The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and started on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 27 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.
Petter Solberg was the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot were the defending teams' champions. After 11 rounds, Mattias Ekström clinched the Drivers Championship. His team EKS secured the teams championship at the final round in Argentina.
Calendar
On 30 October 2015 the 2016 calendar was announced, removing the rounds in Italy and Turkey and adding an event in Latvia. On 2 December 2015 the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved in Paris the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar and confirmed the separation of European and World Rallycross heats during events. The RX Lites category was held in support of the World Championship, which consisted of seven events and a non-championship round in Canada.
Event Dates Venue Class Winner Team Report 1 World RX of Portugal 16–17 April Pista Automóvel de Montalegre Supercar Report 2 7–8 May Hockenheimring Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report RX Lites Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 3 World RX of Belgium 14–15 May Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report RX Lites Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 4 28–29 May Lydden Hill Race Circuit Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report RX Lites Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 5 World RX of Norway 11–12 June Lånkebanen Supercar Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Report RX Lites Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 6 World RX of Sweden 2–3 July Höljesbanan Supercar Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Report RX Lites Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 7 World RX of Canada 6–7 AugustCircuit Trois-Rivières Supercar Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Report RX Lites² Mitchell DeJong Olsbergs MSE 8 World RX of France 3–4 September Circuit de Lohéac Supercar Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden Report 9 World RX of Barcelona Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Supercar Mattias Ekström EKS RX Report RX Lites Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 10 World RX of Latvia 1–2 October Supercar Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Report RX Lites Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 11 World RX of Germany 15–16 October Estering Supercar Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Report 12 World RX of Argentina Autódromo Rosario Supercar Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Report ¹ = A one-car team is ineligible to score teams' championship points.
² = Non-championship round.
Teams and drivers
Supercar
Permanent entries Constructor Entrant Car Driver Rounds Audi EKS RX Audi S1 5 Mattias Ekström All 57 Toomas Heikkinen All Larsson Jernberg Motorsport Audi A1 4 Robin Larsson All Citroën Petter Solberg World RX Team Citroën DS3 1 Petter Solberg All Ford Hoonigan Racing Division 13 Andreas Bakkerud All 43 Ken Block All Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 68 Niclas Grönholm 1–11 96 Kevin Eriksson 1–7, 9-12 29 Yann Le Jossec 8 15 Reinis Nitišs 9-10, 12 World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 6 Jānis Baumanis All 7 Timur Timerzyanov All Mini JRM Racing Mini Countryman 33 Liam Doran1 1–6 65 Guerlain Chicherit 8–11 37 Guy Wilks 9-10 94 Nick Jones 12 Peugeot Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 9 Sébastien Loeb All 21 Timmy Hansen All Peugeot-Hansen Academy 17 Davy Jeanney 1–6, 8-11 71 Kevin Hansen 1–2, 4, 8, 11 SEAT SEAT Ibiza Cupra 15 Reinis Nitišs2 1–8 55 René Münnich 1–11 44 Timo Scheider 9-10, 12 24 Tommy Rustad 11 77 René Münnich 12 Volkswagen Volkswagen RX Sweden 3 All 92 Anton Marklund All Non-permanent entries ineligible to score team points Constructor Entrant Car Driver Rounds Audi Racing-Com KFT Audi A1 102 Tamás Kárai 8 Citroën DA Racing Citroën DS3 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 2, 8 Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 84 "Knapick" 8 Ford Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 41 Joaquim Santos 1 World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 31 Max Pucher 2 Ecurie Bayard ASBL 67 François Duval 3 Guy Wilks 37 Guy Wilks 4 Julian Godfrey 51 Julian Godfrey 4 Olsbergs MSE 23 Richard Göransson 6 113 Cyril Raymond 11 Oliver O'Donovan 2 Oliver O'Donovan 8 "M.D.K" 49 "M.D.K" 8, 11 Pascal Le Nouvel 98 Pascal Le Nouvel 8 Reinsalu Sport 10 Janno Ligur 10 Andreas Steffen 80 Andreas Steffen 11 Kia Gigi Galli Kia Rio 25 Gigi Galli 10-11 Mitsubishi Eklund Motorsport Mitsubishi Mirage 60 Joni-Pekka Rajala 11 Peugeot Fredrik Salsten Peugeot 208 11 Fredrik Salsten 8 Albatec Racing 24 Tommy Rustad 8 26 Andy Scott 8 121 Philippe Maloigne 8 Patrick Guillerme 83 Patrick Guillerme 8 Renault Fabien Chanoine Renault Clio 89 Fabien Chanoine 8 Škoda Motorsport LT Škoda Fabia 88 Nerijus Naujokaitis 10 Volkswagen Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 34 Tanner Foust 4, 11 Hedströms Motorsport 8 Peter Hedström 11 Per Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 53 Alexander Hvaal 11 * Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.
1 = JRM has announced the termination of Liam Doran's contract with the team following the sixth round (Sweden) of the championship.
2 = Nitišs left the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and returned to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).
