FIA World Rallycross Championship 2018

FIA World Rallycross Championship 2018
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Driver:	Johan Kristoffersson
Team:	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Season dates
<2017 season	Season 2019>

The 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship . It took place from April 14th to November 24th, 2018. Johan Kristoffersson won the world championship, with 11 wins in 12 races.

Drivers and teams

team	vehicle	No	driver
EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	5	Mattias Ekström
		13	Andreas Bakkerud
GC competition	Renault Mégane	36	Guerlain Chicherit
		74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin
GRX Taneco team	Hyundai i20	7th	Timur Timerzyanov
		68	Niclas Grönholm
Olsberg's MSE	Ford Fiesta	4th	Robin Larsson
		96	Kevin Eriksson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo	1	Johan Kristoffersson
		11	Petter Solberg
Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	9	Sébastien Loeb
		21st	Timmy Hansen

calendar

New this year was the competition in the United States of America .

date	run	route	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
April 14th	World RX of Barcelona	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
April 28	World RX of Portugal	Montalegre	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
12th of May	World RX of Belgium	Circuit Jules Tacheny	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208
25. May	World RX of Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
June 9th	World RX of Norway	Bright	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
June 30th	World RX of Sweden	Holjes Motor Stadium	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
4th of August	World RX of Canada	Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
September 1	World RX of France	Lohéac - Brittany	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
September 15th	World RX of Latvia	Bikernieki National Sports Base	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
September 29th	World RX of the USA	Circuit of the Americas	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
October 13th	World RX of Germany	Estering	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo
November 24th	World RX of South Africa	Killarney International Raceway	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	VW Polo

Rating

Driver ranking

rank	driver													Penalty points	Points
01	J. Kristoffersson	1	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	341
02	M. Ekström	6th	7th	4th	4th	2	6th	4th	4th	2	5	2	2	0	248
03	A. Bakkerud	3	4th	6th	2	6th	2	7th	2	8th	3	3	7th	0	237
04th	S. Loeb	2	2	1	3	8th	9	3	6th	3	4th	8th	3	0	229
05	P. Solberg	5	3	2	7th	3	7th	5	3	7th	2	5	5	−15	227
06th	T. Hansen	7th	6th	3	8th	5	4th	2	5	5	6th	7th	6th	−35	192
07th	N. Grönholm	4th	10	11	5	7th	11	8th	11	4th	8th	4th	13	0	146
08th	K. Hansen	13	8th	9	6th	4th	5	9	7th	6th	7th	6th	4th	−15	145
09	J. Baumanis	8th	11	10	14th	12	10	6th	13	14th	11	11	9	0	098
10	T. Timerzyanov	10	12	8th	12	21st	8th	11	9	11	13	20th	11	0	086
11	G. Chicherit	12	5	12	15th	15th	14th	15th	12	10	9	13	12	−5	068
12	J. Grosset-Janin	11	14th	14th	10	14th	3	13						0	047
13	K. Eriksson	14th	9	16	9	9	13	10	10	16	10	10	14th	−45	038
14th	A. Marklund				17th	11					12	9	8th	0	035
15th	R. Larsson	9	13	7th	13	10	12	12	17th	17th	14th	12	15th	−30	034
16	L. Doran								8th	12		19th		0	019th
17th	T. Rustad				11	13			16					0	014th
18th	T. Scheider						17th		25th	13			10	0	013
19th	N. Muller									9				0	010
20th	T. Heikkinen								14th	15th				0	005
21st	F. Duval			13										0	004th
22nd	K. Larsen					19th						14th		0	003
23	A. Jordan				20th				15th					0	002
24	R. Münnich					17th						16	16	0	002
25th	J. Rajala					16								0	001
25th	M. Higgins				16									0	001
	H. Lemonnier	17th			22nd				23					0	000
	J. Santos		17th											0	000
	A. Wurz					18th				18th				0	000
	M. Barbosa		18th											0	000
	C. Raymond											18th		0	000
	T. Kárai				19th									0	000
	D. Jeanney								20th					0	000
	G. Serazine								21st					0	000
	O. O'Donovan								22nd					0	000
	M. Pucher					23								0	000
	M. Qinghua				23									0	000
	E. Anne								24					0	000
	O. Bennett	15th	16		21st	20th	15th		18th	20th		15th	18th	−10	00-3
	G. Demoustier	16	15th	15th	18th	22nd	16	14th	19th	19th	15th	17th	17th	−15	00-4

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 2018  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ An (almost) perfect season. In: motorsport-total.com. November 29, 2018, accessed July 19, 2020 . 
2. ↑ World Rallycross Championship 2018, Races Calendar. In: fia.com. February 7, 2019, accessed on July 19, 2020 . 
3. ↑ World Rallycross Championship 2018, Standings. In: fia.com. February 7, 2019, accessed on July 19, 2020 .