The 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the ninth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.
Johan Kristoffersson won the drivers' championship for the third consecutive year, his fifth title overall. Kristoffersson Motorsport won the teams' championship for the first time under that name.
Calendar
On 15 December 2021, the provisional 2022 calendar was announced during the FIA World Motorsport Council decisions: The updated calendar was released on 21 March. It included one unconfirmed event. The calendar was updated again on 29 June on the FIA World Motorsport Council, in which World RX of Sweden was cancelled for RX1e, and World RX of Catalunya returned to the calendar provisionally. Another calendar update was announced on 7 July. The World RX of Germany was postponed to allow RX1e teams more time to prepare for the season.
Event Date Venue Class Winner TeamReport1 Cooper Tires Rallycross of Sweden2–3 JulyHöljesbanan, HöljesRX2e Viktor Vranckx Bert VranckxReport 2 Ramudden World RX of Norway 13–14 August Lånkebanen, Hell RX1e Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson MotorsportReport RX2e Viktor Vranckx Bert Vranckx 3 Ferratum World RX of Rīga-Latvia 3–4 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga RX1e Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson MotorsportReport4 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport RX2e Patrick O'Donovan Patrick O'Donovan 5 Lusorecursos World RX of Portugal 17–18 September Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX1e Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson MotorsportReport 6 Niclas Grönholm Construction Equipment Dealer Team 7 Benelux World RX of Spa-Francorchamps 8–9 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot RX1e Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson MotorsportReport 8 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport RX2e Patrick O'Donovan Patrick O'Donovan 9 World RX of Catalunya 29–30 October Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, MontmelóRX1e Timmy Hansen Hansen World RX TeamReport 10 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport RX2e Isak Sjökvist Isak Sjökvist 11 World RX of Germany 12–13 November Nürburgring, Nürburg RX1e Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson MotorsportReport
Calendar Changes World RX of Sweden was listed as the opening round of World Rallycross Championship. A further update was issued in March, with Holjes becoming an official launch event headlined by the Euro RX1 series for combustion-powered supercars. The World RallyCross Championship's electric era started at Norway's Hell track on 13-14 August after delays to allow teams to ready their new cars.
Series News
For the first time in world rallycross history all the categories were based on electric power. The RX1 class was discontinued. It was replaced by the electric RX1e class. While bodywork and liveries were different, all cars in this new class used the same powertrain developed by Kreisel Electric. A new race weekend format was adopted for the 2022 season. The grids for heat 1 were set using a single-lap shootout SuperPole session immediately following practice. Single header events featured three heat races (down from four), and double header events featured two heat races (down from three). The grids for the heats following heat 1 were set by finishing position in the previous heat, rather than overall time. The positions per heat were determined by time. Following the heat races a 'Progression' race determined which ten drivers moved on to the semi-finals. From the semi-finals, the top 2 drivers from each semi moved on to the final, along with the highest-placed driver finishing in third. The staggered grid for the semi-finals and finals was removed in favor of a side-by-side grid. There was a maximum of five cars competing in every race.
Entries RX1e Constructor Team Model Drivers Rounds GCK Exclusiv-e Guerlain ChicheritLancia Delta Evo-e RX36 Guerlain Chicherit11 Peugeot Hansen World RX Team Peugeot 208 RX1e 21 Timmy Hansen All 71 Kevin Hansen All PWR Racing Construction Equipment Dealer Team PWR RX1e12 Klara Andersson All68 Niclas Grönholm All Volkswagen Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo RX1e 1 Johan Kristoffersson All 52 Ole Christian Veiby All Gustav Bergström 17 Gustav Bergström All SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza RX1e 77 René Münnich 1–10 92 Anton Marklund 11
RX2e Constructor Team Car Drivers Rounds QEV Technologies Patrick O'Donovan ZEROID X1 00 Patrick O'Donovan All Catie Munnings 3 Catie Munnings 1 QEV Motorsport 5 Pablo Suárez All 7 Carlos Checa Carrera523 Nick Heidfeld5 26 Roberts Vitols 3 28 Filip Thorén 1, 3 34 Lance Woolridge 2 Aksel Lund Svindal 9 Aksel Lund Svindal 2 Escuderia Mollerussa12 Pepe Arqué5 Bert Vranckx 13 Viktor Vranckx All Kristoffersson Motorsport 14 Nils Andersson All Acciona Sainz XE Team 44 Laia Sanz 1–2, 5 Mark Flaherty 77 Mark Flaherty 1–2 Isak Sjökvist 82 Isak Sjökvist All ACA Esport 97 Raul Ferre All
Championship standings Points are scored as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15thPoints 20 16 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
RX1e Driver's Championship Driver NORLVAPRTBELCAT DEU Points 1 Johan Kristoffersson1111511411 183 2 Timmy Hansen2343447123 136 3 Niclas Grönholm5757152252 130 4 Ole Christian Veiby3432285634 124 5 Kevin Hansen7224724565 122 6 Gustav Bergström6565833377 107 7 Klara Andersson4876376746 102 8 René Münnich868866888 789 Anton Marklund8810 Guerlain Chicherit97 Driver NORLVAPRTBELCAT DEU Points
RX1e Team's Championship DriverNo. NORLVAPRTBELCAT DEU Points 1 Kristoffersson Motorsport11111511511 306523432285634 2 Hansen World RX Team212343457123 259717224724465 3 Construction Equipment Dealer Team124876376746 232685757142252 Driver NORLVAPRTBELCAT DEU Points
RX2e Driver's Championship Driver SWE NOR LVA BEL CAT Points 1 Viktor Vranckx11322 83 2 Isak Sjökvist33251 73 3 Nils Andersson22663 65 4 Patrick O'Donovan96117 60 5 Raul Ferre44545 58 6 Pablo Suárez55734 56 7 Filip Thorén687 27 8 Laia Sanz788 259 Roberts Vitols41210 Mark Flaherty10101111 Pepe Arqué61013 Lance Woolridge79 13 Catie Munnings8 814 Aksel Lund Svindal9715 Carlos Checa Carrera9716 Nick Heidfeld106 Driver SWE NOR LVA BEL CAT Points
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