# 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship

The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds and started on 16 April with the Portuguese round at Montalegre. The season ended on 27 November, at Rosario, Santa Fe in Argentina.
Petter Solberg was the defending drivers' champion. Team Hansen-Peugeot were the defending teams' champions. After 11 rounds, Mattias Ekström clinched the Drivers Championship. His team EKS secured the teams championship at the final round in Argentina.

## Calendar

On 30 October 2015 the 2016 calendar was announced, removing the rounds in Italy and Turkey and adding an event in Latvia. On 2 December 2015 the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved in Paris the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar and confirmed the separation of European and World Rallycross heats during events. The RX Lites category was held in support of the World Championship, which consisted of seven events and a non-championship round in Canada.
| Rnd. | Event | Dates | Venue | Class | Winner | Team | Report |
| 1 | World RX of Portugal | 16–17 April | Pista Automóvel de Montalegre | Supercar | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team¹ | Report |
| 2 | World RX of Hockenheim | 7–8 May | Hockenheimring | Supercar | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Report |
| 2 | World RX of Hockenheim | 7–8 May | Hockenheimring | RX Lites | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | Report |
| 3 | World RX of Belgium | 14–15 May | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet | Supercar | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Report |
| 3 | World RX of Belgium | 14–15 May | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet | RX Lites | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | Report |
| 4 | World RX of Great Britain | 28–29 May | Lydden Hill Race Circuit | Supercar | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Report |
| 4 | World RX of Great Britain | 28–29 May | Lydden Hill Race Circuit | RX Lites | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 5 | World RX of Norway | 11–12 June | Lånkebanen | Supercar | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Report |
| 5 | World RX of Norway | 11–12 June | Lånkebanen | RX Lites | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | Report |
| 6 | World RX of Sweden | 2–3 July | Höljesbanan | Supercar | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Report |
| 6 | World RX of Sweden | 2–3 July | Höljesbanan | RX Lites | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | Report |
| 7 | World RX of Canada | 6–7 August | Circuit Trois-Rivières | Supercar | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Report |
| 7 | World RX of Canada | 6–7 August | Circuit Trois-Rivières | RX Lites² | Mitchell DeJong | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 8 | World RX of France | 3–4 September | Circuit de Lohéac | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Report |
| 9 | World RX of Barcelona | 17–18 September | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Supercar | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Report |
| 9 | World RX of Barcelona | 17–18 September | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | RX Lites | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 10 | World RX of Latvia | 1–2 October | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze | Supercar | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Report |
| 10 | World RX of Latvia | 1–2 October | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze | RX Lites | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | Report |
| 11 | World RX of Germany | 15–16 October | Estering | Supercar | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 12 | World RX of Argentina | 26–27 November | Autódromo Rosario | Supercar | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Report |
¹ = A one-car team is ineligible to score teams' championship points.
² = Non-championship round.

## Teams and drivers
### Supercar

Permanent entries :
| Constructor | Entrant | Car | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Audi | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | All |
| Audi | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | All |
| Audi | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | Audi A1 | 4 | Robin Larsson | All |
| Citroën | Petter Solberg World RX Team | Citroën DS3 | 1 | Petter Solberg | All |
| Ford | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | All |
| Ford | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 43 | Ken Block | All |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | 1–11 |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | 1–7, 9-12 |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 29 | Yann Le Jossec | 8 |
| Ford | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | 9-10, 12 |
| Ford | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | All |
| Ford | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | All |
| Mini | JRM Racing | Mini Countryman | 33 | Liam Doran$^1$ | 1–6 |
| Mini | JRM Racing | Mini Countryman | 65 | Guerlain Chicherit | 8–11 |
| Mini | JRM Racing | Mini Countryman | 37 | Guy Wilks | 9-10 |
| Mini | JRM Racing | Mini Countryman | 94 | Nick Jones | 12 |
| Peugeot | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | All |
| Peugeot | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | All |
| Peugeot | Peugeot-Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | 1–6, 8-11 |
| Peugeot | Peugeot-Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | 1–2, 4, 8, 11 |
| SEAT | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza Cupra | 15 | Reinis Nitišs$^2$ | 1–8 |
| SEAT | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza Cupra | 55 | René Münnich | 1–11 |
| SEAT | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza Cupra | 44 | Timo Scheider | 9-10, 12 |
| SEAT | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza Cupra | 24 | Tommy Rustad | 11 |
| SEAT | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza Cupra | 77 | René Münnich | 12 |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | All |
| Volkswagen | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 92 | Anton Marklund | All |
| Non-permanent entries ineligible to score team points Constructor Entrant Car No. Driver Rounds Audi Racing-Com KFT Audi A1 102 Tamás Kárai 8 Citroën DA Racing Citroën DS3 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 2, 8 Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier 84 "Knapick" 8 Ford Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 41 Joaquim Santos 1 World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 31 Max Pucher 2 Ecurie Bayard ASBL 67 François Duval 3 Guy Wilks 37 Guy Wilks 4 Julian Godfrey 51 Julian Godfrey 4 Olsbergs MSE 23 Richard Göransson 6 113 Cyril Raymond 11 Oliver O'Donovan 2 Oliver O'Donovan 8 "M.D.K" 49 "M.D.K" 8, 11 Pascal Le Nouvel 98 Pascal Le Nouvel 8 Reinsalu Sport 10 Janno Ligur 10 Andreas Steffen 80 Andreas Steffen 11 Kia Gigi Galli Kia Rio 25 Gigi Galli 10-11 Mitsubishi Eklund Motorsport Mitsubishi Mirage 60 Joni-Pekka Rajala 11 Peugeot Fredrik Salsten Peugeot 208 11 Fredrik Salsten 8 Albatec Racing 24 Tommy Rustad 8 26 Andy Scott 8 121 Philippe Maloigne 8 Patrick Guillerme 83 Patrick Guillerme 8 Renault Fabien Chanoine Renault Clio 89 Fabien Chanoine 8 Škoda Motorsport LT Škoda Fabia 88 Nerijus Naujokaitis 10 Volkswagen Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 34 Tanner Foust 4, 11 Hedströms Motorsport 8 Peter Hedström 11 Per Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 53 Alexander Hvaal 11 ||||||
* Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.
$^1$ = JRM has announced the termination of Liam Doran's contract with the team following the sixth round (Sweden) of the championship.
$^2$ = Nitišs left the Münnich Motorsport team following event eight (France) and returned to Olsbergs MSE for event nine (Barcelona).

### RX Lites

All teams used identical Olsbergs MSE-produced Ford Fiestas
Entries :
| Entrant | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Olsbergs MSE | 13 | Cyril Raymond | 1-7 |
| Olsbergs MSE | 33 | Tejas Hirani | 1-7 |
| Olsbergs MSE | 64 | Saeed Bintouq | 3-4, NC, 6 |
| Olsbergs MSE | 75 | Patrick Simon | 1 |
| Olsbergs MSE | 40 | Dan Rooke | 3 |
| Olsbergs MSE | 21 | Marcus Hoglund | 5 |
| Olsbergs MSE | 24 | Mitchell DeJong | NC |
| Olsbergs MSE | 45 | Miki Weckström | NC |
| Olsbergs MSE | 27 | Andrew Ranger | NC |
| Olsbergs MSE | 51 | Sandra Hultgren | NC |
| Olsbergs MSE | 53 | Cole Keatts | NC |
| JC Raceteknik | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | 1-7 |
| JC Raceteknik | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | 1-7 |
| JC Raceteknik | 69 | Sondre Evjen | 1-7 |
| JC Raceteknik | 96 | Henrik Krogstad | 4 |
| JC Raceteknik | 6 | William Nilsson | 5 |
| JC Raceteknik | 46 | Martin Lapins | 7 |
| JC Raceteknik | 3 | Per Björnson | 5 |
| JC Raceteknik | 14 | Magnus Hansen | 5 |
| JC Raceteknik | 98 | Oliver Eriksson | NC |
| Santosh Motorsport | 86 | Santosh Berggren | 5 |
| Set Promotion | 8 | Simon Wago Syversen | 1-7 |
| Toksport | 18 | Ali Turkkan | 3 |
| Helmia Motorsport | 91 | Jonathan Walfridsson | 4-5 |
| Sport Racing Technologies | 55 | Vasily Gryazin | 7 |
| Lotto Team | 66 | Albert Llovera | 4-6 |
| Dirtfish Motorsports | 121 | Conner Martell | NC, 7 |
| ICEPOL Racing Team | 26 | Regis Gosselin | 2 |
| Westlund Entreprenad | 47 | Alexander Westlund | 1-2, 5 |
| Simon Olofsson | 52 | Simon Olofsson | 1-7 |
| Thomas Holmen | 56 | Thomas Holmen | 4-7 |
| Johan Larsson | 2 | Johan Larsson | 5 |
NC represents participation in the non-championship round in Canada.

## Championship Standings
### FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

| Pos. | Driver | POR | HOC | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | BAR | LAT | GER | ARG | Points |
| 1 | Mattias Ekström | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 272 |
| 2 | Johan Kristoffersson | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 240 |
| 3 | Andreas Bakkerud | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 239 |
| 4 | Petter Solberg | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 239 |
| 5 | Sébastien Loeb | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 209 |
| 6 | Timmy Hansen | 12 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 178 |
| 7 | Toomas Heikkinen | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 150 |
| 8 | Timur Timerzyanov | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 117 |
| 9 | Robin Larsson | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 109 |
| 10 | Jānis Baumanis | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 109 |
| 11 | Kevin Eriksson | 7 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 11 | | 11 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 92 |
| 12 | Davy Jeanney | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | | 7 | 12 | 10 | 11 | | 86 |
| 13 | Anton Marklund | 9 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 76 |
| 14 | Ken Block | 18 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 63 |
| 15 | Kevin Hansen | 13 | 19 | | 4 | | | | 9 | | | 4 | | 52 |
| 16 | Reinis Nitišs | 15 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 11 | | 10 | 44 |
| 17 | Niclas Grönholm | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | | 28 |
| 18 | Timo Scheider | | | | | | | | | 17 | 7 | | 4 | 25 |
| 19 | François Duval | | | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 18 |
| 20 | Liam Doran | 10 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 16 | | | | | | | 9 |
| 21 | Andy Scott | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | 6 |
| 22 | Tommy Rustad | | | | | | | | 13 | | | 25 | | 4 |
| 23 | Guy Wilks | | | | 17 | | | | | 19 | 14 | | | 3 |
| 24 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | | 16 | | | | | | 17 | | | | | 1 |
| 25 | Peter Hedström | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | 1 |
| 26 | René Münnich | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 14 | -3 |
| Pos. | Driver | POR | HOC | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | BAR | LAT | GER | ARG | Points |

### FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

| Pos. | Team | No. | Drivers | Points |
| 1 | EKS RX | 5 | Mattias Ekström | 422 |
| 1 | EKS RX | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | 422 |
| 2 | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | 387 |
| 2 | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 21 | Timmy Hansen | 387 |
| 3 | Volkswagen RX Sweden | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | 316 |
| 3 | Volkswagen RX Sweden | 92 | Anton Marklund | 316 |
| 4 | Hoonigan Racing Division | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | 302 |
| 4 | Hoonigan Racing Division | 43 | Ken Block | 302 |
| 5 | World RX Team Austria | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | 226 |
| 5 | World RX Team Austria | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | 226 |
| 6 | Olsbergs MSE | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | 132 |
| 6 | Olsbergs MSE | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | 132 |
| 7 | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | 67 |
| 7 | all-inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | 55 | René Münnich | 67 |

### RX Lites Cup

| Pos. | Driver | HOC | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | BAR | LAT | Points |
| 1 | Cyril Raymond | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 8 | 175 |
| 2 | Thomas Bryntesson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | 2 | 7 | 167 |
| 3 | Simon Olofsson | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | | 4 | 4 | 151 |
| 4 | Joachim Hvaal | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | | 7 | 5 | 136 |
| 5 | Simon Wago Syversen | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | | 3 | 10 | 115 |
| 6 | Sondre Evjen | 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | | 8 | 1 | 98 |
| 7 | Tejas Hirani | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 16 | | 6 | 3 | 96 |
| 8 | Thomas Holmen | | | | 9 | 9 | | 5 | 6 | 55 |
| 9 | Alexander Westlund | 4 | 9 | | 5 | | | | | 38 |
| 10 | Saeed Bintouq | | | 10 | 7 | | 2 | 10 | | 23 (30*) |
| 11 | Patrick Simon | 5 | | | | | | | | 21 |
| 12 | Marcus Hoglund | | | | | 6 | | | | 19 |
| 13 | Albert Llovera | | | | 11 | 17 | | 9 | | 17 |
| 14 | Johan Larsson | | | | | 3 | | | | 17 |
| 15 | Conner Martell | | | | | | 4 | | 2 | 16 (21*) |
| 16 | Henrik Krogstad | | | | 4 | | | | | 15 |
| 17 | Vasily Gryazin | | | | | | | | 9 | 14 |
| 18 | Dan Rooke | | | 8 | | | | | | 13 |
| 19 | William Nilsson | | | | | 8 | | | | 13 |
| 20 | Regis Gosselin | | 8 | | | | | | | 12 |
| 21 | Martin Lapins | | | | | | | | 11 | 11 |
| 22 | Ali Turkkan | | | 9 | | | | | | 11 |
| 23 | Per Björnson | | | | | 10 | | | | 10 |
| 24 | Jonathan Walfridsson | | | | 12 | 15 | | | | 8 |
| 25 | Magnus Hansen | | | | | 12 | | | | 6 |
| 26 | Santosh Berggren | | | | | 14 | | | | 3 |
| 27 | Mitchell DeJong | | | | | | 1 | | | 0 (27*) |
| 28 | Miki Weckström | | | | | | 5 | | | 0 (25*) |
| 29 | Oliver Eriksson | | | | | | 3 | | | 0 (22*) |
| 30 | Andrew Ranger | | | | | | 6 | | | 0 (17*) |
| 31 | Sandra Hultgren | | | | | | 7 | | | 0 (15*) |
| 32 | Cole Keatts | | | | | | 8 | | | 0 (12*) |
| Pos. | Driver | HOC | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | BAR | LAT | Points |