Star-Studded Line Up For Euro RX Opener In Hungary

The entry lists for the upcoming FIA European Rallycross Championship season opener in Nyriád have been published, featuring a wealth of returning favourites, home heroes, and drivers eager to prove themselves.

Two-time European Rallycross Champion Anton Marklund has teamed up with nine-time champions SET Promotion for this year’s campaign. This formidable pairing will have to face down challenges from the likes of former World RX podium finisher and last year’s third place man Jānis Baumanis, who has rejoined the Hansen Motorsport group as part of #YellowSquad.

Hansen Motorsport know their way round a European championship, having scored 20 title wins between 1989 and 2016, and Baumanis will be keen to add to that tally. Enzo Ide will also bring all his experience from partnering four-time world champion Johan Kristoffersson in last year’s World RX as he takes on this year’s Euro RX Campaign in his EKS Audi S1.

Double runner-up Jean-Baptiste Dubourg has recovered from the crash which broke his arm at Lohéac last year and will want to take his Peugeot 208 straight back to the top of the standings. Tamás Kárai will be favourite of the Hungarian drivers, having competed in three finals and scoring a podium in France last year. The winner of that event, René Münnich, will also be one to watch as he returns with Mandie August in their ALL-INKL.COM Muennich Motorsport SEAT Ibizas.

Tamás Kárai of Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület performs at World RX in SPA, Belgium on 10 October 2021 // Jaanus Ree / Red Bull Content Pool

There are multiple drivers stepping up to Euro RX1 who will be keen to make a name for themselves. 2021’s ‘Rookie Of The Year’ Sivert Svardal will have momentum behind him as he enters his second full Euro RX season. Yury Belevskiy will also be keen to carry on the form which saw him scoring 147 out of a possible 150 points as he soared to victory in last year’s Euro RX3 championship.

The brand new Proton Iriz will be debuted by former British Champion Ollie O’Donovan, while his son Patrick O’Donovan will be challenging in a more familiar Ford Fiesta, the same car that took his father to a podium finish in Catalunya in 2017. And, at age 75, Hervé Knapick shows no signs of slowing down, and will be determined to show the younger drivers what he is still capable of.

The 2022 Fia European Rallycross Championship gets underway in Nyriád in Hungary (22/23 May).

Euro RX1 Entry List – Euro RX of Hungary 2022

NO.	DRIVER	NAT.	COMPETITOR	NAT.	CAR
2	Oliver O’DONOVAN	IRL	Oliver O’Donovan	IRL	Proton Iriz
4	Patrick O’DONOVAN	GBR	Patrick O’Donovan	GBR	Ford Fiesta
6	Jānis BAUMANIS	LVA	#YellowSquad	SWE	Peugeot 208
11	Aleš FUČÍK	CZE	KRTZ Motorsport ACCR Czech Team	CZE	Volkswagen Polo
12	Anders MICHALAK	SWE	Hedströms Motorsport	SWE	Volkswagen Polo
24	Sivert SVARDAL	NOR	Sivert Svardal	NOR	Volkswagen Polo
27	László KISS	HUN	Speedbox Racing Team KFT	HUN	Peugeot 208
33	Ulrik LINNEMANN	DNK	Linnemann Promotion	DNK	Ford Fiesta
38	Mandie AUGUST	DEU	ALL-INKL.COM Muennich Motorsport	DEU	SEAT Ibiza
39	Zoltán KONCSEG	HUN	Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület	HUN	Audi A1
44	Dariusz TOPOLEWSKI	POL	Oponeo	POL	Ford Fiesta
50	Attila MÓZER	HUN	Nyirád Motorsport KFT	HUN	Peugeot 208
51	Márk MÓZER	HUN	Nyirád Motorsport KFT	HUN	Peugeot 208
66	LUIGI	HUN	GFS Motorsport Egyesület	HUN	Ford Fiesta
73	Tamás KÁRAI	HUN	Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület	HUN	Audi S1
77	René MÜNNICH	DEU	ALL-INKL.COM Muennich Motorsport	DEU	SEAT Ibiza
84	Hervé KNAPICK	FRA	Hervé Knapick	FRA	Citroën DS3
87	Jean Baptiste DUBOURG	FRA	Jean Baptiste Dubourg	FRA	Peugeot 208
88	Marcin GAGACKI	POL	Oponeo	POL	Ford Fiesta
91	Enzo IDE	BEL	EKS	SWE	Audi S1
92	Anton MARKLUND	SWE	SET Promotion	FIN	Hyundai i20
95	Yury BELEVSKIY	CHE	Volland Racing KFT	HUN	Audi A1

The Entry List for round 1 of the Euro RX1 Championship