2018 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2018 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 43rd season of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers. The season consists of nine rounds across three categories; Supercar, Super1600 and TouringCar. This season is confirmed as the final season for TouringCar.^[1] The season commenced on 14 April with the Spanish round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and culminated on 13 October in Germany at the Estering.^[2]

Swede Anton Marklund is the defending Supercar champion, Hungarian Krisztián Szabó the defending Super1600 champion and Norwegian Lars Øivind Enerberg the defending TouringCar champion.

Steve Volders was crowned the TouringCar champion on 18 August 2018 after champion-elect Sivert Svardal was disqualified from the final round in Höljes.^[3]

Round	Event	Venue	Dates	Category	Final winner	Car	Team
1	Euro RX of Barcelona	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	13–14 April	Supercar	Reinis Nitišs	Ford Fiesta	Set Promotion
				Super1600	Artis Baumanis	Škoda Fabia	Volland Racing
2	Euro RX of Portugal	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre	26–27 April	Super1600	Artis Baumanis	Škoda Fabia	Volland Racing
3	Euro RX of Belgium	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet	10–11 May	Supercar	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen Polo	Marklund Motorsport
				TouringCar	Fredrik Salsten	Citroën DS3	Salsten Racing
4	Euro RX of Norway	Lånkebanen	7–8 June	Super1600	Jesse Kallio	Renault Twingo	Set Promotion
				TouringCar	Daniel Holten	Ford Fiesta	Daniel Holten
5	Euro RX of Sweden	Höljesbanan	30 June–1 July	Supercar	Reinis Nitišs	Ford Fiesta	Set Promotion
				TouringCar	Steve Volders	Ford Fiesta	N.R. Trommelke vzw
6	Euro RX of France	Circuit de Lohéac	31 August–1 September	Supercar	Cyril Raymond	Peugeot 208	Cyril Raymond
				Super1600	Aydar Nuriev	Škoda Fabia	Volland Racing
7	Euro RX of Latvia	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze	14–15 September	Supercar	Reinis Nitišs	Ford Fiesta	Set Promotion
				Super1600	Rokas Baciuška	Audi A1	Volland Racing
8	Euro RX of Germany	Estering	12–13 October	Super1600	Aydar Nuriev	Škoda Fabia	Volland Racing

^{[4] [5]}

Supercar entries
Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Nyirád Motorsport	Audi A1	50	Attila Mózer	All
	Kárai Motorsport Egyesület		102	Tamás Kárai	All
	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	123	Krisztián Szabó	4-5
Citroën	Mário Barbosa	Citroën DS3	75	Mário Barbosa	1–2,4
Ford	Knut Ove Børseth	Ford Focus	70	Knut Ove Børseth	3
	Set Promotion	Ford Fiesta	15	Reinis Nitišs	All
	M.D.K.		49	M.D.K.	1-4
	Mats Ӧhman		54	Mats Ӧhman	1-3
	TSK Baltijos Sportas		55	Paulius Pleskovas	All
	Joni-Pekka Rajala		60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	5
	Derek Tohill		111	Derek Tohill	All
	JC Raceteknik		90	Thomas Bryntesson	All
			91	Ola Frøshaug	All
Volkswagen		Volkswagen Polo	69	Sondre Evjen	5
Peugeot	Dubourg Auto	Peugeot 208	18	Magda Andersson	2–5
			23	Andréa Dubourg	All
	Andrew Scott		23	Andrew Scott	3
	Fabien Pailler		20	Fabien Pailler	4
	Florent Béduneau		39	Florent Béduneau	All
	Rodolphe Audran		56	Rodolphe Audran	All
	Patrick Guillerme		83	Patrick Guillerme	1–2, 4
	Cyril Raymond		113	Cyril Raymond	2-5
Renault	G-Fors	Renault Clio	14	Jere Kalliokoski	All
			87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	All
	Lukas Walfridson		48	Lukas Walfridson	All
SEAT	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	77	René Münnich	All
Audi		Audi S3	38	Mandie August	3
Škoda	KRTZ Mot ACCR Czech Team	Škoda Fabia	99	Aleš Fučík	All
Volkswagen	Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	76	Philip Gehrman	All
			86	Anders Bråten	All
	Peter Hedström	Volkswagen Polo	8	Peter Hedström	All
	Hedströms Motorsport		37	Daniel Thorén	5
	Speedy Motorsport		10	Lukács Kornél	All
	Kjetil Larsen		64	Kjetil Larsen	All
	Ulrik Linnemann		72	Ulrik Linnemann	All
	Marklund Motorsport		92	Anton Marklund	All
	Dennis Rømer		27	Dennis Rømer	3

