2020 World RX of Catalunya-Barcelona Entries Unveiled

The 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship has reached mid-season after three double-headers hosted in Sweden, Finland and Latvia, it is now time for the double-header number four as they head down to sunny Spain for rounds 7 and 8 held at the Formula 1 circuit near to Barcelona on 17-18 October.

This entry list sees the biggest starting grid of the season so far, with a total of 20 Supercars to be racing in the high octane and flame-spitting World RX class.

After winning three rounds of six being held so far, it is the two-time World RX champion Johan Kristoffersson who leads the championship at the moment, sitting in second is Mattias Ekström who has replaced Janis Baumanis so far this season in the Audi. Ekström doesn’t appear on the start list but you can be sure he will race there if he gets the permission from his partners.

Joining the permanent drivers for this weekend is the former World RX regular Oliver Bennett from United Kingdom, he will bring his colourful XITE Racing Mini Cooper SX1 to Barcelona.

A newcomer in the World RX is the former European Super 1600 driver Luigi Gyula Lajos from Hungary, Luigi has been seen testing the ES Motorsport run Škoda Fabia in Finland and in Latvia this week.

Juha Rytkönen from Finland who shocked all by his performance in Kouvola by challenging the top drivers, was always within the top five and claimed a second place finish on the Saturday, will be entering in the Ferrarum Team runned Ford Fiesta instead of the team owner Jani Paasonen that weekend.

The Euro RX regular Tamas Karai from Hungary will be making his second appearance in the championship this season and rounding out the list are France’s Patrick Guillerme in a own built Hyundai i20 that he debuted with in Euro RX in Lohéac last season and the Belgian circuit racing legend Enzo Ide who has appeared on some of the lists earlier but hasn’t shown up due to other commitments.

The event will also see the two-first rounds of the 2020 FIA European Super 1600 Rallycross Championship, becoming the second series of this year to use the double-header format.

Here also it is a strong entry list, with 23 drivers from 10 nationalities joining the roster in Barcelona. The defending Euro RX champions Volland Racing will be fielding a five-car Audi A1 entry where Marat Knyazev from Russia is the new signing. Knyazev will be joining the last year’s line-up of Yuri Belevskiy, Gergely Marton, Timur Shigabutdinov and Artur Egorov.

From Norway there are five drivers entered that weekend, Marius Bermingrud will be racing in the Tedak Racing runned Alfa Romeo MiTO, Ole Henry Steinsholt in a Škoda Fabia and Espen Isaksætre in a Peugeot 208.

The fellow countrymens Marius Solberg Hansen and Martin Kjær in a Citroën DS3 and a Ford Fiesta respectively, who are entered as wildcards this weekend.

The reigning RX Academy champion Rasmus Tuominen from Finland will be joining the Super 1600 powerhouse SET Promotion in a Renault Twingo as the team makes a comeback to the series.

European Rally Championship regular Jan Cerny from Czech Republic will be debuting in the Škoda Citigo and rounding up the list of the newcomers are Mikhail Simonov from Russia in a Renault Twingo and Joao Ribeiro from Portugal in a Škoda Fabia.

FIA World Rallycross Championship

1	Timmy Hansen	SWE	Team Hansen	SWE	Peugeot 208
3	Johan Kristoffersson	SWE	Kristoffersson Motorsport	SWE	Volkswagen Polo
4	Robin Larsson	SWE	KYB Team JC	SWE	Audi S1
TBA	TBA	TBA	KYB Team JC	SWE	Audi S1
7	Timur Timerzyanov	RUS	GRX Taneco	FIN	Hyundai i20
9	Kevin Hansen	SWE	Team Hansen	SWE	Peugeot 208
13	Andreas Bakkerud	NOR	Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel	FRA	Renault Mégane
14	Rokas Baciuska	LTU	Unkorrupted	FRA	Renault Clio
33	Liam Doran	GBR	Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel	FRA	Renault Mégane
36	Guerlain Chicherit	FRA	Unkorrupted	FRA	Renault Clio
42	Oliver Bennett	GBR	Oliver Bennett	GBR	Mini Cooper
44	Timo Scheider	DEU	All-inkl.com Munnich Motorsport	DEU	Seat Ibiza
66	Luigi Gyula Lajos	HUN	GFS Motorsport Sportgyesulet	HUN	Škoda Fabia
68	Niclas Grönholm	FIN	GRX Taneco	FIN	Hyundai i20
73	Tamas Karai	HUN	Karai Motorsport Sportgyesulet	HUN	Audi S1
77	Rene Munnich	DEU	All-inkl.com Munnich Motorsport	DEU	Seat Ibiza
83	Patrick Guilerme	FRA	Patrick Guillerme	FRA	Hyundai i20
91	Enzo Ide	BEL	Team JC Race Teknik	SWE	Audi S1
92	Anton Marklund	SWE	GCK Bilstein	SWE	Renault Mégane
177	Juha Rytkönen	FIN	Ferratum Team	FIN	Ford Fiesta

FIA European Super 1600 Rallycross Championship

3	Pavel Vimmer	CZE	ACCR Diana Racing Team	CZE	Škoda Fabia
8	Espen Isaksætre	NOR	Espen Isaksætre	NOR	Peugeot 208
10	Janno Ligur	EST	Ligur Racing Team	EST	Škoda Fabia
11	Jan Cerny	CZE	PAJR S.R.O	CZE	Škoda Citigo
12	Mikhail Simonov	RUS	Bragin Racing Team	RUS	Renault Twingo
15	Gergely Marton	HUN	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
16	Josef Susta	CZE	Josef Susta ACCR Czech Team	CZE	Škoda Fabia
18	Zsolt SZIIJ Jolly	HUN	Speedy Motorsport	HUN	Škoda Fabia
22	Rasmus Tuominen	FIN	SET Promotion	FIN	Renault Twingo
35	Anthony Jan	FRA	Anthony Jan	FRA	Renault Clio
39	Artur Egorov	RUS	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
50	Marcel Snoeijers	NLD	Marcel Snoeijers	NLD	Renault Mégane
51	Marius Bemingrud	NOR	Marius Bermingrud	NOR	Alfa Romeo MiTO
54	Marat Knyazev	RUS	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
60	Marius Solberg Hansen	NOR	Alexander Hvaal	NOR	Citroën DS3
88	Ole Henry Steinsholt	NOR	Ole Henry Steinsholt	NOR	Škoda Fabia
89	Timur Shigabutdinov	RUS	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
91	Martin Kjær	NOR	Martin Kjær	NOR	Ford Fiesta
95	Yuri Belevskiy	CHE	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
96	Marcel Suchy	CZE	Jihocesky Autoklub V ACR	CZE	Škoda Fabia
99	Joao Ribeiro	PRT	Joao Ribeiro	PRT	Škoda Fabia
117	Radoslaw Raczkowski	POL	Automax Motorsport	POL	Škoda Fabia
166	Jeremy Lambec	FRA	Jeremy Lambec	FRA	Škoda Fabia