Johan Kristoffersson

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Johan Kristoffersson
Johan Kristoffersson in July, 2021
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1988-12-06) 6 December 1988 (age 35)
Arvika, Sweden
Related toTommy Kristoffersson (father)
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamKristoffersson Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number1
SpotterTommy Kristoffersson
Former teamsVolkswagen RX Sweden,PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Starts87
Championships6 (2017, 2018 , 2020, 2021, 2022,2023)
Wins40
Podiums55
Current teamKristoffersson Motorsport
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active20132014,2022
Car number3
Former teamsVolkswagen Dealer Team KMS
Starts5
Wins1
Podiums2
Best finish8th in 2014 (Supercar)
Previous series
2011
201112
2011–12
20092010
2008
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
STCC
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
STCC (Sweden)
JTCC (Sweden)
Championship titles
2021, 2023
2017-18, 2020-21-22
2012, 2018
2012
2012-13, 2015
Extreme E
FIA World Rallycross
STCC
Superstars Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia

Johan David Kristoffersson (born 6 December 1988) is a Swedish racecar driver. He is a six time World Rallycross Champion having won the FIA World Rallycross Championship in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. In 2018 he won a record breaking 11 out of 12 events in the championship. He is the son of former racing driver and Kristoffersson Motorsport (KMS) team owner Tommy Kristoffersson. He also won the Superstars Series championship in 2012, the same year in which he claimed the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia titles.

Racing career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Kristoffersson competed for his father's team in Junior Touring Car Championship in 2008. He finished fourth in the championship, after winning two races during the season, in a Volkswagen. KMS also competed in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, which he had to move up to the year 2009. He did not take any points in the main series, but finished second behind Viktor Hallrup in the Semcon Cup, a private preparatory cup. During the 2010 season Kristoffersson drove for Team Biogas.se for three race weekends.

Touring Cars[edit]

Kristoffersson's breakthrough came in the 2011 season. It was to the races on the Falkenbergs Motorbana that he got to drive a third car for Team Biogas.se in Scandinavian Touring Car Championship. He was high up there, but had to retire both races. He then picked three fourth places in the four subsequent races, before he took a third place in the second race on the Ring Knutstorp. He then took another third place at Mantorp Park and finished the season in tenth place overall, despite the fact that he only drove just over half the season.

In 2011 Kristoffersson also drove in the Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, where he fought for the title with Robin Rudholm. During the last race weekend, he had a good chance at the title, but lost it after receiving a penalty for a false start in the first race. Kristofferson won the second race, but still could not win the championship, then Rudholm finished second and had too big a lead in the overall driver's championship.

During the 2012 season, Kristoffersson competed in the Italian-based Touring Car Championship, Superstars Series, for Kristoffersson Motorsport under the name Audi Sport KMS.[1] He took five titles in a single year – winning Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, STCC and Superstars Series in all three categories (Italian, International and Rookie).

Kristoffersson joined the Petri Corse team for the 2013 Superstars Series season where he drove a Porsche Panamera.[2]

Also in 2013, the Swede drove a family-run Volkswagen Scirocco at a European Rallycross Championship round.

On 20 December 2018, it was announced that Kristofferson will join Volkswagen for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, partnering team's regulars Mehdi Bennani and Rob Huff.[3]

Rally and Rallycross[edit]

In 2014 he raced part-time at the FIA World Rallycross Championship with a Kristofferson Volkswagen Polo, finishing third at Belgium. In 2015, he won at Portugal and claimed podiums at UK, Spain, Turkey and Italy, finishing third in the standings.

In 2016, KMS and Marklund merged their Volkswagen factory teams, with Kristoffersson driving a Polo. He claimed a win, three podiums and nine top six finishes, and was runner-up in the Supercars overall standings behind Mattias Ekström.

Kristoffersson at the 2020 Rally Sweden

In 2019 Kristofferson would also make the switch over to rallying, running a full-time campaign with Volkswagen in the Swedish Rally Championship with his WRX team Kristoffersson Motorsport, using the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5.

He won the 2018 WRX title with a record-breaking 11 out of 12 event wins during the season.[4]

FIA World RX of Portugal 2017 in Montalegre

He won the 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship, making him a 5 Time World Champion.

