FIA World Rallycross Championship 2016

FIA World Rallycross Championship 2016
master
Driver:	Mattias Ekström
Team:	EKS RX
Season dates
Number of races:	12
<2015 season	2017 season>

The FIA World Rallycross Championship 2016 was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship . It took place from April 15th to November 25th. The Swede Mattias Ekström won the world championship title.

Drivers and teams

team	vehicle	No.	driver	Event
Volkswagen RX Sweden	VW Polo	3	Johan Kristoffersson	1-12
		92	Anton Marklund	1-12
EKS RX	Audi S1	5	Mattias Ekström	1-12
		57	Toomas Heikkinen	1-12
World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	6th	Janis Baumanis	1-12
		7th	Timur Timerzyanov	1-12
Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	9	Sébastien Loeb	1-12
		21st	Timmy Hansen	1-12
Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	13	Andreas Bakkerud	1-12
		43	Ken Block	1-12
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	15th	Reinis Nitiss	1-8
		24	Tommy Rustad	11
		44	Timo Scheider	9-10, 12
		55	René Münnich	1-11
		77		12
Olsberg's MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	15th	Reinis Nitiss	9-10, 12
		29	Yann Le Jossec	8th
		68	Niclas Grönholm	1-11
		96	Kevin Eriksson	1-7, 9-12

calendar

Event	date	run	route	Winning driver	Winning team
01	15.4.	World RX from Portugal	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team
02	6.5.	World RX from Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX
03	13.5.	World RX from Belgium	Circuit Jules Tacheny	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX
04th	27.5.	World RX of Great Britain	Lydden Hill Race Circuit	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX
05	10.6.	World RX from Norway	Lånkebanen	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division
06th	1.7.	World RX of Sweden	Höljesbanan	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division
07th	5.8.	World RX from Canada	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen
08th	2.9.	World RX of France	Circuit de Lohéac	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden
09	16.9.	World RX of Spain	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX
10	30.9.	World RX of Latvia	Biķernieki Complex Sports Base	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Hansen
11	14.10.	World RX from Germany	Estering	Kevin Eriksson	Olsberg's MSE
12	25.11.	World RX of Argentina	Autódromo Rosario	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division

Rating

Driver ranking

rank	driver													Penalty points	Points
01	M. Ekström	10	1	1	1	3	6th	8th	8th	1	2	5	5	0	272
02	J. Kristoffersson	6th	7th	6th	12	7th	5	3	1	6th	5	6th	2	0	240
03	A. Bakkerud	4th	12	14th	6th	1	1	2	2	7th	4th	3	1	0	239
04th	P. Solberg	1	4th	3	2	4th	7th	5	4th	10	19th	2	7th	0	239
05	S. Loeb	5	10	2	10	5	2	9	3	8th	1	9	8th	0	209
06th	T. Hansen	12	18th	7th	3	2	3	1	11	2	3	8th	13	0	178
07th	T. Heikkinen	3	2	16	11	9	9	4th	15th	9	9	10	3	0	150
08th	T. Timerzyanov	16	17th	8th	5	6th	14th	7th	30th	3	6th	14th	9	0	117
09	R. Larsson	2	6th	13	15th	10	8th	16	12	5	12	13	6th	0	109
10	J. Baumanis	14th	8th	9	7th	8th	10	15th	26th	4th	8th	7th	12	0	109
11	K. Eriksson	7th	11	10	8th	13	15th	11		11	13	1	16	0	092
12	D. Jeanney	8th	9	11	13	11	12		7th	12	10	11		0	086
13	A. Marklund	9	15th	4th	9	15th	4th	6th	18th	14th	15th	15th	11	0	076
14th	K. Block	18th	3	19th	14th	14th	13	10	6th	16	16	12	15th	0	063
15th	K. Hansen	13	19th		4th				9			4th		0	052
16	R. Nitiss	15th	13	12	21st	12	18th	13	5	13	11		10	−15	029
17th	N. Grönholm	17th	14th	15th	16	16	11	12	14th	15th	18th	19th		0	028
18th	T. Scheider									17th	7th		4th	0	025th
19th	F. Duval			5										0	018th
20th	L. Doran	10	5	17th	19th	17th	16							−15	009
21st	A. Scott								10					0	006th
22nd	T. Rustad								13			25th		0	004th
23	G. Wilks				17th					19th	14th			0	003
24	J. Dubourg		16						17th					0	001
24	P. Hedstrom											16		0	001
	R. Göransson						17th							0	000
	J. Ligur										17th			0	000
	C. Raymond											17th		0	000
	N. Jones												17th	0	000
	T. Foust				22nd							18th		0	000
	P. le Nouvel								19th					0	000
	J. Santos	20th												0	000
	J. Godfrey				20th									0	000
	H. Lemonnier								20th					0	000
	G. Chicherit								31	20th	21st	21st		0	000
	G. Galli										20th	23		0	000
	J. Rajala											20th		0	000
	M. Pucher		21st											0	000
	P. Maloigne								21st					0	000
	Y. le Jossec								22nd					0	000
	A. Hvaal											22nd		0	000
	F. Salsten								23					0	000
	N. Naujokaitis										23			0	000
	P. Guillerme								24					0	000
	MDK								25th			26th		0	000
	O. O'Donovan								27					0	000
	A. Steffen											27		0	000
	T. Kárai								28					0	000
	F. Chanoine								29					0	000
	R. Münnich	19th	20th	18th	18th	18th	19th	14th	16	18th	22nd	24	14th	−10	00-3

