Timmy Hansen

Timmy Hansen
Timmy Hansen
	Timmy Hansen in April 2018
Nationality	Swedish
Born	21 May 1992 (age 32); Lidköping, Sweden
Related to	Kenneth Hansen (father); Kevin Hansen (brother)
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Hansen World RX Team
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	21
Former teams	Team Peugeot-Hansen, Team Peugeot Total
Starts	111
Wins	14
Podiums	46
Best finish	1st in 2019
Finished last season	6th
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active	2012-2013
Former teams	Citroën Hansen Motorsport
Starts	10
Wins	1
Podiums	4
Best finish	3rd in 2013
Medal record
Nitro World Games
Representing Sweden

Kenneth Timmy Hansen (born 21 May 1992) is a Swedish rallycross driver. He won the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship^[1] in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, driving for Team Peugeot-Hansen.^[2] His father is the 14-times European Rallycross Champion Kenneth Hansen, his mother the 1994 ERA European Cup (Group N up to 1400cc) winner Susann Hansen (née Bergvall), and his brother rallycross driver Kevin Hansen.

Career start

Hansen has won the Swedish Karting Championship in 2008 and has won races in Formula BMW, Formula Renault 2.0 Alps and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. In April 2011 he drove his first ever rallycross event at Dreux in France with a by MTechnologies lent Citroën Xsara Supercar of Marc Laboulle, that was previously used by Davy Jeanney to claim the French 2010 championship title. In 2012 his father offered him a one-off drive in the FIA European Rallycross Championship, the Finnish ERX round at Kouvola saw him driving the 2012 X Games winning car of Sébastien Loeb to an impressive 5th place overall. After he gave up single seater racing Hansen junior started his rallycross career by taking part in the entire 2013 Euro RX series, after nine rounds finishing in 3rd place overall.

World RX

For 2014 Hansen was partnered by former European Rallycross Championship title winner Timur Timerzyanov at his father's team to enter the inaugural season of World RX.

Hansen took one win and a further three podium finishes in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship season and would finish the year with 199 points and fourth place in the championship standings while Timerzyanov finished in seventh with one podium.

For the 2015 season it was announced^[3] that he would be driving alongside Davy Jeanney for the Team Peugeot-Hansen team in their new Peugeot 208 WRX. Hansen took three wins on his way to second in the championship behind Petter Solberg.

For 2016 Hansen partners with 9-time WRC champion Sébastien Loeb at Hansen Motorsport. Jeanney moved to the team's second outfit Peugeot Hansen Academy, alongside Timmy's younger brother Kevin. He won a race and collected six podiums, which put him sixth in the overall standings.

Racing record

Circuit racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Formula BMW Europe	Mücke Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	79	13th
2010	Formula BMW Europe	Mücke Motorsport	16	1	1	1	4	240	3rd
2010	Formula Abarth	RP Motorsport	2	0	0	1	0	3	25th
2011	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team	14	1	1	1	2	82	7th
2011	Formula Renault 2.0 Alps	Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team	4	1	2	1	2	88	16th
2012	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Interwetten.com Racing	7	0	0	0	0	0	31st
2012	Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia		2	0	0	0	1	46	13th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos	Points
2011	Interwetten.com Racing Junior Team	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	IMO 1	IMO 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 1	HUN 1	HUN 2	LEC 1	LEC 2	SPA 1 16	SPA 2 2	16th	88

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	ERX	Points
2012	Citroën Hansen Motorsport	Citroën DS3	GBR	FRA	AUT	HUN	NOR	SWE	BEL	NED	FIN 5	GER	24th	12
2013	Citroën Hansen Motorsport	Citroën DS3	GBR 3	POR 11	HUN 1	FIN 3	NOR 9	SWE 3	FRA 8	AUT 10	GER 13		3rd	145

