2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 46th season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The championship consisted of two classes: RX1 and RX3.
The championship began on 22 May at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and ended on 4 September at Circuit de Lohéac in France.

Calendar

The championship consisted of 6 events across Europe, with RX1 competing at four rounds and RX3 competing at five.
The initial calendar was released on 16 December. It included one unconfirmed event.[1] A revised calendar was released on 26 March.[2] Another calendar revision was published on 12 May.[3]

Rnd Event Date Venue Class Winner Team
1 Euro RX of Barcelona - Catalunya 23–24 July Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló RX3 Yury Belevskiy Volland Racing KFT
2 Euro RX of Sweden 20–22 August Höljesbanan, Höljes RX1 Thomas Bryntesson Thomas Bryntesson
RX3 Yury Belevskiy Volland Racing KFT
3 Euro RX of France 3–5 September Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac RX1 René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
RX3 Kobe Pauwels Volland Racing KFT
4 Euro RX of Latvia 18–19 September Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga RX1 Janis Baumanis ES Motorsport
5 Euro RX of Benelux 8–10 October Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps RX1 Andreas Bakkerud ES Motorsport
RX3 Yury Belevskiy Volland Racing KFT
6 Euro RX of Portugal 16–17 October Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre RX3 Yury Belevskiy Volland Racing KFT

Calendar Changes
  • After being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euro RX of Benelux, Euro RX of Norway and Euro RX of France were all set to return to the championship on the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Norway was not included in the 12 May revision of the calendar.[3]
  • The Euro RX of Finland was set to return to the championship for the first time since 2014 on the initial calendar, but was not included in the 12 May revision.[3]
  • After being on the calendar in 2020, the Euro RX of Riga - Latvia was not included in the initial calendar, but was later added to the calendar in the May 12 revision.[3]
  • After being on the original 2020 calendar, then being cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Euro RX of Portugal, Euro RX of Russia and Euro RX of Germany were not included in the initial calendar. The Euro RX of Portugal and the Euro RX of Germany were reintroduced on the revised calendar.[3]

Series News
  • The Supercar and Super1600 classes were renamed to RX1 and RX3 respectively.[4]

Entries

RX1
Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Kárai Motorsport Sportgyesület Audi S1 73 Tamás Kárai All [5]
Citroën Ydeo Competition Citroën DS3 35 Benoît Fretin 2 [6]
Stéphane De Ganay 47 Stéphane De Ganay 2,4 [6]
David Meslier 68 David Meslier 2 [6]
Romuald Delauney 76 Romuald Delauney 1-2 [7]
Ford Oponeo Ford Fiesta 44 Dariusz Topolewski All [8]
88 Marcin Gagacki All [5]
Nyírad Motorsport KFT 50 Attila Mózer 2-4 [6]
TSK Baltijos Sportas 55 Paulius Pleskovas All [5]
Hyundai Hedströms Motorsport Hyundai i20 8 Peter Hedström 3 [9]
Patrick Guillerme 83 Patrick Guillerme 1-2, 4 [5]
Hans-Jøran Østreng 85 Hans-Jøran Østreng All [7]
Peugeot Jonathan Pailler Peugeot 208 18 Jonathan Pailler All [10]
Fabien Pailler 20 Fabien Pailler All [10]
Pascal Lambec 19 Pascal Lambec 1-2 [7]
Ándrea Dubourg 23 Ándrea Dubourg All [11]
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 1-2 [11]
Emmanuel Anne 29 Emmanuel Anne 2 [6]
Laurent Bouliou 95 Laurent Bouliou 2 [6]
Anthony Pelfrene 112 Anthony Pelfrene 2 [6]
Renault CsuCsu Renault Clio 7 Csucsu All [5]
SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 38 Mandie August All [5]
77 René Münnich 1-2, 4 [5]
Škoda ES Motorsport Škoda Fabia 6 Janis Baumanis All [12]
13 Andreas Bakkerud 2-4 [9]
GFS Motorsport Egyesület / ES K&N 13 Andreas Bakkerud 1 [13]
66 Luigi 4 [5]
Edijs Ošs 80 Edijs Ošs 3 [9]
Volkswagen Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 75 Per Eklund 1 [14]
David Nordgaard Volkswagen Polo 9 David Nordgaard 1 [7]
KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team 11 Aleš Fučik 1, 3 [5]
Hedströms Motorsport 12 Anders Michalak 1, 3-4 [7]
92 Anton Marklund 1 [15][7]
Thomas Bryntesson 16 Thomas Bryntesson 1, 3 [16]
Sivert Svardal 24 Sivert Svardal All [7]

