The 2022 World RX of Catalunya was the eighth and ninth round of the ninth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was double-header (two races in a weekend) held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia. Johan Kristoffersson clinched his fifth FIA World Rallycross Championship crown – and the first of the series’ new electric era – at World RX of Catalunya (30 October).
World RX1e Championship Race 1
Source
Heats DriverTeamCar11 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson MotorsportVolkswagen Polo RX1e1st1st271 Kevin HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 RX1e3rd2nd321 Timmy HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 RX1e2nd3rd468 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer TeamPWR RX1e5th4th517 Gustav BergströmGustav BergströmVolkswagen Polo RX1e4th6th612 Klara AnderssonConstruction Equipment Dealer TeamPWR RX1e6th5th777 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSEAT Ibiza RX1e852 Ole Christian VeibyKristoffersson MotorsportVolkswagen Polo RX1e
Progression
Race 1
DriverTeamTime11 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport4:17.627221 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team + 0.135317 Gustav BergströmGustav Bergström + 1.23777 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 2 laps
Race 2
DriverTeamTime171 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team4:14.206268 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 0.633352 Ole Christian VeibyKristoffersson Motorsport + 1.980412 Klara AnderssonConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 2.652
Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport4:11.954268 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 2.5103*17 Gustav BergströmGustav Bergström + 5.6914(7)12 Klara AnderssonConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 10.3019
Semi-Final 2
DriverTeamTimePts171 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team4:11.419221 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team + 0.4903(6)52 Ole Christian VeibyKristoffersson Motorsport + 2.398104(8)77 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 8.1878
Note: Gustav Bergström progressed to the Final race as one of two placed third Semi-Finals drivers with better result in Progression Round.
Final DriverTeamTimePts11 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team4:10.16320268 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 0.51616317 Gustav BergströmGustav Bergström + 3.885 13471 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team + 7.8801251 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport + 7.92411
World RX1e Championship Race 2
Source
Heats DriverTeamCar11 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson MotorsportVolkswagen Polo RX1e1st1st221 Timmy HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 RX1e2nd2nd352 Ole Christian VeibyKristoffersson MotorsportVolkswagen Polo RX1e4th3rd468 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer TeamPWR RX1e3rd5th571 Kevin HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 RX1e5th4th617 Gustav BergströmGustav BergströmVolkswagen Polo RX1e6th6th712 Klara AnderssonConstruction Equipment Dealer TeamPWR RX1e7th7th877 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSEAT Ibiza RX1e8th8th
Progression
Race 1
DriverTeamTime11 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport3:57.644252 Ole Christian VeibyKristoffersson Motorsport + 5.090312 Klara AnderssonConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 7.421471 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team + 8.889
Race 2
DriverTeamTime121 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team4:00.306268 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 2.795317 Gustav BergströmGustav Bergström + 3.807477 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 8.950
Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport4:05.664212 Klara AnderssonConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 1.7443*68 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 7.5754(8)77 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport + 8.1328
Semi-Final 2
DriverTeamTimePts121 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team3:59.498252 Ole Christian VeibyKristoffersson Motorsport + 2.8593(6)71 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team + 3.191104(7)17 Gustav BergströmGustav Bergström + 4.3619
Note: Niclas Grönholm progressed to the Final race as one of two placed trird Semi-Finals drivers with better result in Progression Round.
Final DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport3:55.20920221 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team + 5.11216352 Ole Christian VeibyKristoffersson Motorsport + 6.32513412 Klara AnderssonConstruction Equipment Dealer Team + 7.56212568 Niclas GrönholmConstruction Equipment Dealer Team11
Standings after the event
Source DriverGap Johan Kristoffersson1622 Timmy Hansen123 +393 Niclas Grönholm114 +484 Kevin Hansen112 +505 Ole Christian Veiby112 +50
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
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