The final day of the FIA RX2e Championship and FIA European Rallycross Championship campaign produced some spectacular action at Germany’s Estering today (20 August), as tense title fights reached their conclusion at the popular Buxtehude-based track.

In RX2e, Nils Andersson – championship leader heading into the weekend – kept his cool to clinch the crown. The Swede – who competes for Kristoffersson Motorsport junior outfit Team E – was in the mix throughout, placing third in the intermediate classification after the heats. In the final, he then followed Tommi Hallman all the way to the chequered flag, in the knowledge that second place was sufficient to get the job done.

“Finishing on top when everyone has the same tools is great,” Andersson enthused. “The biggest key to our success this year was that I had a really fast team-mate in Mikaela, meaning we could work together on finding the details and making the car quick. This title belongs to Kristoffersson Motorsport as well, because they are such a big part of it. Hopefully I can come back to defend it next year.”

Hallman’s victory maintained his perfect record in the single-make FIA World Rallycross Championship feeder series – after triumphing on his debut at Lydden Hill last month – while Isak Sjökvist rounded out the rostrum in third for #YellowSquad to secure the runner-up spot in the standings for the second consecutive campaign. Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky – similarly in title contention entering the event – saw her bid for glory end at the semi-final stage.

Anton Marklund sped to his fourth European crown by lifting the laurels in Euro RX1. The defending champion needed just four points in Germany to assure himself of the trophy, and he duly sealed the deal by topping the ranking at the end of the heats. The SET Promotion star then found himself in the wars in the semi-final, with contact pitching him into the barriers and out of the race at the first corner.

“We knew it would be difficult coming into this season with a ten-year-old car,” Marklund reflected. “Of course we had some small upgrades to the gearbox, but apart from that it’s the same since Ken Block was driving it in 2013-14.

“It was a late decision to enter the championship again, and as the champion, you are the one that everybody wants to beat, but we have a very experienced team and we did our best to stay out of trouble. In the end, our consistency and patience paid off. I’m very pleased.”

Jānis Baumanis became the only two-time winner of 2023 in Euro RX1 by book-ending his season with victories to cement the championship runner-up spoils, chased home by reigning British Champion Patrick O’Donovan and Enzo Ide.

In Euro RX3, Damian Litwinowicz prevailed at the end of a bruising final that saw the Pole and title rival Espen Isaksætre – his Volland Racing team-mate – collide on more than one occasion, leaving Litwinowicz parked up on the sidelines and seeing Isaksætre disqualified from the result. French duo Dylan Dufas and David Bouet claimed a one-two finish for RX Evolution, after on-the-road winner Jens Hvaal was disqualified on technical grounds.

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