FIA World Rallycross Championship The fourth season of the World Rallycross Championship gets underway in Barcelona, with Mattias Ekström the defending drivers’ champion ————— Race categories: Supercar Super 1600 Touring RX Lites 1 Barcelona Catalunya Apr 1-2 2 Portugal Montalegre Apr 22-23 3 Hockenheim Hockenheimring May 4-6 4 Belgium Jules Tacheny May 13-14 5 Great Britain Lydden Hill May 27-28 6 Norway Hell Jun 10-11 7 Sweden Holjes Jul 1-2 8 Canada Trois-Rivieres Aug 5-6 9 France Lohéac-Bretagne Sep 2-3 10 Latvia Bikernieku Sep 16-17 11 Germany Estering Sep 30-Oct 1 12 South Africa Killarney Nov 11-12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ———————— Circuit de Catalunya Start Joker lap Driver must pass through extra section at least once or face 30-second penalty Finish Asphalt Gravel FORMAT Heats: 50+ races. Five cars per race – all race four times. 12 cars progress Qualifiers 12 Semi-finals: Six cars per race – top three progress 6 Final: Six cars Championship: Points awarded at each stage. Driver with highest number of points over 12 rounds wins ———— Picture: FIAWorldRallycross.com Source: FIA © GRAPHIC NEWS