full season in Euro RX3". FIA World Rallycross Championship. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  32. ^ "Star rookie Körmöczi aiming to close the gap in 2024". 26 September 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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