He participated in the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship and 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship in a Kristoffersson Motorsport run Electric Volkswagen.[5]

Extreme E[edit]

Kristofferson joined Rosberg X Racing in Extreme E for its inaugural season and drove alongside Australian Molly Taylor.[6] They Won the Championship even though Team X44's drivers 9X World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb and Spanish driver Cristina Gutiérrez finished level on points with them, as RXR had 3 Wins to X44's 1 Win.[7]

He re signed with RXR for the 2022 Extreme E Championship and will drive for them alongside fellow Swede Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky.[8] They won the first round of the season in Neom, Saudi Arabia.[9]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship Kristoffersson Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 0 18th
2010 Swedish Touring Car Championship Team Biogas.se 6 0 0 0 0 3 15th
2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Biogas.se 10 0 0 0 2 84 10th
2012 International Superstars Series Audi Sport KMS 16 4 2 3 7 185 1st
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Volkswagen Team Biogas 16 5 2 1 11 264 1st
2013 European Rallycross Championship Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS 1 0 N/A N/A 0 11 28th
International Superstars Series Petri Corse 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 European Rallycross Championship Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS 3 1 N/A N/A 2 30 8th
FIA World Rallycross Championship Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS 4 0 N/A N/A 0 33 15th
2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship Volkswagen Team Sweden 13 1 N/A N/A 5 234 3rd
2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship Volkswagen RX Sweden 12 1 N/A N/A 3 240 2nd
Scandinavian Touring Car Championship PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team 12 2 2 2 5 243 3rd
World Rally Championship Johan Kristoffersson 1 0 N/A N/A 0 0 NC
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 12 7 N/A N/A 10 316 1st
TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden 12 6 7 6 8 217 4th
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 12 11 N/A N/A 11 341 1st
TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship Kristoffersson Motorsport 12 3 1 3 7 195 1st
World Rally Championship Johan Kristoffersson 1 0 N/A N/A 0 0 NC
2019 World Rally Championship-2 Volkswagen Dealer Team Bauhaus 2 0 N/A N/A 2 30 14th
World Touring Car Cup SLR Volkswagen 30 3 1 2 5 243 5th
2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS 8 4 N/A N/A 7 219 1st
World Rally Championship-3 Kristoffersson Motorsport 1 0 N/A N/A 1 15 13th
2021 Extreme E Championship Rosberg X Racing 10 3 N/A N/A 8 133 1st
FIA World Rallycross Championship KYB EKS JC 9 3 N/A N/A 5 217 1st
World Rally Championship-3 Kristoffersson Motorsport 1 0 N/A N/A 0 5 50th
2022 Extreme E Championship Rosberg X Racing 5 2 N/A N/A 2 68 2nd
FIA European Rallycross Championship Kristoffersson Motorsport 1 0 N/A N/A 0 12 16th
FIA World Rallycross Championship Kristoffersson Motorsport 10 8 N/A N/A 8 183 1st
2023 Extreme E Championship Rosberg X Racing 10 3 N/A N/A 7 159 1st
FIA World Rallycross Championship Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS 7 5 N/A N/A 6 141 1st

Non-championship event.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2009 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 MAN
1

10
MAN
2

12
KAR
1

12
KAR
2

13
GÖT
1

Ret
GÖT
2

DNS
KNU
1

14
KNU
2

15
FAL
1

10
FAL
2

10
KAR
1

11
KAR
2

11
VAL
1

Ret
VAL
2

16
KNU
1

Ret
KNU
2

10
MAN
1

12
MAN
2

10
18th 0
2010 Team Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco JYL
1
JYL
2
KNU
1
KNU
2
KAR
1
KAR
2
GÖT
1
GÖT
2
FAL
1
FAL
2
KAR
1
KAR
2
JYL
1

15
JYL
2

15
KNU
1

10
KNU
2

13
MAN
1

15
MAN
2

11
15th 3

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2011 Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco JYL
1
JYL
2
KNU
1
KNU
2
MAN
1
MAN
2
GÖT
1
GÖT
2
FAL
1