^{[6] [7] [8]}

Super1600 entries
Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Alfa Romeo	Andrea Carretti	Alfa Romeo MiTo	59	Andrea Carretti	6
Audi	Volland Racing	Audi A1	14	Rokas Baciuška	All
			17	Artis Baumanis	4-6
Citroën	Hélder Ribeiro	Citroën C2	22	Hélder Ribeiro	2
	Jimmy Terpereau		37	Jimmy Terpereau	All
	Maximilien Eveno		75	Maximilien Eveno	All
	Morten Majormoen		85	Guro Majormoen	3, 6
	Marius Bermingrud	Citroën DS3	51	Marius Bermingrud	All
Ford	Bompiso Racing	Ford Fiesta	77	Mário Teixeira	2
	LS Tech ACCR Czech Team		5	Ondrej Smetana	All
	Reinsalu Sport	Ford Ka	29	Arvo Kask	3
Peugeot	Jihočeský autoklub v AČR	Peugeot 207	96	Marcel Suchý	All
	Espen Isaksćtre	Peugeot 208	8	Espen Isaksćtre	All
	Veverka ACCR Czech Team		66	Václav Veverka	1-5
	Ulrik Linnemann		86	Jan Skala	3
Renault	Anthony Jan	Renault Clio	35	Anthony Jan	4
	Marcel Snoeijers	Renault Mégane	50	Marcel Snoeijers	1–2, 4, 6
	Rencenu Autoklubs	Renault Twingo	7	Marat Knyazev	All
	RS Racing Team		20	Siim Saluri	1, 4-6
	Artur Egorov		99	Artur Egorov	1–2, 4-6
	Set Promotion		74	Jesse Kallio	All
			89	Timur Shigabutdinov	All
	Lars Christian Lote Rosland		80	Lars Christian Lote Rosland	1–3, 5-6
Škoda	Diana ACCR Czech Team	Škoda Fabia	3	Pavel Vimmer	All
	Janno Ligur		10	Janno Ligur	1-5
	Volland Racing		15	Gergely Márton	All
			17	Artis Baumanis	1-3
			48	Aydar Nuriev	All
	Noprosu ACCR Czech Team		16	Josef Šusta	All
	Speedy Motorsport		18	Zsolt Szíjj	1-5
	Yvonnick Jagu		31	Yvonnick Jagu	4
	Martins Spīķis		34	Juris Spīķis	3
	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport		38	Mandie August	All
	Arnis Odiņš		33	Arnis Odiņš	5
Volkswagen	Anders Hansen	Volkswagen Polo	4	Anders Hansen	3, 5
	Jakub Wyszyński		57	Jakub Wyszyński	1–2

^{[9] [10] [11]}

TouringCar entries
Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi	Camilla Antonsen	Audi A1	15	Camilla Antonsen	All
BMW	Sondre Hansen	BMW 120	82	Sondre Hansen	3
	Ralf Evers	BMW e87	28	Ralf Evers	1, 3
Citroën	Jan-Emil Wilsberg	Citroën DS3	8	Jan-Emil Wilsberg	All
	Salsten Racing		17	Fredrik Salsten	All
Ford	Anders Bråten	Ford Fiesta	3	Anders Bråten	2
	Daniel Holten		10	Daniel Holten	All
	Fredrik Rolid Magnussen		12	Fredrik Rolid Magnussen	All
	Kenneth Johansen		75	Kenneth Johansen	All
	N.R. Trommelke vzw		77	Steve Volders	All
	Troels Daarbak		93	Tobias Daarbak	All
	Ole Morten Tangen		94	Ole Morten Tangen	1, 3
	Peter McGarry		111	Peter McGarry	3
Mazda	Per Magne Røyrås	Mazda RX8	5	Per Magne Røyrås	All
	Jari Jaakkola		6	Jari Jaakkola	All
	Sivert Svardal		9	Sivert Svardal	All
	Fredrik Ågedal		24	Fredrik Ågedal	2
	Ernst Atle Larsen		27	Ernst Atle Larsen	2-3
Toyota	Sören Hedlund	Toyota Auris	83	Sören Hedlund	2-3
Volkswagen	Jo van de Ven	Volkswagen Polo	56	Jo van de Ven	All
Volvo	Daniel Lundh	Volvo C30	19	Daniel Lundh	All
	Oud-Turnhout Rally Team VZW		22	Filip Baelus	All

European championship points are scored as follows:

• A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round

(key)