RX3
Constructor Team Car No. Driver Rounds Ref
Audi Damian Litwinowicz Audi A1 6 Damian Litwinowicz All [17]
Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 13 Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 2, 4 [7]
Volland Racing KFT. 22 Kobe Pauwels All [18]
54 Marat Knyazev All [19]
89 Timur Shigabutdinov 1-3, 5 [19]
95 Yury Belevskiy All [19]
Speedy Motorsport 18 Zsolt Szíjj Jolly 1-3 [19]
Nuno Araújo 108 Nuno Araújo 5 [20]
Citroën Maximilien Eveno Citroën C2 75 Maximilien Eveno 3 [21]
Hélder Ribeiro 122 Hélder Ribeiro 5 [20]
Ford Sebastian Høidalen Ford Fiesta 5 Sebastian Høidalen 2, 5 [19]
Martin Kjær 91 Martin Kjær 2 [7]
Peugeot Pedro Ribeiro Peugeot 108 44 Pedro Ribeiro 3, 5 [6]
Espen Isaksætre Peugeot 208 8 Espen Isaksætre 2 [19]
Antonio Sousa 129 Antonio Sousa 5 [20]
Joaquim Machado 146 Joaquim Machado 5 [20]
Renault Anthony Jan Renault Clio 35 Anthony Jan 3 [6]
Dylan Dufas Renault Twingo 9 Dylan Dufas 2-3 [7]
RS Racing Team 20 Siim Saluri 1, 5 [19]
Meunier Competition 28 Clément Picard 3-4 [6]
161 Frédéric Moreau 3 [6]
Sergio Dias 125 Sergio Dias 5 [20]
Škoda Pajrs S.R.O. Škoda Citigo 11 Jan Černý All [19]
Ligur Racing Škoda Fabia 10 Janno Ligur 2-3, 5 [19]
Kreda 14 Kasparas Navickas 1-2 [19]
Automax Motorsport 23 Radosław Raczkowski All [19]
Alexander Hvaal 60 Marius Solberg Hansen 2 [7]
Josef Šusta 61 Jiři Šusta All [19]
Jérémy Lambec 66 Jérémy Lambec 2-3 [7]
Maximilien Eveno 75 Maximilien Eveno 3 [6]
ADAC Team Weser-Ems E.V. 86 Lukas Ney 1-3, 5 [22]
Ole Henry Steinsholt 88 Ole Henry Steinsholt 5 [20]
JihoČesky Autoklub V AČR 96 Marcel Suchý All [19]
João Ribeiro 99 João Ribeiro 5 [20]
Leonel Sampaio 147 Leonel Sampaio 5 [20]
Volkswagen KRTZ Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 58 Dominik Senegacnik 2 [7]

Championship standings

Points are scored as follows:

Position
Round 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Heats 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Semi-Finals 6 5 4 3 2 1
Final 8 5 4 3 2 1

RX1
Pos. Driver SWE
 FRA
 LAT
 BEL
 Points
1 Andreas Bakkerud 3 4 7 1 90
2 Fabien Pailler 8 6 2 2 86
3 Janis Baumanis 20 5 1 3 69
4 Jonathan Pailler 5 9 10 4 60
5 Ándrea Dubourg 9 2 4 14 57
6 René Münnich 10 1 8 53
7 Tamás Kárai 4 3 13 5 52
8 Thomas Bryntesson 1 8 46
9 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 2 8 35
10 Csucsu 6 19 6 12 30
11 Hans-Jøran Østreng 13 16 11 11 22
12 Peter Hedström 3 21
13 Anders Michalak 12 9 16 20
14 Mandie August 14 10 17 10 20
15 Sivert Svardal 17 17 5 17 18
16 Romuald Delauney 15 7 15
17 Anton Marklund 7 15
18 Marcin Gagacki 18[lower-alpha 1] 12 19 7 14
19 Stéphane De Ganay 11 13 13
20 Attila Mózer 14 12 15 12
21 Dariusz Topolewski 19 24 18 9 11
22 Paulius Pleskovas 24 20 16 6 10
23 David Nordgaard 11 9
24 Emmanuel Anne 13 7
25 Aleš Fučik 16 14 4
26 Edijs Ošs 15 2
27 Laurent Bouliou 15 2
28 Patrick Guillerme 21 25 18 0
29 David Meslier 18 0
30 Benoît Fretin 21 0
31 Per Eklund 22 0
32 Anthony Pelfrene 22 0
33 Pascal Lambec 23 23 0
Pos. Driver SWE
 FRA
 BEL
 POR
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

RX3
Pos. Driver BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 BEL
 POR
 Points
1 Yury Belevskiy 1 1 2 1 1 147
2 Kobe Pauwels 4 2 1 4 3 115
3 Marat Knyazev 5 3 4 2 2 114
4 Jan Cerny 7 4 5 6 7 88
5 Timur Shigabutdinov 2 7 3 6 72
6 Damian Litwinowicz 6 6 15 3 4 72
7 Radoslaw Raczkowski 9 14 8 10 36
8 Zsolt Szíjj Jolly 3 17 7 33
9 Janno Ligur 5 10 31
10 Clément Picard 12 5 24
11 Kasparas Navickas 8 9 24
12 Jiri Susta 10 13 9 7[lower-alpha 2] 21
13 Nuno Araújo 5 16
14 Maximilien Eveno 6 16
15 Marcel Suchý 12 19 9 16
16 João Ribeiro 8 15
17 Espen Isaksætre 8 13
18 Per Magne Egebø-Svardal 21 8 11
19 Marius Solberg Hansen 10 11
20 Leonel Sampaio 9 10
21 Joaquim Machado 10 9
22 Sergio Dias 11 8
23 Siim Saluri 11 8
24 Jérémy Lambec 18 11 7
25 Sebastian Høidalen 11 7
26 Lukas Ney 13 20 14 7
27 Martin Kjær 12 6
28 Antonio Sousa 12 6
29 Dylan Dufas 15 13 6
30 Pedro Ribeiro 16 13 4
31 Hélder Ribeiro 14 3
32 Dominik Senegacnik 16 1
33 Frédéric Moreau 17 0
Pos. Driver BAR
 SWE
 FRA
 BEL
 POR
 Points

Notes

  1. Marcin Gagacki was deducted 10 championship points for the use of a third turbo in one event.
  2. Jiri Susta was deducted 15 championship points for the use of a third engine over the season.

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