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

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

Calendar Changes

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Series News

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Entries

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RX1

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

RX3

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

Championship standings

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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

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Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
FRA
France
LAT
Latvia
BEL
Belgium
Points
1 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 3 4 7 1 90
2 France Fabien Pailler 8 6 2 2 86
3 Latvia Janis Baumanis 20 5 1 3 69
4 France Jonathan Pailler 5 9 10 4 60
5 France Ándrea Dubourg 9 2 4 14 57
6 Germany René Münnich 10 1 8 53
7 Hungary Tamás Kárai 4 3 13 5 52
8 Norway Thomas Bryntesson 1 8 46
9 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 2 8 35
10 Hungary Csucsu 6 19 6 12 30
11 Norway Hans-Jøran Østreng 13 16 11 11 22
12 Sweden Peter Hedström 3 21
13 Sweden Anders Michalak 12 9 16 20
14 Germany Mandie August 14 10 17 10 20
15 Norway Sivert Svardal 17 17 5 17 18
16 France Romuald Delauney 15 7 15
17 Sweden Anton Marklund 7 15
18 Poland Marcin Gagacki 18[a] 12 19 7 14
19 France Stéphane De Ganay 11 13 13
20 Hungary Attila Mózer 14 12 15 12
21 Poland Dariusz Topolewski 19 24 18 9 11
22 Lithuania Paulius Pleskovas 24 20 16 6 10
23 Norway David Nordgaard 11 9
24 France Emmanuel Anne 13 7
25 Czech Republic Aleš Fučik 16 14 4
26 Latvia Edijs Ošs 15 2
27 France Laurent Bouliou 15 2
28 France Patrick Guillerme 21 25 18 0
29 France David Meslier 18 0
30 France Benoît Fretin 21 0
31 Sweden Per Eklund 22 0
32 France Anthony Pelfrene 22 0
33 France Pascal Lambec 23 23 0
Pos. Driver SWE
Sweden
FRA
France
BEL
Belgium
POR
Portugal
Points
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

RX3

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

Notes

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  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.

References

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