Pos.	Driver	BAR	BEL	SWE	FRA	LAT	Points
1	Reinis Nitišs	1	2	1	6	1	135
2	Anton Marklund	2	1	14	3	3	101
3	Cyril Raymond		3	4	1	2	100
4	Thomas Bryntesson	18	8	2	4	11	62
5	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	3	13	7	12	7	61
6	Ulrik Linnemann	5	5	24	8	15	53
7	René Münnich	11	9	5a	10	4	52
8	Krisztián Szabó				2	6	47
9	Peter Hedström	6	4	6	27	26	46
10	Jere Kalliokoski	17	10	19	5	8	43
11	Lukas Walfridson	10	12	3	18	14	43
12	Andréa Dubourg	13	7	8	16	17	29
13	Philip Gehrman	4	17	20	20	10	28
14	Derek Tohill	9	14	13	13	13	25
15	Ola Frøshaug	7	20	12	22	18	19
16	Kjetil Larsen	14	19	17	21	9	15
17	Mário Barbosa	24	25		9		14
18	Sondre Evjen					5	12
19	Michael De Keersmaeckeer	25	11	15	29		12
20	Mats Ӧhman	21	18	9			10
21	Andrew Scott			10			10
22	Anders Bråten	15	6	11	15	19a	7
23	Tamás Kárai	12	16	16	11a	12	5
24	Paulius Pleskovas	16	23	27	23	27	1
25	Joni-Pekka Rajala					16	1
26	Magda Andersson		15	18a	7	22	0
27	Fabien Pailler				19		0
28	Rodolphe Audran	20	21	26	26		0
29	Daniel Thorén					20	0
30	Attila Mózer	23	22	21	25	21	0
31	Mandie August			22			0
32	Aleš Fučík	26	26	23	28	25	0
33	Dennis Romer			28			0
34	Knut Ove Børseth			30			0
35	Florent Béduneau	8	28	25	14	23a	-1
36	Patrick Guillerme	19	27		24a		-15
37	Lukács Kornél	22	24	29a	17a	24a	-60
Pos.	Driver	BAR	BEL	SWE	FRA	LAT	Points

^a Loss of fifteen championship points – stewards' decision

Pos.	Driver	BAR	POR	NOR	FRA	LAT	GER	Points
1	Rokas Baciuška	4	4	3				63
2	Aydar Nuriev	8	10	2				52
3	Artis Baumanis	1	1	4				65
4	Jimmy Terpereau	2	6	12				47
5	Espen Isaksćtre	6	2	8				44
6	Janno Ligur	9	8	6				44
7	Gergely Márton	3	14	5				43
8	Jesse Kallio	15	9	1				42
9	Maximilien Eveno	7	24	10				42
10	Josef Šusta	13	7	7				36
11	Ondřej Smetana	5	3	14				34
12	Václav Veverka	10	5	17				24
13	Marius Bermingrud	18	11	9				24
14	Zsolt Szíjj	11	12	25				9
15	Pavel Vimmer	12	17	16				9
16	Jan Skala			11				8
17	Timur Shigabutdinov	16	13	24				5
18	Jakub Wyszyński	14	15					5
19	Anders Hansen			13				4
20	Marat Knyazev	17	23	15				2
21	Lars Christian Lote Rosland	22	16	21				1
22	Juris Spīķis			18				0
23	Artur Egorov	19	18					0
23	Marcel Suchý	20	25	19				0
25	Mandie August	21	19	22				0
26	Arvo Kask			20				0
27	Marcel Snoeijers	23	20					0
28	Hélder Ribeiro		21					0
29	Mário Teixeira		22					0
30	Guro Majormoen		23					0
31	Siim Saluri	24						0
Pos.	Driver	BAR	POR	NOR	FRA	LAT	GER	Points

Pos.	Driver	BEL	NOR	SWE	Points
1	Steve Volders	2	3	8	60
2	Fredrik Rolid Magnussen	8	4	1	59
3	Daniel Holten	9	1	4	58
4	Jan-Emil Wilsberg	7	2	9	52
5	Camilla Antonsen	6	10	5	44
6	Daniel Lundh	3	7	16	41
7	Tobias Daarbak	11	9	3	39
8	Per Magne Røyrås	4	13	6	38
9	Sivert Svardal	5	5	DQ a	33
10	Fredrik Salsten	1	11	17	32
11	Sondre Hansen			2	23
12	Sören Hedlund		12	7	22
13	Anders Bråten		6		20
14	Fredrik Ågedal		8		15
15	Ernst Atle Larsen		14	10	10
16	Ole Morten Tangen	10		DQ a	10
17	Ralf Evers	12		13	9
18	Peter McGarry			11	6
19	Jari Jaakkola	DQ a	16	12	6
20	Filip Baelus	DQ a	15	14	5
21	Jo van de Ven	14	17	15	5
22	Kenneth Johansen	13	18	DQ a	4
Pos.	Driver	BEL	NOR	SWE	Points

^a Disqualified by stewards' decision

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