# 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship

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.
| Rnd | Event | Date | Venue | Winning driver | Winning team | Report |
| 1 | World RX of Portugal | 3–4 June | Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Report |
| 2 | World RX of Norway | 17–18 June | Lånkebanen, Hell | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Report |
| 3 | World RX of Sweden | 1–2 July | Höljesbanan, Höljes | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Report |
| 4 | World RX of the United Kingdom | 22–23 July | Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Canterbury | Cancelled | Cancelled | Report |
| 5 | World RX of Benelux | 5–6 August | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet | Cancelled | Cancelled | Report |
| 6 | World RX of Germany | 19–20 August | Estering, Buxtehude | Cancelled | Cancelled | Report |
| 7 | World RX of South Africa | 7–8 October | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Report |
| 8 | World RX of South Africa | 7–8 October | Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town | Timo Scheider | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Report |
| 9 | World RX of Hong Kong, China | 11–12 November | Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong | Kevin Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | Report |
| 10 | World RX of Hong Kong, China | 11–12 November | Central Harbourfront Circuit, Hong Kong | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Report |

## 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

| Constructor | Team | Model | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| GCK Performance | Special ONE Racing | Lancia Delta Evo-E RX | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | 1–4 |
| GCK Performance | Special ONE Racing | Lancia Delta Evo-E RX | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | 1–4 |
| Peugeot | Hansen World RX Team | Peugeot 208 RX1e | 21 | Timmy Hansen | 1–4 |
| Peugeot | Hansen World RX Team | Peugeot 208 RX1e | 71 | Kevin Hansen | 1–4 |
| PWR Racing | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | PWR RX1e | 12 | Klara Andersson | 1–4 |
| PWR Racing | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | PWR RX1e | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | 1–4 |
| SEAT | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza RX1e | 44 | Timo Scheider | 1–4 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 1–4 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 17 | Gustav Bergström | 1–3 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 69 | Sondre Evjen | 4 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 96 | Ole Christian Veiby | 1–4 |

### RX2e

| Constructor | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| QEV Technologies | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | ZEROID X1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 7–10 |
| QEV Technologies | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | ZEROID X1 | 19 | Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky | 9–10 |
| QEV Technologies | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | ZEROID X1 | 96 | Ole Christian Veiby | 7–10 |
| QEV Technologies | Hansen World RX Team | ZEROID X1 | 7 | Patrick O'Donovan | 9–10 |
| QEV Technologies | Hansen World RX Team | ZEROID X1 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | 7–10 |
| QEV Technologies | Hansen World RX Team | ZEROID X1 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | 7–10 |
| QEV Technologies | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | ZEROID X1 | 12 | Klara Andersson | 7–10 |
| QEV Technologies | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | ZEROID X1 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | 7–10 |
| QEV Technologies | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | ZEROID X1 | 44 | Timo Scheider | 7–10 |
| QEV Technologies | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | ZEROID X1 | 77 | René Münnich | 7–10 |

## Championship standings

Bonus points are awarded for finishing in the top 3 of the heat ranking. Points are scored as follows:
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Points | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

### RX1e Driver's Championship

| Pos. | Driver | POR | NOR | SWE | GBR | BLX | GER | ZAF | ZAF | HKG | HKG | Points |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | C | C | C | 1$^1$ | 3$^2$ | 6$^3$ | 1$^1$ | 141 |
| 2 | Kevin Hansen | 2 | 9$^3$ | 4$^2$ | C | C | C | 2 | 2$^3$ | 1$^1$ | 7$^3$ | 104 |
| 3 | Niclas Grönholm | 3$^2$ | 2$^2$ | 7 | C | C | C | 5 | 6 | 2$^2$ | 5$^2$ | 94 |
| 4 | Timo Scheider | 9 | 3 | 5 | C | C | C | 3$^3$ | 1$^1$ | 3 | 8 | 89 |
| 5 | Ole Christian Veiby | 4 | 6 | 3 | C | C | C | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 82 |
| 6 | Timmy Hansen | 7$^3$ | 10 | 2$^3$ | C | C | C | 4$^2$ | 4 | 9 | 4 | 78 |
| 7 | Klara Andersson | 5 | 4 | 9 | C | C | C | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 71 |
| 8 | René Münnich | | | | | | | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 |
| 9 | Sébastien Loeb | 6 | 5 | 8 | C | | | | | | | 29 |
| 10 | Guerlain Chicherit | 8 | 7 | 6 | C | | | | | | | 27 |
| 11 | Patrick O'Donovan | | | | | | | | | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Gustav Bergström | 10 | 8 | 10 | | C | C | | | | | 20 |
| 13 | Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky | | | | | | | | | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| - | Sondre Evjen | | | | C | | | | | | | - |
| Pos. | Driver | POR | NOR | SWE | GBR | BLX | GER | ZAF | ZAF | HKG | HKG | Points |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
In-line notation :
| $^{1–3}$ | Top 3 heat ranking |

### RX1e Team's Championship

| Pos. | Driver | No. | POR | NOR | SWE | GBR | BLX | GER | Points |
| 1 | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | 1 | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | C | C | C | 104 |
| 1 | Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS | 96 | 4 | 6 | 3 | C | C | C | 104 |
| 2 | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | 12 | 5 | 4 | 9 | C | C | C | 72 |
| 2 | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | 68 | 3$^2$ | 2$^2$ | 7 | C | C | C | 72 |
| 3 | Hansen World RX Team | 21 | 7$^3$ | 10 | 2$^3$ | C | C | C | 71 |
| 3 | Hansen World RX Team | 71 | 2 | 9$^3$ | 4$^2$ | C | C | C | 71 |
| 4 | Special ONE Racing | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | C | | | 46 |
| 4 | Special ONE Racing | 36 | 8 | 7 | 6 | C | | | 46 |
| Pos. | Driver | | POR | NOR | SWE | GBR | BLX | GER | Points |