RX Lites All teams used identical Olsbergs MSE-produced Ford Fiestas Entries Entrant Driver Rounds Olsbergs MSE 13 Cyril Raymond 1-7 33 Tejas Hirani 1-764 Saeed Bintouq3-4, NC, 6 75 Patrick Simon 1 40 Dan Rooke 3 21 Marcus Hoglund 5 24 Mitchell DeJong NC 45 Miki Weckström NC 27 Andrew Ranger NC 51 Sandra Hultgren NC 53 Cole Keatts NC JC Raceteknik 99 Joachim Hvaal 1-7 16 Thomas Bryntesson 1-7 69 Sondre Evjen 1-7 96 Henrik Krogstad 4 6 William Nilsson 5 46 Martin Lapins 7 3 Per Björnson 5 14 Magnus Hansen 5 98 Oliver Eriksson NC Santosh Motorsport 86 Santosh Berggren 5 Set Promotion 8 Simon Wago Syversen 1-7 Toksport 18 Ali Turkkan 3 Helmia Motorsport 91 Jonathan Walfridsson 4-5 Sport Racing Technologies 55 Vasily Gryazin 7 Lotto Team 66 Albert Llovera 4-6 Dirtfish Motorsports 121 Conner Martell NC, 7 ICEPOL Racing Team 26 Regis Gosselin 2 Westlund Entreprenad 47 Alexander Westlund 1-2, 5 Simon Olofsson 52 Simon Olofsson 1-7 Thomas Holmen 56 Thomas Holmen 4-7 Johan Larsson 2 Johan Larsson 5
NC represents participation in the non-championship round in Canada.
Championship Standings
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers Driver POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA BAR LAT GER ARG Points1 Mattias Ekström 10 1 1 1 3 6 8 8 1 2 5 5 272 2 6 7 6 12 7 5 3 1 6 5 6 2 240 3 Andreas Bakkerud 4 12 14 6 1 1 2 2 7 4 3 1 239 4 Petter Solberg 1 4 3 2 4 7 5 4 10 19 2 7 239 5 Sébastien Loeb 5 10 2 10 5 2 9 3 8 1 9 8 209 6 Timmy Hansen 12 18 7 3 2 3 1 11 2 3 8 13 178 7 Toomas Heikkinen 3 2 16 11 9 9 4 15 9 9 10 3 150 8 16 17 8 5 6 14 7 30 3 6 14 9 117 9 Robin Larsson 2 6 13 15 10 8 16 12 5 12 13 6 109 10 Jānis Baumanis 14 8 9 7 8 10 15 26 4 8 7 12 109 11 Kevin Eriksson 7 11 10 8 13 15 11 11 13 1 16 92 12 Davy Jeanney 8 9 11 13 11 12 7 12 10 11 86 13 Anton Marklund 9 15 4 9 15 4 6 18 14 15 15 11 76 14 Ken Block 18 3 19 14 14 13 10 6 16 16 12 15 63 15 Kevin Hansen 13 19 4 9 4 52 16 Reinis Nitišs 15 13 12 21 12 18 13 5 13 11 10 44 17 Niclas Grönholm 17 14 15 16 16 11 12 14 15 18 19 2818 Timo Scheider 17 7 4 25 19 François Duval 5 18 20 Liam Doran 10 5 17 19 17 16 921 Andy Scott 10 622 Tommy Rustad 13 25 4 23 Guy Wilks 17 19 14 324 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 16 17 125 Peter Hedström 16 126 René Münnich 19 20 18 18 18 19 14 16 18 22 24 14 -3 Driver POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA BAR LAT GER ARG Points
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams Team Drivers Points 1 EKS RX 5 Mattias Ekström 422 57 Toomas Heikkinen 2 Team Peugeot-Hansen 9 Sébastien Loeb 387 21 Timmy Hansen 3 Volkswagen RX Sweden 3 316 92 Anton Marklund 4 Hoonigan Racing Division 13 Andreas Bakkerud 302 43 Ken Block 5 World RX Team Austria 6 Jānis Baumanis 226 7 Timur Timerzyanov 6 Olsbergs MSE 68 Niclas Grönholm 132 96 Kevin Eriksson 7 15 Reinis Nitišs 6755 René Münnich
RX Lites Cup Driver HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN BAR LAT Points1 Cyril Raymond 2 6 1 2 2 1 8 175 2 Thomas Bryntesson 1 1 2 1 4 2 7 167 3 Simon Olofsson 7 2 3 3 1 4 4 151 4 Joachim Hvaal 3 3 4 6 7 7 5 136 5 Simon Wago Syversen 6 5 5 8 11 3 10 115 6 Sondre Evjen 9 4 6 10 13 8 1 98 7 Tejas Hirani 8 7 7 5 16 6 3 968 Thomas Holmen 9 9 5 6 559 Alexander Westlund 4 9 5 38 10 Saeed Bintouq 10 7 2 10 23 (30*) 11 Patrick Simon 5 21 12 Marcus Hoglund 6 19 13 Albert Llovera 11 17 9 17 14 Johan Larsson 3 1715 Conner Martell 4 2 16 (21*) 16 Henrik Krogstad 4 1517 Vasily Gryazin 9 14 18 Dan Rooke 8 1319 William Nilsson 8 1320 Regis Gosselin 8 1221 Martin Lapins 11 1122 Ali Turkkan 9 1123 Per Björnson 10 1024 Jonathan Walfridsson 12 15 825 Magnus Hansen 12 626 Santosh Berggren 14 3 27 Mitchell DeJong 1 0 (27*)28 Miki Weckström 5 0 (25*)29 Oliver Eriksson 3 0 (22*)30 Andrew Ranger 6 0 (17*)31 Sandra Hultgren 7 0 (15*)32 Cole Keatts 8 0 (12*) Driver HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN BAR LAT Points
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