Kristoffersson Motorsport is a Swedish auto racing team owned by racing driver Tommy Kristoffersson. It currently competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with Tommy's son Johan Kristoffersson as one of the drivers. The team has raced under several sponsored names, such as Team Biogas.se, Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS, Volkswagen Team Sweden, Volkswagen RX Sweden and PSRX Volkswagen Sweden.
Rallycross
Tommy Kristoffersson competed with a self-run Audis at the Swedish Rallycross Championship and the FIA European Rallycross Championship (ERX) in the 1980s and 1990s. He won the Swedish championship in 1989, 1991 and 1992, whereas he placed third in the 1993 ERX and fourth in 1991.
In 2013, Johan Kristoffersson and Pontus Tidemand entered the Swedish round of the 2013 FIA European Rallycross Championship with a Volkswagen Scirocco.
In 2014, Kristoffersson drove a Volkswagen Polo at three rounds of the ERX, winning a race, as well as and four rounds of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX). In addition, Ole Christian Veiby entered two WRX rounds and one ERX round.
In 2015, Volkswagen Team Sweden was one of two teams officially supported by Volkswagen Motorsport in the WRX along with Marklund Motorsport. Johan Kristoffersson finished third, and Tord Linnerud finished 14th. Ole Christian Veiby finished third in the 2015 ERX, and entered one WRX round.
Kristoffersson and Marklund combined their operations to participate in the 2016 WRX Championship under the brand Volkswagen RX Sweden. Johan Kristoffersson was runner-up, whereas Anton Marklund finished 13th.
Kristoffersson signed a partnership with the squad of Petter Solberg for the 2017 WRX season, under the name PSRX Volkswagen World RX Team Sweden and is currently headquartered in Torsby. Kristoffersson took six wins and the title, whereas Solberg finished third with one win and three podiums.
STCC
Kristoffersson joined the Swedish Touring Car Championship in 1998, with Tommy Kristoffersson ranking fourth and Mats Lindén fifth with an Audi A4 Quattro. Mattias Ekström won the 1999 title, whereas Kristoffersson finished 9th. In 2000, Fredrik Ekblom was runner-up and Kristoffersson was 8th. Roberto Colciago was the 2001 champion, while Kristoffersson resulted fourth. Colciago defended his title in 2002, Kristoffersson finished 6th and Marius Erlandsen finished 10th.
With the new Audi A4 for the 2003 season, Fredrik Ekblom won the third consecutive title for the team, Tobias Johansson ended 6th and Kristoffersson 7th. In 2004, Ekblom finished third and Kristoffersson 8th. Ekblom ended 6th in 2005 and Kristoffersson 10th. In 2006, Thed Björk won the championship, Ekblom finished 4th and Kristoffersson finished 10th. in 2007, Björk finished 4th, Frank Stippler was 7th and Kristoffersson 14th.
In 2008, Audi dropped factory support to the team. Kristoffersson missed three races and finished 14th, whereas Alexander Lvov finished 19th.
For the 2009 STCC season, Tommy Kristoffersson retired as Johan Kristoffersson replaced him to become the team's new lead driver. Driving an Audi A4, he finished 18th overall and runner-up in the privateers cup, whereas Andreas Simonsen entered two rounds.
In 2010, the Kristoffersson began to operate the Team Biogas.se team, replacing Brovallen Motorsport, switching to Volkswagen Scirocco cars. Ekblom finished third and Patrik Olsson finished sixth, whereas Johan Kristoffersson entered the last three rounds. In 2011, Ekblom was runner-up and Olsson was ninth. Kristoffersson competed in the second half of the season, finishing 10th.
Kristoffersson Motorsport stayed loyal to the STCC in 2012, while rival teams created the TTA – Racing Elite League. Johan Kristoffersson won the championship with the Volkswagen Scirocco, whereas Jordi Gené finished 7th. When both championships merged in 2013 and adopted TTA technical regulations, Kristoffersson decided to close their touring car program.
With Volkswagen Sweden factory support, Kristoffersson Motorsport returned to the STCC in 2017 with the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR. Fredrik Ekblom was runner-up and Fredrik Blomstedt finished third, whereas Johan Kristoffersson ranked fourth despite entering only four of the seven rounds.
