# 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. A revised calendar was released on 26 March. Another calendar revision was published on 12 May.
| 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 |
| 2 | Euro RX of Sweden | 20–22 August | Höljesbanan, Höljes | 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 |
| 3 | Euro RX of France | 3–5 September | Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac | 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 |
| 5 | Euro RX of Benelux | 8–10 October | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa-Francorchamps | 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.

## Series News

* The Supercar and Super1600 classes were renamed to RX1 and RX3 respectively.

## Entries
### RX1

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

### RX3

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

## Championship standings

Points are scored as follows:
| | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | Position | 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 | 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 |
| 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) |

### 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 | | 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 |