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The 2021 World RX of Barcelona-Catalunya was the first round of the eighth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1]^[2] The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia. The first round of the RX3 class in the 2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship was also held at the event.^[3]

Heats

World RX1 Championship

World RX1 Championship classification
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	QP	CP
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Hansen World RX Team	Peugeot 208	50	45	45	45	185	16
2	9	Kevin Hansen	Hansen World RX Team	Peugeot 208	45	42	42	34	163	15
3	44	Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	42	40	38	42	162	14
4	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX-SET World RX Team	Hyundai i20	39	39	40	40	158	13
5	23	Krisztián Szabó	GRX-SET World RX Team	Hyundai i20	37	38	39	39	153	12
6	1	Johan Kristoffersson	KYB EKS JC	Audi S1	0^[a]^[4]	50	50	50	150	11
7	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	35	36	36	37	144	10
8	69	Kevin Abbring	Unkorrupted	Renault Mégane RS	40	32	33	38	143	9
9	18	Juha Rytkönen	Juha Rytkönen	Ford Fiesta	36	37	34	35	142	8
10	91	Enzo Ide	KYB EKS JC	Audi S1	38	31	37	27	133	7
11	73	Tamás Kárai	Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület	Audi S1	34	27	35	36	132	6
12	42	Oliver Bennett	Oliver Bennett	Mini Cooper	32	35	32	32	131	5
13	38	Mandie August	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	33	33	31	33	130	4
14	50	Attila Mózer	Nyirád Motorsport KFT	Ford Fiesta	31	34	29	31	125	3
15	83	Patrick Guillerme	Patrick Guillerme	Hyundai i20	30	27	27	30	114	2
16	17	Dan Öberg	Hedströms Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	0^[b]^[5]	30	30	29	89	1

RX2e Championship

World RX2e Championship classification
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	QP	CP
1	96	Guillaume De Ridder	Guillaume De Ridder	OMSE QEV RX2e	50	50	50	50	200	16
2	35	Fraser McConnell	Olsbergs MSE	OMSE QEV RX2e	45	42	45	45	177	15
3	47	Jesse Kallio	Olsbergs MSE	OMSE QEV RX2e	42	45	40	42	169	14
4	5	Pablo Suárez	Ruben Fernandez Gil	OMSE QEV RX2e	37	38	42	40	157	13
5	88	Ole-Henry Steinsholt	Ole-Henry Steinsholt	OMSE QEV RX2e	40	40	35	39	154	12
6	13	Patrick O'Donovan	Patrick O'Donovan	OMSE QEV RX2e	38	33	39	38	148	11
7	55	José-Luis García Molina	G4 Motors SA	OMSE QEV RX2e	36	37	38	37	148	10
8	21	Damien Meunier	Damien Meunier	OMSE QEV RX2e	39	39	33	33	144	9
9	77	Mark Flaherty	Mark Flaherty	OMSE QEV RX2e	35	36	37	35	143	8
10	36	Jan Oscar Ortfeldt	Jan Oscar Ortfeldt	OMSE QEV RX2e	34	35	36	36	141	7

European RX3 Championship

European RX3 Championship classification
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	QP	CP
1	95	Yury Belevskiy	Volland Racing KFT.	Audi A1	50	50	45	50	195	16
2	22	Kobe Pauwels	Volland Racing KFT.	Audi A1	45	45	50	45	185	15
3	11	Jan Černý	Pajrs S.R.O.	Škoda Citigo	39	39	37	42	157	14
4	89	Timur Shigabutdinov	Volland Racing KFT.	Audi A1	42	32	40	40	154	13
5	6	Damian Litwinowicz	Damian Litwinowicz	Audi A1	38	42	36	37	153	12
6	54	Marat Knyazev	Volland Racing KFT.	Audi A1	40	33	42	34	149	11
7	18	Zsolt Szíjj Jolly	Speedy Motorsport	Audi A1	37	40	39	32	148	10
8	14	Kasparas Navickas	Kreda	Škoda Fabia	36	38	35	35	144	9
9	23	Radosław Raczkowski	Automax Motorsport	Škoda Fabia	30	35	38	39	142	8
10	61	Jiři Šusta	Josef Šusta	Škoda Fabia	33	36	34	38	141	7
11	20	Siim Saluri	RS Racing Team	Renault Twingo	34	37	33	36	140	6
12	96	Marcel Suchý	JihoČesky Autoklub V AČR	Škoda Fabia	35	34	32	33	134	5
13	86	Lukas Ney	ADAC Team Weser-Ems E.V.	Škoda Fabia	0^[c]	31	31	31	93	4

Semi-finals

World RX1 Championship

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Hansen World RX Team	4:37.744	6
2	23	Krisztián Szabó	GRX-SET World RX Team	+ 2.729	5
3	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	+ 6.235	4
4	73	Tamás Kárai	Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület	+ 7.918	3
5	18	Juha Rytkönen	Juha Rytkönen	+ 9.003	2
6	44	Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	+ 6 Laps	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	9	Kevin Hansen	Hansen World RX Team	4:39.275	6
2	1	Johan Kristoffersson	KYB EKS JC	+ 0.691	5
3	69	Kevin Abbring	Unkorrupted	+ 3.471	4
4	42	Oliver Bennett	Oliver Bennett	+ 3 Laps	3
5	91	Enzo Ide	KYB EKS JC	+ 3 Laps	2
6	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX-SET World RX Team	+ 6 Laps	1