Ret
FAL
2

Ret
KAR
1

4
KAR
2

7
JYL
1

4
JYL
2

4
KNU
1

5
KNU
2

3
MAN
1

3
MAN
2

9
10th 84
2012 Volkswagen Team Biogas Volkswagen Scirocco MAN
1

1
MAN
2

1
KNU
1

2
KNU
2

3
STU
1

6
STU
2

2
MAN
1

1
MAN
2

4
ÖST
1

2
ÖST
2

6
JYL
1

3
JYL
2

3
KNU
1

4
KNU
2

Ret
SOL
1

1
SOL
2

1
1st 264
2016 PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team SEAT León STCC SKÖ
1

4
SKÖ
2

5
MAN
1

3
MAN
2

Ret
AND
1

1
AND
2

3
FAL
1

2
FAL
2

5
KAR
1

EX
KAR
2

EX
SOL
1
SOL
2
KNU
1

1
KNU
2

6
3rd 243
2017 Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR KNU
1
KNU
2
KNU
3
ALA
1

1
ALA
2

1
ALA
3

1
SOL
1

1
SOL
2

1
SOL
3

2
FAL
1

2
FAL
2

4
FAL
3

1
KAR
1

Ret
KAR
2

DNS
KAR
3

DNS
AND
1
AND
2
AND
3
MAN
1
MAN
2
MAN
3
4th 217
2018 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR KNU
1

4
KNU
2

3
AND
1

5
AND
2

5
FAL
1

2
FAL
2

16
KAR
1

3
KAR
2

3
RUD
1

1
RUD
2

1
MAN
1

1
MAN
2

5
1st 195

Complete International Superstars Series results[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2012 Audi Sport KMS Audi RS5 MNZ
1

5
MNZ
2

Ret
IMO
1

1
IMO
2

1
DON
1

2
DON
2

2
MUG
1

4
MUG
2

7
HUN
1

5
HUN
2

Ret
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

Ret
VAL
1

1
VAL
2

1
PER
1

5
PER
2

Ret
1st 185
2013 Petri Corse Porsche Panamera S MNZ
1

DNS
MNZ
2

DNS
BRN
1
BRN
2
SVK
1
SVK
2
ZOL
1
ZOL
2
ALG
1
ALG
2
DON
1
DON
2
IMO
1
IMO
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
NC 0

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results[edit]

(key)

Supercar/RX1[edit]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points
2013 Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS Volkswagen Scirocco GBR POR HUN FIN NOR SWE
10
FRA AUT GER 28th 11
2014 Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS Volkswagen Polo GBR NOR BEL
DSQ
GER
3
ITA
1
8th 30
2022 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo HUN SWE
4
NOR LAT PRT BEL GER 16th 12

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results[edit]

(key)

Supercar/RX1/RX1e[edit]

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points
2014 Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS Volkswagen Polo POR GBR NOR FIN SWE
20
BEL
DSQ
CAN FRA GER
8
ITA
5
TUR ARG 15th 33
2015 Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo POR
1
HOC
8
BEL
7
GBR
3
GER
4
SWE
7
CAN
11
NOR
10
FRA
4
BAR
2
TUR
3
ITA
2
ARG
13
3rd 234
2016 Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo POR
6
HOC
7
BEL
6
GBR
12
NOR
7
SWE
5
CAN
3
FRA
1
BAR
6
LAT
5
GER
6
ARG
2
2nd 240
2017 PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI BAR
6
POR
3
HOC
2
BEL
1
GBR
2
NOR
1
SWE
1
CAN
1
FRA
1
LAT
1
GER
7
RSA
1
1st 316
2018 PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R BAR
1
POR
1
BEL
5
GBR
1
NOR
1
SWE
1
CAN
1
FRA
1
LAT
1
USA
1
GER
1
RSA
1
1st 341
2020 Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Volkswagen Polo GTI SWE
1
SWE
3
FIN
1
FIN
4
LAT
1
LAT
2
ESP
2
ESP
1
1st 219
2021 KYB EKS JC Audi S1 ESP
3
SWE
7
FRA
7
LAT
5
LAT
1
BEL
1
POR
6
GER
1
GER
3
1st 217
2022 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo RX1e NOR
1
LAT
1
LAT
1
POR
1
POR
5
BEL
1
BEL
1
ESP
4
ESP
1
GER
1
1st 183
2023 Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS Volkswagen Polo RX1e POR
1
NOR
1
SWE
1
GBR
C
BEL
C
GER
C
RSA
1
RSA
3
CHN
6
CHN
1
1st 141