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar/RX1/RX1e

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRX	Points
2014	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 T16	POR 8	GBR 11	NOR 6	FIN 9	SWE 11	BEL 2	CAN 7	FRA 3	GER 6	ITA 1	TUR 2	ARG 4		4th	199
2015	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 WRX	POR 3	HOC 3	BEL 8	GBR 8	GER 3	SWE 2	CAN 7	NOR 1	FRA 1	BAR 3	TUR 1	ITA 7	ARG 6	2nd	275
2016	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 WRX	POR 9	HOC DSQ	BEL 7	GBR 3	NOR 2	SWE 3	CAN 1	FRA 8	BAR 2	LAT 3	GER 11	ARG 13		6th	178
2017	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 WRX	BAR 5	POR 4†	HOC 3	BEL 2	GBR 6	NOR 5	SWE 4	CAN 6	FRA 6	LAT 9‡	GER 2	RSA 2		5th	201
2018	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208 WRX	BAR 7	POR 6	BEL 3	GBR 8	NOR 5	SWE 4	CAN 2	FRA 5	LAT 5‡	USA 6‡	GER 7	RSA 6		6th	192
2019	Team Hansen MJP	Peugeot 208 WRX	UAE 12	BAR 1	BEL 4	GBR 1	NOR 6	SWE 6	CAN 13	FRA 1	LAT 1	RSA 4				1st	211
2020	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208 WRX	SWE 6	SWE 11	FIN 3	FIN 5	LAT 3	LAT 4	BAR 1	BAR 2						3rd	163
2021	Hansen World RX Team	Peugeot 208 WRX	ESP 2	SWE 1	FRA 1	LAT 2	LAT 3	BNL 4	POR 2	GER 5	GER 4					2nd	217
2022	Hansen World RX Team	Peugeot 208 RX1e	NOR 2	LAT 3	LAT 4	POR 3	POR 4	BNL 4	BNL 7	ESP 1	ESP 2	GER 3				2nd	136
2023	Hansen World RX Team	Peugeot 208 RX1e	POR 7	NOR 10	SWE 2	GBR C	BNL C	GER C								6th	78
2023	Hansen World RX Team	OMSE ZEROID X1							RSA 4	RSA 4	CHN 9	CHN 4				6th	78
2024	Hansen World RX Team	Peugeot 208 RX1e	SWE 4	SWE 6	HUN 4	HUN 4	BNL 1	BNL 5	PRT	PRT	CHN	CHN				4th*	109*

^* Season still in progress.

^† 10 championship points deducted for use of an unregistered tyre in Q3.^[4]
^‡ Fifteen championship points deducted for use of a fourth engine in the championship.^[5]

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	Andretti United Extreme E	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES Q 4	DES R 2	OCE Q 8	OCE R 9	ARC Q 4	ARC R 1	ISL Q 6	ISL R 6	JUR Q 7	JUR R 3	3rd	103
2022	Genesys Andretti United Extreme E	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES 7	ISL1 7	ISL2 3	COP 7	ENE 4						9th	39
2023	Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES 1 10	DES 2 8	HYD 1 2	HYD 2 7	ISL1 1 5	ISL1 2 3	ISL2 1 6	ISL2 2 7	COP 1 DNS	COP 2 WD	7th	69
2024	Andretti Altawkilat Extreme E	Spark ODYSSEY 21	DES 1 5	DES 2 2	HYD 1 3	HYD 2 3	ISL1 1	ISL1 2	ISL2 1	ISL2 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	4th*	62*

^* Season still in progress.

References

^ "FIA World Rallycross Championship". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10.
^ "Timmy Hansen Driver - FIA World Rallycross Championship". www.rallycrossrx.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02.
^ Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
^ "Victory for Ekstrom in Portugal". FIA World Rallycross. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
^ "Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion". FIA World Rallycross. 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

External links

[1] "FIA World Rallycross Championship". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10.

[2] "Timmy Hansen Driver - FIA World Rallycross Championship". www.rallycrossrx.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02.

[3] Pettit, Vince (9 April 2015). "Team Peugeot-Hansen Announce Hansen and Jeanney for 2015 Season". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

[4] "Victory for Ekstrom in Portugal". FIA World Rallycross. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[WRXLatvia2017-5] "Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion". FIA World Rallycross. 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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