RX3 Entries Announced for Season-Finale at Montalegre

The official entry lists have been revealed for the Euro RX3 which will run the season-finale in FIA World Rallycross Championship at Montalegre in Portugal on 16/17 October, where 21 drivers featuring many local stars will start the final round.

The track, which is built high up in the Vila Real mountains in northern Portugal, returns to this year’s calendar and will be run a little later than usual due to the pandemic.

The RX3 championship has been almost completely dominated by two names in this year’s season, where it is a tough battle for the title between points leader Yuri Belevskiy and newcomer Kobe Pauwels who is now in second, both competing in the same team Volland Racing and before the weekend’s penultimate race in Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the title will not be decisive and will probably go all the way to the end at Montalegre.

Kobe Pauwels and Yuri Belevskiy, the two title contenders of the season – Credit: Jaanus Ree / Red Bull Content Pool

Headlining the entry lists beside the two drivers are also Marat Knyazev and Timur Shigabutdinov who compete under the same banner, they are third and fourth respectively in standings before Spa but also the three super fast drivers Jan Cerny, Polish newcomer Damian Litwinowicz and the veteran Janno Ligur.

Apart from the 12 permanent drivers who are on the entry list, two Norwegians can be seen, Sebastian Hoidalen who will start for the third time this season and Ole-Henry Steinsholt who has had a tough season when he was banned from motorsport competitions after an incident in a local event in Norway. Steinsholt drove the RX2e season opener in Barcelona earlier this year.

But it will not be easy for the drivers as there will be as many as seven local stars to give the title contenders a run for their money in Montalegre.

Joao Ribeiro. Helder Ribeiro and Antonio Sousa are three of the more famous names that are headlining the list from the locals as they have competed in the series before, but you should not count out the newcomers Nuno Araujo, Sergio Dias, Joaquim Machado and Leonel Sampaio who have done great in the local Portuguese Rallycross Championship and this event is something that you don´t want to miss!

NO.	DRIVER	NAT.	COMPETITOR	NAT.	CAR
5	Sebastian HØIDALEN	NOR	Sebastian Høidalen	NOR	Ford Fiesta
6	Damian LITWINOWICZ*	POL	Damian Litwinowicz	POL	Audi A1
10	Janno LIGUR*	EST	Ligur Racing	EST	Škoda Fabia
11	Jan ČERNÝ*	CZE	PAJR S.R.O.	CZE	Škoda Citigo
20	Siim SALURI*	EST	RS Racing Team	EST	Renault Twingo
22	Kobe PAUWELS	BEL	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
23	Radosław RACZKOWSKI*	POL	Automax Motorsport	POL	Škoda Fabia
54	Marat KNYAZEV*	RUS	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
61	Jiří ŠUSTA*	CZE	Josef Šusta	CZE	Škoda Fabia
86	Lukas NEY*	DEU	ADAC Team Wesser-Ems E.V.	DEU	Škoda Fabia
88	Ole Henry STEINSHOLT	NOR	Ole Henry Steinsholt	NOR	Škoda Fabia
89	Timur SHIGABUTDINOV*	RUS	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
95	Yury BELEVSKIY*	CHE	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1
96	Marcel SUCHÝ*	CZE	Jihočeský Autoklub V AČR	CZE	Škoda Fabia
99	João RIBEIRO	PRT	João Ribeiro	PRT	Škoda Fabia
108	Nuno ARAÚJO	PRT	Nuno Araújo	PRT	Audi A1
122	Hélder RIBEIRO	PRT	Hélder Ribeiro	PRT	Citroën C2
125	Sergio DIAS	PRT	Sergio Dias	PRT	Renault Twingo
129	Antonio SOUSA	PRT	Antonio Sousa	PRT	Peugeot 208
146	Joaquim MACHADO	PRT	Joaquim Machado	PRT	Peugeot 208
147	Leonel SAMPAIO	PRT	Leonel Sampaio	PRT	Škoda Fabia