The 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship was the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship, an

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championship recognised by the

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(FIA) as the highest class of international rallycross.

Johan Kristoffersson Johan David Kristoffersson (born 6 December 1988) is a Swedish racecar driver. He is a five time World Champion having won the FIA World Rallycross Championship in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022. In 2018 he won a record breaking 11 out of 12 eve ...

won the Drivers' Championship for the third time. KYB Team JC won the Teams' Championship.

Calendar

The 2020 championship was contested over eight rounds in

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. The season was originally scheduled to start in April but following multiple postponements relating to the

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, a revised calendar was released in May 2020 and the championship finally began in August.

Calendar changes

*The World RX of Portugal and

World RX of Germany The World RX of Germany is a Rallycross event held in Germany for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship season, 2014 season, at the Estering circuit in the town of Buxtehude, ...

would both have returned after a one-year hiatus. The German round would have moved from the

Estering Estering is a rallycross race track situated in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony Germany. It primarily ran the German round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship until 2019. It also ran the World RX of Germany event of the FIA World Rallycross Champ ...

to the

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. Both events were later cancelled. *The

World RX of Canada The World RX of Canada is a Rallycross event held in Canada for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 season, at the Circuit Trois-Rivières in the town of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Past winners Refere ...

and the

World RX of Great Britain The World RX of Great Britain is a Rallycross event held in the United Kingdom for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 season, at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in the village of Wootton, Kent near Dover. Fro ...

were both removed from the schedule. *The World RX of Russia was added to the schedule, but had been cancelled. * The World RX of Barcelona - Catalunya, World RX of Portugal,

World RX of Benelux The World RX of Benelux is a Rallycross event held in Belgium for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2019 season, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and replaced World RX of Belgium event at the Circuit Jules ...

World RX of Sweden The World RX of Sweden is a Rallycross event held in Sweden for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 season, at the Höljesbanan circuit in the village of Höljes. Past winners Source References ...

were all scheduled to take place between April and August. All were rescheduled as a result of the

. * The

World RX of Norway The World RX of Norway is a Rallycross event held in Norway for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 season, at the Lånkebanen circuit near the town of Hell in Nord-Trøndelag. Past winners Reference ...

and

World RX of South Africa The World RX of South Africa is a Rallycross event held in South Africa for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its début in the 2017 season, at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex in Cape Town. Past winners References ...

were both dropped from the calendar following the May calendar revision. * The

World RX of France The World RX of France is a Rallycross event held in France for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship season, 2014 season, at the Circuit de Lohéac in the town of Lohéac, B ...

was cancelled, also as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. * A new event was added to the calendar, after the extraordinary World Motor Sport Council in June, in Kouvola (Finland) to replace the

. * The

was rescheduled for a second time to November to allow a larger number of spectators to attend. * On September 15, the organization of World RX of Portugal announced that the event was cancelled due to the evolution of COVID-19 in September. * On November 4, it was announced that the

was cancelled due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Belgium. * On November 26, it was announced that the

was cancelled, due to spikes in COVID-19 cases in Germany, resulting in an early end to the 2020 season

Entries

Supercar

RX2

Projekt E

Championship Standings

World Championship points are scored as follows: *A red background denotes drivers eliminated from that round.

Supercar

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

RX2 Series

Projekt E

References

External links

* {{World championships in 2020 World Rallycross Championship seasons

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