Team evaluation

rank	team	No.	driver													Points
01	EKS RX	5	Mattias Ekström	10	1	1	1	3	6th	8th	8th	1	2	5	5	422
		57	Toomas Heikkinen	3	2	16	11	9	9	4th	15th	9	9	10	3
02	Team Peugeot-Hansen	9	Sébastien Loeb	5	10	2	10	5	2	9	3	8th	1	9	8th	387
		21st	Timmy Hansen	12	18th	7th	3	2	3	1	11	2	3	8th	13
03	Volkswagen RX Sweden	3	Johan Kristoffersson	6th	7th	6th	12	7th	5	3	1	6th	5	6th	2	316
		92	Anton Marklund	9	15th	4th	9	15th	4th	6th	18th	14th	15th	15th	11
04th	Hoonigan Racing Division	13	Andreas Bakkerud	4th	12	14th	6th	1	1	2	2	7th	4th	3	1	302
		43	Ken Block	18th	3	19th	14th	14th	13	10	6th	16	16	12	15th
05	World RX Team Austria	6th	Janis Baumanis	14th	8th	9	7th	8th	10	15th	26th	4th	8th	7th	12	226
		7th	Timur Timerzyanov	16	17th	8th	5	6th	14th	7th	30th	3	6th	14th	9
06th	Olsberg's MSE	15th	Reinis Nitiss												10	132
		29	Yann le Jossec								22nd
		68	Niclas Grönholm	17th	14th	15th	16	16	11	12	14th	15th	18th	19th
		96	Kevin Eriksson	7th	11	10	8th	13	15th	11		11	13	1	16
07th	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	15th	Reinis Nitiss	15th	13	12	21st	12	18th	13	5					067
		24	Tommy Rustad											25th
		44	Timo Scheider									17th	7th		4th
		55	René Münnich	19th	20th	18th	18th	18th	19th	14th	16	18th	22nd	24
		77													14th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : FIA World Rallycross Championship 2016  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTM break is worth it: Ekström is rallycross world champion. In: motorsport-total.com. October 17, 2016, accessed July 19, 2020 . 
2. ↑ World Rallycross Championship 2016, Races Calendar. In: fia.com. January 2, 2017, accessed on July 19, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} World Rallycross Championship 2016, Standings. In: fia.com. January 2, 2017, accessed on July 19, 2020 .