The 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the tenth 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 his fourth consecutive drivers championship and his sixth title overall at round 9 in Hong Kong. Kristoffersson Motorsport entered as the reigning teams champions.
Calendar
On 7 December 2022, the provisional 2023 calendar was announced during the FIA World Motorsport Council decisions. A calendar update was issued on 3 March 2023. On 21 March, the World RX of Hong Kong, China was announced as the season finale. The event hosted in Hong Kong will mark the first ever championship round in the Asia-Pacific region.
EventDateVenueWinning driverWinning teamReport1 World RX of Portugal3–4 JunePista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSReport2 World RX of Norway17–18 JuneLånkebanen, Hell Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSReport3 World RX of Sweden1–2 JulyHöljesbanan, Höljes Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSReport4 World RX of the United Kingdom22–23 JulyLydden Hill Race Circuit, CanterburyCancelledReport5 World RX of Benelux5–6 AugustCircuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, MettetCancelledReport6 World RX of Germany19–20 AugustEstering, BuxtehudeCancelledReport 7 World RX of South Africa7–8 OctoberKillarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSReport 8 Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport 9 World RX of Hong Kong, China11–12 NovemberCentral Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong Kevin Hansen Hansen World RX TeamReport 10 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS
Series News
After having trialed a new weekend format in 2022, the format was adjusted again for the 2023 season. The weekend structure was reverted to a system of four heats of five cars (reduced to three heats at double-header events), with two semis and a final with six cars each using a staggered grid. Free practice replaced the shakedown as the first session of the weekend. SuperPole was retained from the 2022 season. Heat 2 will have the fastest drivers from heat 1 going first, whereas heat 3 and 4 will have the slowest drivers from the previous heat going first. At the end of the heats, the top 3 drivers in the heat ranking will be given championship points; 3 to the winner of the heat rankings, 2 to second, and 1 to third. After the final, championship points are awarded to the top 15 drivers across the whole weekend.
Incidents
On 21 July 2023, at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Canterbury, Special ONE Racing's garage was completely destroyed in a fire. Both of the team's Lancia Delta Evo-e RX electric cars were completely destroyed. No one was injured in the fire. For this reason, the World RX of United Kingdom was subsequently cancelled for the RX1e class while a cause was being investigated. Special ONE Racing pulled out of the final six rounds of the season as a result of the incident. On 31 July 2023, the World RX of Benelux was also cancelled for the RX1e class since investigations were still ongoing as to what the cause of the Lydden Hill fire was. Subsequently, Johan Kristoffersson, Ole Christian Veiby, Timmy Hansen and Kevin Hansen were all confirmed to take part in the RX2e class at the event instead. On 1 September 2023, it was announced that the final four rounds of the season in Hong Kong and South Africa would go ahead with the RX1e class drivers competing in the ZEROID X1 car used in the RX2e class. The RX2e season finished at the event before in Germany.
Entries
RX1e ConstructorTeamModelDriversRoundsGCK Performance Special ONE RacingLancia Delta Evo-E RX9 Sébastien Loeb1–436 Guerlain Chicherit1–4Peugeot Hansen World RX TeamPeugeot 208 RX1e21 Timmy Hansen1–471 Kevin Hansen1–4PWR Racing Construction Equipment Dealer TeamPWR RX1e12 Klara Andersson1–468 Niclas Grönholm1–4SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSEAT Ibiza RX1e44 Timo Scheider1–4Volkswagen Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSVolkswagen Polo RX1e1 Johan Kristoffersson1–417 Gustav Bergström1–369 Sondre Evjen496 Ole Christian Veiby1–4
RX2e Constructor Team Car Drivers Rounds QEV Technologies Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUSZEROID X11 Johan Kristoffersson7–1019 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky9–10 96 Ole Christian Veiby7–10 Hansen World RX Team7 Patrick O'Donovan9–10 21 Timmy Hansen7–1071 Kevin Hansen7–10 Construction Equipment Dealer Team12 Klara Andersson7–1068 Niclas Grönholm7–10 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport44 Timo Scheider7–1077 René Münnich7–10
Championship standings Bonus points are awarded for finishing in the top 3 of the heat ranking. Points are scored as follows: Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15thPoints201613121110987654321
RX1e Driver's Championship Driver POR NOR SWE GBRBLXGERZAFHKG Points 1 Johan Kristoffersson111111CCC11326311 141 2 Kevin Hansen29342CCC2231173 104 3 Niclas Grönholm32227CCC562252 94 4 Timo Scheider935CCC331138 89 5 Ole Christian Veiby463CCC6742 82 6 Timmy Hansen731023CCC42494 78 7 Klara Andersson549CCC7556 71 8 René Münnich88810 30 9 Sébastien Loeb658C 29 10 Guerlain Chicherit876C 2711 Patrick O'Donovan7322 12 Gustav Bergström10810CC 2013 Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky10913- Sondre EvjenC- Driver POR NOR SWE GBRBLXGERZAFHKG PointsIn-line notation1–3Top 3 heat ranking
RX1e Team's Championship DriverNo.PORNORSWEGBRBLXGER Points 1 Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS1111111CCC 10496463CCC 2 Construction Equipment Dealer Team12549CCC 726832227CCC 3 Hansen World RX Team21731023CCC 717129342CCC4 Special ONE Racing9658C4636876C Driver PORNORSWEGBRBLXGER Points
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