2022 World RX of Riga entries officially published

The entry lists for the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship round 2/3 and the 2022 FIA European Rallycross Championship round 4 at Riga in Latvia on 3/4 September are now officially published featuring 8 all-electric RX1e cars and 18 RX1 cars

Following the new all-electric debut in Hell in Norway last weekend, the 2022 season continues now with a doubleheader at the old Soviet-era racetrack of Biķernieku trase in the outskirts of the Latvian capital. The same eight contenders racing in Norway will be back again in Latvia with the four-time World RX champion Johan Kristoffersson, who wrote history in Norway by becoming the first winner in the new era, headlining the small but capable entry list.

Joining Kristoffersson in the three Volkswagen Polo RX1e fielded by Kristoffersson Motorsport are the former WRC driver Ole-Christian Veiby and rallycross newcomer Gustav Bergström.

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Hansen Motorsport 2022 season start didn´t go as they were hoping for, the two Hansen brothers of Timmy Hansen and Kevin Hansen in a pair of Peugeot 208 RX1e cars are looking to take redemption in Riga, a track that has suited them well before during the old Supercar era.

The new 2022 team Construction Equipment Dealer Team was the only team in Norway that had both of the PWR 001 RX1e cars in the final with the 2022 RallyX Nordic champion Niclas Grönholm coming out better than his female teammate Klara Andersson.

Joining as a sole driver this time too is the legendary German rallycross driver Rene Munnich, who entered with a Seat Ibiza RX1e car for his own team All-inkl.com Munnich Motorsport.

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In the Euro RX field, it is the local home hero Janis Baumanis that is headlining the entries for the home crowd, the #YellowSquad Peugeot 208 driver finished in third in Norway and is looking to take the first win on his home track but it will not be easy as the current Euro RX champion Anton Marklund from Sweden is also coming with the SET Promotion prepared Hyundai i20, alongside the second place finisher in Norway Sondre Evjen.

Other strong names in the Euro RX field are the Danish dynamite Ulrik Linnemann in a Ford Fiesta, Belgian former GT racing driver Enzo Ide in an Audi S1, and Norwegian´s Sivert Svardal in a Volkswagen Polo.

Joining as a wildcard for this event are also two strong names, the veteran Swede Peter Hedström in a Volkswagen Polo and the championship returning Finn Mikko Ikonen, in a newly acquired Hyundai i20 from the Grönholm RX squad. the RallyX Nordic and Nitro Rallycross Crosskart front-runner Ronalds Baldins will make his Euro RX debut with a Ford Focus.

World RX of Riga, RX1e entry list:

World RX of Riga, Euro RX entry list: