The 2024 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the eleventh 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 fifth consecutive year, his seventh title overall. Kristoffersson Motorsport are the reigning teams champions.
Calendar
On the 28th of February 2024, the 2024 calendar was announced. It included a first ever World Rallycross round at an unannounced location in Australia. It was also announced that there were ongoing discussions to add an additional round in Asia. On the 12th of July 2024, it was announced that the planned season closer in Australia would not be going ahead. Instead it was announced that the season finale will be a double header event staged in China on the 19th and 20th of October 2024. On 7 October 2024 it was announced that the planned season ending round in China would not go ahead either, and would instead be replaced by a double header round in Turkey, at the Istanbul Park on the 9th and 10th of November 2024.
EventDateVenueWinning driverWinning teamReport1 World RX of Sweden6–7 JulyHöljesbanan, Höljes KMS - HORSE PowertrainReport2 KMS - HORSE Powertrain3 World RX of Hungary27–28 JulyNyirád Racing Center, Nyirád Niclas Grönholm Construction Equipment Dealer TeamReport4 KMS - HORSE Powertrain5 World RX of Benelux17–18 AugustCircuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet Timmy Hansen Hansen World RX TeamReport 6 KMS - HORSE Powertrain 7 World RX of Portugal7–8 September KMS - HORSE PowertrainReport 8 Kevin Hansen Hansen World RX Team 9 World RX of Turkey9–10 NovemberIstanbul Park, Istanbul Ole Christian Veiby KMS - HORSE PowertrainReport10 Juha Rytkönen PGRX
Series News
On 6 December 2023 it was announced that the championship would reintroduce internal combustion cars to compete in the highest class in the championship together with the electric RX1e cars that had been introduced in 2022, on the basis of the combustion vehicles being sustainably fueled. Internal combustion vehicles had been absent from the championship since they were retired after the 2021 season. A maximum of 16 full time entries will be allowed to take part in the season.
The weekend format was adjusted for the 2024 season. SuperPole was replaced by pre-determined starting positions in all heats. The time-based format for the heats was scrapped in favor of races for position, and championship points will be awarded for every heat race, semi-final, and final.
Cooper Tires left the championship as the official supplier of tires for all categories. They were replaced by Hoosier Racing Tires.
Entries
RX1 ConstructorTeamTypeModelDriversRoundsHyundai PGRXICEHyundai i20 RX 18 Juha Rytkönen 9–10ICE 22 Steven Bossard 9–10Peugeot Team RX RacingICEPeugeot 208 RX 7 Patrick O'Donovan 9–10 JDM Raptor RacingICE 8 Anthony Pelfrene 1–8 Hansen World RX TeamEVPeugeot 208 RX1e21 Timmy Hansen AllEV71 Kevin Hansen AllPWR Racing CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction EquipmentEVPWR RX1e12 Klara Andersson AllEV68 Niclas Grönholm AllRenault Impossible RX TeamICERenault Mégane RS RX94 Jankó Wieszt 3–4SEAT ALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportICESEAT Ibiza RX77 René Münnich 1–8Volkswagen KMS - HORSE PowertrainICEVolkswagen Polo KMS 601 RX 1 Johan Kristoffersson AllICE96 Ole Christian Veiby All Kristoffersson MotorsportEVVolkswagen Polo RX1e17 Gustav Bergström 1–2EV69 Sondre Evjen 1–2
Championship standings Points are scored based on finishing position in every heat race, semi-final and final. Points are scored as follows: Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6thHeat race points543210Finals points1086421
World RX Driver's Championship Driver SWE HUNBLXPRTTÜR Points 1 Johan Kristoffersson 1 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 6 2 240 2 Kevin Hansen 6 4 6 5 3 2 3 1 3 4 197 3 Ole Christian Veiby 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 1 6 190 4 Timmy Hansen 4 6 4 4 1 5 6 3 4 3 181 5 Niclas Grönholm 7 2 1 9 7 4 2 6 2 5 177 6 Klara Andersson 2 8 9 3 5 6 8 4 7 8 145 7 René Münnich 10 10 7 6 6 7 5 7 76 8 Anthony Pelfrene 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 71 9 Juha Rytkönen 8 1 36 10 Gustav Bergström 3 5 3311 Jankó Wieszt 3 728 12 Patrick O'Donovan 5 7 27 13 Steven Bossard 9 9 16 14 Sondre Evjen 9 9 15 Driver SWE HUNBLXPRTTÜR Points
World RX Team's Championship DriverNo.SWEHUNBLXPRTTÜR Points 1 KMS - HORSE Powertrain1 1 1 5 1 4 1 1 2 62 43096 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 162 Hansen World RX Team21 4 6 4 4 1 5 6 3 3 337871 6 4 6 5 3 2 3 1 3 4 3 Construction Equipment Dealer Team12 2 8 9 3 5 6 8 4 7 8 32268 7 2 1 9 7 4 2 6 2 5 Driver SWEHUNBLXPRTTÜR Points
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