Johan Kristoffersson won the 2018 championship with three wins and seven podiums in 12 races. His teammates Hugo Nerman and Nicklas Oscarsson finished 9th and 15th with no podiums.
Racing record
FIA European Rallycross Championship results (key)
Supercar Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points2013 Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS Volkswagen Scirocco 61 Johan Kristoffersson GBR POR FRA NOR SWE10 BEL NED AUT POL 28th 11 62 Pontus Tidemand GBR POR FRA NOR SWE26 BEL NED AUT POL 45th 0 2014 Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS Volkswagen Polo 52 Ole Christian Veiby GBR NORBEL10 GER ITA 29th7 53 Johan Kristoffersson GBR NOR BELDSQ GER3 ITA1 8th 30 2015 Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 52 Ole Christian Veiby BEL2 GER7 NOR18 BAR1 ITA3 3rd 86
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
(key)
Supercar Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points Teams Points 2014 Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS Volkswagen Polo 52 Ole Christian Veiby POR GBR NOR FIN SWE21 BEL19 CAN FRA GER ITA TUR ARG NC 0 N/A N/A 53 Johan Kristoffersson POR GBR NOR FIN SWE20 BEL3 CAN FRA GER8 ITA5 TUR ARG 15th 33 2015 Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 3 Johan Kristoffersson POR1 HOC8 BEL7 GBR3 GER4 SWE11 CAN11 NOR10 FRA4 BAR2 TUR3 ITA2 ARG13 3rd 234 4th 291 52 Ole Christian Veiby POR HOC BEL GBR GER SWE9 CAN NOR FRA BAR TUR ITA ARG10 19th 19 99 Tord Linnerud POR16 HOC11 BEL12 GBR9 GER5 SWE21 CAN20 NOR15 FRA18 BAR12 TUR11 ITA11 ARG 14th 49 2016 Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 3 Johan Kristoffersson POR6 HOC7 BEL6 GBR12 NOR7 SWE5 CAN3 FRA1 BAR6 LAT5 GER6 ARG22nd240 3rd 316 92 Anton Marklund POR9 HOC15 BEL4 GBR9 NOR15 SWE4 CAN6 FRA18 BAR14 LAT15 GER15 ARG11 13th 76 34 Tanner Foust POR HOC BEL GBR22 NOR SWE CAN FRA BAR LAT GER18 ARG 29th 0 N/A N/A 2017 PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 3 Johan Kristoffersson BAR6 POR3 HOC2 BEL1 GBR2 NOR1 SWE1 CAN1 FRA1 LAT1 GER7 RSA1 1st 3161st 544 11 Petter Solberg BAR4 POR6 HOC4 BEL3 GBR1 NOR7 SWE7 CAN2 FRA5 LAT7 GER4 RSA4 3rd 252 94 Dieter Depping BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT GER16 RSA 26th 1 2018 PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 1 Johan Kristoffersson BAR1 POR1 BEL5 GBR1 NOR1 SWE1 CAN1 FRA1 LAT1 USA1 GER1 RSA11st3411st568 11 Petter Solberg BAR5 POR3 BEL2 GBR7 NOR3 SWE7 CAN5 FRA3 LAT7 USA2 GER5 RSA5 5th 227 2020 Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Volkswagen Polo R 3 Johan Kristoffersson SWE SWE FIN FIN LAT LAT ESP ESP 1st 219 N/A N/A 2022 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo RX1e 1 Johan Kristoffersson NOR LAT LATPORPORBELBELESPESPGER 1st 183 1st 306 52 Ole Christian Veiby NOR LAT LAT POR POR BEL BEL ESP ESP GER 4th 124 17 Gustav Bergström NOR LAT LAT POR POR BEL BEL ESP ESP GER 6th 107 N/A N/A 2023 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo RX1e OMSE ZEROID X1 1 Johan Kristoffersson POR NOR SWE GBR BEL GER RSA RSA CHN CHN 1st 141 1st 104 96 Ole Christian Veiby POR NOR SWE GBR BLX GER RSA RSA CHN CHN 5th 82 17 Gustav Bergström POR NOR SWE GBR BEL GER RSA RSA CHN CHN 12th 20 N/A N/A 19 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky POR NOR SWE GBR BEL GER RSA RSA CHN CHN 13th 13 69 Sondre Evjen POR NOR SWE GBR BEL GER RSA RSA CHN CHN NC 0 * Season still in progress.
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