Complete WRC results[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2016 Johan Kristoffersson Škoda Fabia S2000 MON SWE
21
MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS NC 0
2018 Johan Kristoffersson Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE
17
MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS NC 0
2019 Volkswagen Dealerteam Bauhaus Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE
13
MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN
12
GER TUR GBR ESP AUS
C
NC 0
2020 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE
14
MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ NC 0
2021 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON ARC
27
CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ NC 0

* Season still in progress.

WRC-2 Results[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2019 Volkswagen Dealerteam Bauhaus Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE
3
MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN
3
GER TUR GBR ESP AUS
C
14th 30

WRC-3 Results[edit]

(key)

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2020 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON SWE
3
MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ 13th 15
2021 Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 MON ARC
10
CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 50th 5

* Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts
2019 SLR Volkswagen Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR MAR
1

Ret
MAR
2

17
MAR
3

17
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

Ret
HUN
3

22
SVK
1

20
SVK
2

15
SVK
3

18
NED
1

4
NED
2

3
NED
3

7
GER
1

10
GER
2

1
GER
3

Ret
POR
1

7
POR
2

14
POR
3

10
CHN
1

8
CHN
2

12
CHN
3

10
JPN
1

5
JPN
2

7
JPN
3

1
MAC
1

11
MAC
2

5
MAC
3

4
MAL
1

8
MAL
2

3
MAL
3

1
5th 243

Complete Extreme E results[edit]

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2021 Rosberg X Racing Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
Q

3
DES
R

1
OCE
Q

2
OCE
R

1
ARC
Q

3
ARC
R

5
ISL
Q

2
ISL
R

1
JUR
Q

2
JUR
R

4
1st 133
2022 Rosberg X Racing Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
1
ISL1
5
ISL2
1
COP
6
ENE
10
2nd 68
2023 Rosberg X Racing Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
1

3
DES
2

3
HYD
1

5
HYD
2

5
ISL1
1

1
ISL1
2

1
ISL2
1

4
ISL2
2

2
COP
1

COP
2

1st* 136*

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Three Audi RS5s for Morbidelli, Kristofferson and Schöffler". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Johan Kristoffersson joins Petri Corse to drive Porsche Panamera". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 27 March 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Johan Kristoffersson confirmed alongside Rob Huff and Mehdi Bennani at SLR". Touringcartimes.com. Touringcartimes.com. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 World RX Champion Kristoffersson Wins Season Finale". Monster Energy. 2018-11-26.
  5. ^ Cobb, Haydn (2022-01-13). "Kristoffersson to defend his World Rallycross title with Volkswagen". Motorsport.com.
  6. ^ "Rosberg X Racing - Teams - Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey". Extreme E. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  7. ^ Kew, Matt (2021-12-19). "Rosberg team seals Extreme E title on countback in Jurassic X-Prix". Motorsport.com.
  8. ^ Hansford, Rob (2022-02-04). "TAYLOR REPLACED BY AHLIN-KOTTULINSKY AT EXTREME E CHAMPION TEAM". DirtFish Rally.
  9. ^ "RXR win the opening X Prix of Extreme E Season 2". Extreme E - The Electric Odyssey. Retrieved 2022-02-22.

External links[edit]

Media related to Johan Kristoffersson at Wikimedia Commons

Sporting positions
Preceded by Scandinavian Touring Car Championship
Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Campionato Italiano Superstars
Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by International Superstars Series
Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Robin Rudholm
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
Champion

2012-2013
Succeeded by
Oscar Palm
Preceded by
Oscar Palm
Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia
Champion

2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by World Rallycross Champion
2017-2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship
Champion

2018
Succeeded by
Preceded by Race of Champions Nations' Cup
2019
With: Tom Kristensen
Succeeded by
Preceded by World Rallycross Champion
2020-2022
Succeeded by
Incumbent