2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
The 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy is the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the highest class of international rallycross.
Johan Kristoffersson won the Drivers' Championship for the second season running during the World RX of the United States.
Calendar
The 2018 championship was contested over twelve rounds in Europe, Africa and North America.| Event | Dates | Venue | Class | Winner | Team | Report | |
| 1 |  World RX of Barcelona | 14–16 April | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló | Supercar |  Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report |
| 2 |  World RX of Portugal | 28–29 April | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report | |
| 3 |  World RX of Belgium | 12–13 May | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet | Supercar |  Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | Report |
| 3 | World RX of Belgium | 12–13 May | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet | RX2 |  Ben-Philip Gundersen | JC Raceteknik | Report |
| 4 | 25–27 May | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report | |
| 4 | 25–27 May | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report | |
| 5 | World RX of Norway | 9–10 June | Lånkebanen, Hell | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report |
| 5 | World RX of Norway | 9–10 June | Lånkebanen, Hell | RX2 | Guillaume De Ridder | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 6 | World RX of Sweden | 30 June–1 July | Höljesbanan, Höljes | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report |
| 6 | World RX of Sweden | 30 June–1 July | Höljesbanan, Höljes | RX2 | Guillaume De Ridder | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 7 |  World RX of Canada | 4–5 August | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report |
| 7 | World RX of Canada | 4–5 August | Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 8 | World RX of France | 1–2 September | Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report |
| 8 | World RX of France | 1–2 September | Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac | RX2 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Report |
| 9 |  World RX of Latvia | 15–16 September | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report |
| 10 |  World RX of the United States | 29–30 September | Circuit of the Americas, Austin | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report |
| 11 |  World RX of Germany | Estering, Buxtehude | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report | |
| 12 |  World RX of South Africa | 24–25 November | Supercar | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Report | |
| 12 | World RX of South Africa | 24–25 November | RX2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | JC Raceteknik | Report |
Calendar changes
- The championship will expand to include a round in the United States for the first time, with the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas scheduled to host the event in conjunction with the Americas Rallycross Championship.
- The World RX of Great Britain event will relocate from Lydden Hill Race Circuit to a new venue at the Silverstone Circuit.
- The Hockenheim round of the championship was discontinued to accommodate the new American round.
- The World RX of Canada also shares an event with the Americas Rallycross Championship.
Entries
Supercar
Drivers with a green background are ineligible to score points towards the Championship for Teams.- — Despite having been born in France, Grégoire Demoustier is recognised by the FIA World Rallycross Championship as a Belgian driver for the duration of the 2018 season.
RX2
Team changes
- Hoonigan Racing Division withdrew from the series at the conclusion of the 2017 championship.
- Team Peugeot Total will step up their involvement in World RX, running as a full factory team in 2018, as compared to the family-based Hansen Motorsport-run cars in 2017.
- Olsbergs MSE returned to World RX full-time in 2018 after competing part-time in 2017. They will debut their new-specification 2018 Ford Fiesta ST MK8 Supercars, built in collaboration with Ford Performance in Barcelona.
- GC Kompetition will make their World RX debut as a team entry. Team owner and driver Guerlain Chicherit oversaw the development of the new Renault Mégane R.S. RX, which was built in collaboration with Prodrive.
- GRX Taneco will enter the championship, using a pair of ex-Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC cars built to rallycross specifications by Set Promotion. Double world rally champion Marcus Grönholm will be the team's principal.
- Sébastien Loeb Racing will enter the championship with a single Peugeot 208 WRX run for Grégoire Demoustier.
Driver changes
- Andreas Bakkerud left Hoonigan Racing Division to join EKS RX.
- Toomas Heikkinen and Reinis Nitišs both left EKS RX. Nitišs will instead re-join Set Promotion, the team in which he won the Super1600 championship with in 2013, and compete in the FIA European Rallycross Championship with an M-Sport Ford Fiesta. Heikkinen also joined the team, but stepped down from driving duties, becoming Nitišs’ team manager and a driving coach for Set Promotion's Super1600 drivers.
- After spending a year with MJP Racing Team Austria in 2017, Kevin Eriksson returned to his father's Olsbergs MSE team alongside fellow countryman Robin Larsson, who will make his return to World RX after a year sabbatical.
- Jérôme Grosset-Janin will partner team owner and driver Guerlain Chicherit, driving for the new GCK team.
- Double European Rallycross champion Timur Timerzyanov left STARD to join GRX Taneco, partnering Niclas Grönholm in the new Hyundai i20.
Results and standings
- A red background denotes drivers who did not advance from the round
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers
b Loss of fifteen championship points – stewards' decision
c Loss of ten championship points – stewards' decision
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams
RX2 International Series
| Driver | BEL | GBR  | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | RSA  | Points | |
| 1 | Oliver Eriksson | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 175 |
| 2 | Guillaume De Ridder | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 156 |
| 3 | Henrik Krogstad | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 121 |
| 4 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 119 |
| 5 | Vasily Gryazin | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 118 |
| 6 | Sondre Evjen | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 106 |
| 7 | William Nilsson | 4 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 93 |
| 8 |  Jami Kalliomäki | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 83 |
| 9 | Conner Martell | 10 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 80 |
| 10 | Sami-Matti Trogen | 11 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 79 | |
| 11 | Nathan Heathcote | 14 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 49 |
| 12 | Simon Wågø Syversen | 11 | 13 | 7 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 38 | |
| 13 | Anders Michalak | 13 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 33 |
| 14 | Simon Olofsson | 12 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 32 | |
| 15 | Cole Keatts | 16 | 14 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 31 |
| 16 | Glenn Haug | 9 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 25 | |||
| 17 | Christian Brooks | 6 | 20 | ||||||
| 18 | Jimmie Walfridson | 8 | 14 | ||||||
| 19 | Marcus Höglund | 17 | 9 | 13 | |||||
| 20 | Petter Leirhol | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| 21 | Linus Ostlund | 13 | 4 | ||||||
| 22 | Albert Llovera | 17 | 16 | 18 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 3 | |
| 23 | Koen Pauwels | 15 | 2 | ||||||
| 24 | Reinis Nitišs | 15 | 2 | ||||||
| 25 | Ashely Haigh-Smith | 16 | 1 | ||||||
| 26 |  Edijs Oss | 16 | 1 | ||||||
| 27 | Stein Frederic-Akre | 16 | 1 | ||||||
| 28 | Santosh Berggren | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| 29 | Mats Oskarsson | 20 | 0 | ||||||
| 30 | Hampus Rådström | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| 31 | Martin Jonsson | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| 32 | Johnny Anderson | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| 33 | Jonathan Walfridsson | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| Driver | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | RSA | Points |