Svend Kenneth Hansen (born 29 September 1960) is a Swedish former rallycross driver. His late father, Svend Hansen, can be regarded as the inventor of the so-called Joker Lap for rallycross. Hansen has been part of the European rallycross elite since the late 1980s and has won an FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers title no less than 14 times up until the year 2008. He holds most of the records for rallycross, including the amount (249) of attended European rounds.

Racing career Hansen began his racing career with karting in 1976 and via folkrace and rallying made his way to national rallycross in 1983. After a few years successful national racing, crowned by his first Swedish Rallycross Championship in 1986 when he drove a Volvo Amazon, he entered international rallycross in 1987 with an ex-Lars Nyström Volvo 240 Turbo. After changing to a 500+bhp Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth in 1989 Hansen instantly became the driver to beat of the former Division 1 (2WD Group A cars), claiming the FIA European titles of four consecutive years here. However, in his first year he was, for the first and only time during his ERC career, excluded from an event, after it was proven that he had been using illegal 103 octane race-fuel during the Norwegian 1989 European round.

From 1993 and onwards, Hansen competed exclusively with Citroën cars. At the end of the 2010 season, Hansen wound down his own racing activities to be able to develop his team Hansen Motorsport. In March 2013, Hansen was appointed to the FIA's then-newly created Driver's Commission as one of 12 driver representatives.

Personal life Hansen still lives in his birth town of Götene with his wife Susann Hansen (née Bergvall); herself a successful rallycross driver and winner of the 1994 European Cup for Drivers of Group N cars up to 1400cc. Together they have two sons; Kevin, born in 1998, and Timmy, born in 1992. Both sons have followed their parents footsteps to race in rallycross for Hansen Motorsport.

Racing record Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results Division 1

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERX Points 1987 Kenneth Hansen Volvo 240 Turbo AUT7 SWE(14) FIN3 ESP7FRA(NC) IRE(7) BEL3 NED5 NOR(7) GBR2 GER35th94 1988 Kenneth Hansen Volvo 240 Turbo ESP(9) DEN6 SWE(7) FIN6 IRE(11) FRA3 BEL3 NED(15) NOR6 GBR3 GER46th91 1989 Kenneth Hansen Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth ESPDNS AUT1 SWE2 FIN(17) IRE2 FRA1 BEL2 NED2 NOR(DSQ) GBR3 GER(6) 1st 123 1990 Hansen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth AUT4 SWE(10) FIN1 IRE1 FRA(6) BEL(6)NED1 NOR1 GER4 GBR3 1st 121 1991 Hansen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth POR1 AUT(2) FIN(2) FRA1 IRE1 SWE1 BEL1 NED1 NOR1 GBR(2) GER(6) 1st 140 1992 Hansen Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth GBR2 AUTDNS POR2 FIN1 SWE(3) FRA(4) IRE1 BEL2 NED2 NOR1 GER(3) 1st 128

Division 2 Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ERX Points 1993 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo AUT1 POR2 FRA(6) IRE4 SWE1 FIN(6) BEL2 NED1 NOR1 GER(6) 2nd 127 1994 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo AUT1 POR1 FRA(4) IRE2 GBR2 SWE1 FIN(2) BEL1 NED(3) NOR1 GER(2) 1st 134 1995 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo AUT3 POR2 FRA(3) SWE1 GBR1 IRE1 BEL2 NED2 NOR(5) FIN(4) CZE(6) GER1 2nd 146 1996 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo AUT(3) POR(6) FRA2 SWE2 IRE(3) GBR1 BEL1 NED2 NOR2 CZE(2) GER1 1st 128

Division 1* Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERX Points 1997 Hansen Motorsport Citroën ZX 16V Turbo AUT4 FRA4 POR2 GBR(4) SWE2 FIN2 BEL1 NOR2 CZE5 GER6 2nd 114 1998 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara VTS T16 AUT1 POR2 FRA(5) SWE(6) GBR2 FIN2 BEL1 NOR1 GER2 CZE(2) 1st 128 1999 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara VTS T16 CZE4 FRA2 POR1 SWE(10) FIN5 BEL1 NED3 NOR(6) GER1 2nd 117 2000 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara WRC POR(6) FRA1 CZE2 SWE1 BEL(6) NED1 NOR2 POL2 GER1 1st 131 2001 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara WRC FRA1 POR1 AUT1 CZE(5) SWE(1) BEL3 NED(4) NOR1 POL(12) GER2 1st 112 2002 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara WRC POR1 FRA1 AUT(2) CZE1 SWE1 BEL3 NED2 NOR1 POL1 GER(5) 1st 152 2003 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara T16 POR1 FRA2 AUT1 CZE(6) SWE1 BEL1 NED1 NOR2 POL(8) GER1 1st 154 2004 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara T16 POR3 FRA(6) CZE2 AUT1 NOR1 SWE2 BEL1 NED3 POL(6) GER1 1st 144 2005 Hansen Motorsport Citroën Xsara T16 FRA1 POR1 AUT1 CZE(10) NOR2 SWE(6) BEL3 NED3 POL3 GER2 1st 139 2006Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 POR1 FRA3 CZE3 AUT1 SWE2 HUN(5) BEL4 NED6 NOR2 POL6 GER(7) 2nd 139 2007 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 POR3 FRA2 HUN2 AUT(7) SWE4 NOR5 BEL4 NED1 POL2 CZE(18) 2nd 124 2008 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 POR2 FRA3 HUN1 AUT(8) NOR2 SWE2 BEL3 NED2 CZE1 POL4 GER(7) 1st 151 2009 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 GBR1 POR(5) FRA5 HUN4 AUT2 SWE5 BEL3 GER(11) POL3 CZE11 3rd 110 2010 Hansen Motorsport Citroën C4 T16 POR3 FRA(6) GBR2 HUN3 SWE2 FIN4 BEL(7) GER2 POL3 CZE3 2nd 124 * Division 2 was rebranded as Division 1 in 1997.

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ERX Points 2011 Hansen Motorsport Citroën DS3 T16 GBR POR FRA NOR SWE2 BEL NED AUT POL CZE2 15th 34

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