RX2e Championship

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	96	Guillaume De Ridder	Guillaume De Ridder	4:48.534	6
2	47	Jesse Kallio	Olsbergs MSE	+ 0.744	5
3	88	Ole-Henry Steinsholt	Ole-Henry Steinsholt	+ 5.940	4
4	55	José-Luis García Molina	G4 Motors SA	+ 12.567	3
5	77	Mark Flaherty	Mark Flaherty	+ 14.360	2

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	35	Fraser McConnell	Olsbergs MSE	4:52.043	6
2	5	Pablo Suárez	Ruben Fernandez Gil	+ 2.024	5
3	13	Patrick O'Donovan	Patrick O'Donovan	+ 3.260	4
4	21	Damien Meunier	Damien Meunier	+ 3.880	3
5	36	Jan Oscar Ortfeldt	Escuderia Mollerussa	+ 18.009	2

European RX3 Championship

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	95	Yury Belevskiy	Volland Racing KFT.	4:58.038	6
2	6	Damian Litwinowicz	Damian Litwinowicz	+ 4.880	5
3	18	Zsolt Szíjj Jolly	Speedy Motorsport	+ 8.476	4
4	23	Radosław Raczkowski	Automax Motorsport	+ 9.914	3
5	20	Siim Saluri	RS Racing Team	+ 11.764	2
6	11	Jan Černý	Pajrs S.R.O.	+ 3 Laps	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	22	Kobe Pauwels	Volland Racing KFT.	4:57.507	6
2	54	Marat Knyazev	Volland Racing KFT.	+ 2.811	5
3	89	Timur Shigabutdinov	Volland Racing KFT.	+ 5.710	4
4	14	Kasparas Navickas	Kreda	+ 7.821	3
5	61	Jiři Šusta	Josef Šusta	+ 8.758	2
6	96	Marcel Suchý	JihoČesky Autoklub V AČR	+ 16.523	1

Finals

World RX1 Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	9	Kevin Hansen	Hansen World RX Team	4:35.533	8
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Hansen World RX Team	+ 1.141	5
3	1	Johan Kristoffersson	KYB EKS JC	+ 2.394	4
4	23	Krisztián Szabó	GRX-SET World RX Team	+ 3.499	3
5	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	+ 7.259	2
6	69	Kevin Abbring	Unkorrupted	+ 9.782	1

RX2e Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	96	Guillaume De Ridder	Guillaume De Ridder	4:49.451	8
2	88	Ole-Henry Steinsholt	Ole-Henry Steinsholt	+ 4.195	5
3	13	Patrick O'Donovan	Patrick O'Donovan	+ 6.057	4
4	5	Pablo Suárez	Ruben Fernandez Gil	+ 6.515	3
5	47	Jesse Kallio	Jesse Kallio	+ 5 Laps	2
6	35	Fraser McConnell	Fraser McConnell	+ 6 Laps	1

European RX3 Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	95	Yury Belevskiy	Volland Racing KFT.	4:57.759	8
2	89	Timur Shigabutdinov	Volland Racing KFT.	+ 1.069	5
3	18	Zsolt Szíjj Jolly	Speedy Motorsport	+ 6.685	4
4	22	Kobe Pauwels	Volland Racing KFT.	+ 7.142	3
5	54	Marat Knyazev	Volland Racing KFT.	+ 12.480^[d]	2
6	6	Damian Litwinowicz	Damian Litwinowicz	+ 28.392	1

Standings after the event

World RX1 Championship

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Kevin Hansen	29
2	Timmy Hansen	27
3	Johan Kristoffersson	20
4	Krisztián Szabó	20
5	René Münnich	16

RX2e Championship

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Guillaume De Ridder	30
2	Fraser McConnell	22
3	Ole-Henry Steinsholt	21
4	Pablo Suárez	21
5	Jesse Kallio	21

European RX3 Championship

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Yury Belevskiy	30
2	Kobe Pauwels	24
3	Timur Shigabutdinov	22
4	Zsolt Szíjj Jolly	18
5	Marat Knyazev	18

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

Notes

^ Johan Kristoffersson was disqualified from Q1 due to the cars data logger not being connected during the race.
^ Dan Öberg was disqualified from Q1 due to having pressed the launch button twice during the course of the race.
^ Lukas Ney did not start Q1.
^ Marat Knyazev was given a ten-second penalty for continuously pushing Kobe Pauwels in turn 1 on lap 1.

References

^ "World RX Final Classification" (PDF). 24 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "RX2e Final Classification" (PDF). 24 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "RX3 Final Classification" (PDF). 24 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
^ "Decision No 10" (PDF). 23 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ "Decision No 09" (PDF). 23 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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[4] Johan Kristoffersson was disqualified from Q1 due to the cars data logger not being connected during the race.

[6] Dan Öberg was disqualified from Q1 due to having pressed the launch button twice during the course of the race.

[8] Lukas Ney did not start Q1.

[9] Marat Knyazev was given a ten-second penalty for continuously pushing Kobe Pauwels in turn 1 on lap 1.

[1] "World RX Final Classification" (PDF). 24 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[2] "RX2e Final Classification" (PDF). 24 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[3] "RX3 Final Classification" (PDF). 24 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

[5] "Decision No 10" (PDF). 23 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[7] "Decision No 09" (PDF). 23 July 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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Heats

World RX1 Championship

RX2e Championship

European RX3 Championship

Semi-finals

World RX1 Championship

Semi-Final 1

Semi-Final 2

RX2e Championship

Semi-Final 1

Semi-Final 2

European RX3 Championship

Semi-Final 1

Semi-Final 2

Finals

World RX1 Championship

RX2e Championship

European RX3 Championship

Standings after the event

World RX1 Championship

RX2e Championship

European RX3 Championship

Notes

References

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