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2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship
The 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the ninth 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.
The 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the ninth 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 third consecutive year, his fifth title overall. Kristoffersson Motorsport won the teams' championship for the first time under that name.
On 15 December 2021, the provisional 2022 calendar was announced during the FIA World Motorsport Council decisions: The updated calendar was released on 21 March. It included one unconfirmed event. The calendar was updated again on 29 June on the FIA World Motorsport Council, in which World RX of Sweden was cancelled for RX1e, and World RX of Catalunya returned to the calendar provisionally. Another calendar update was announced on 7 July. The World RX of Germany was postponed to allow RX1e teams more time to prepare for the season.
| .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Rnd | Event | Date | Venue | Class | Winner | Team | Report |
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| Cooper Tires Rallycross of Sweden | 2–3 July | Höljesbanan, Höljes | RX2e | Viktor Vranckx | Bert Vranckx | Report | |
| Ramudden World RX of Norway | 13–14 August | Lånkebanen, Hell | RX1e | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Report | |
| RX2e | Viktor Vranckx | Bert Vranckx | |||||
| Ferratum World RX of Rīga-Latvia | 3–4 September | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga | RX1e | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Report | |
| Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | ||||||
| RX2e | Patrick O'Donovan | Patrick O'Donovan | |||||
| Lusorecursos World RX of Portugal | 17–18 September | Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre | RX1e | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Report | |
| Niclas Grönholm | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | ||||||
| Benelux World RX of Spa-Francorchamps | 8–9 October | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | RX1e | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Report | |
| Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | ||||||
| RX2e | Patrick O'Donovan | Patrick O'Donovan | |||||
| World RX of Catalunya | 29–30 October | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | RX1e | Timmy Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | Report | |
| Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | ||||||
| RX2e | Isak Sjökvist | Isak Sjökvist | |||||
| World RX of Germany | 12–13 November | Nürburgring, Nürburg | RX1e | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Report |
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World RX of Sweden was listed as the opening round of World Rallycross Championship. A further update was issued in March, with Holjes becoming an official launch event headlined by the Euro RX1 series for combustion-powered supercars. The World RallyCross Championship's electric era started at Norway's Hell track on 13-14 August after delays to allow teams to ready their new cars.
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For the first time in world rallycross history all the categories were based on electric power.
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The RX1 class was discontinued. It was replaced by the electric RX1e class. While bodywork and liveries were different, all cars in this new class used the same powertrain developed by Kreisel Electric.
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A new race weekend format was adopted for the 2022 season. The grids for heat 1 were set using a single-lap shootout SuperPole session immediately following practice. Single header events featured three heat races (down from four), and double header events featured two heat races (down from three). The grids for the heats following heat 1 were set by finishing position in the previous heat, rather than overall time. The positions per heat were determined by time. Following the heat races a 'Progression' race determined which ten drivers moved on to the semi-finals. From the semi-finals, the top 2 drivers from each semi moved on to the final, along with the highest-placed driver finishing in third. The staggered grid for the semi-finals and finals was removed in favor of a side-by-side grid. There was a maximum of five cars competing in every race.
| Constructor | Team | Model | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Ref |
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| Guerlain Chicherit | Lancia Delta Evo-e RX | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | 11 | ||
| Hansen World RX Team | Peugeot 208 RX1e | 21 | Timmy Hansen | All | ||
| 71 | Kevin Hansen | All | ||||
| Construction Equipment Dealer Team | PWR RX1e | 12 | Klara Andersson | All | ||
| 68 | Niclas Grönholm | All | ||||
| Kristoffersson Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | All | ||
| 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | All | ||||
| Gustav Bergström | 17 | Gustav Bergström | All | |||
| ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza RX1e | 77 | René Münnich | 1–10 | ||
| 92 | Anton Marklund | 11 |
| Constructor | Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds | Ref |
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| Patrick O'Donovan | ZEROID X1 | 00 | Patrick O'Donovan | All | ||
| Catie Munnings | 3 | Catie Munnings | 1 | |||
| QEV Motorsport | 5 | Pablo Suárez | All | |||
| 7 | Carlos Checa Carrera | 5 | ||||
| 23 | Nick Heidfeld | 5 | ||||
| 26 | Roberts Vitols | 3 | ||||
| 28 | Filip Thorén | 1, 3 | ||||
| 34 | Lance Woolridge | 2 | ||||
| Aksel Lund Svindal | 9 | Aksel Lund Svindal | 2 | |||
| Escuderia Mollerussa | 12 | Pepe Arqué | 5 | |||
| Bert Vranckx | 13 | Viktor Vranckx | All | |||
| Kristoffersson Motorsport | 14 | Nils Andersson | All | |||
| Acciona Sainz XE Team | 44 | Laia Sanz | 1–2, 5 | |||
| Mark Flaherty | 77 | Mark Flaherty | 1–2 | |||
| Isak Sjökvist | 82 | Isak Sjökvist | All | |||
| ACA Esport | 97 | Raul Ferre | All |
Points are scored as follows:
| Pos. | Driver | SWE | NOR | LVA | BEL | CAT | Points |
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| Viktor Vranckx | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Isak Sjökvist | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Nils Andersson | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Patrick O'Donovan | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Raul Ferre | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Pablo Suárez | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Filip Thorén | 6 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Laia Sanz | 7 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Roberts Vitols | 4 | ||||||
| Mark Flaherty | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Pepe Arqué | 6 | ||||||
| Lance Woolridge | 7 | ||||||
| Catie Munnings | 8 | ||||||
| Aksel Lund Svindal | 9 | ||||||
| Carlos Checa Carrera | 9 | ||||||
| Nick Heidfeld | 10 |
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