Johan Kristoffersson enjoyed another memorable year by securing a record-breaking sixth World Rallycross Championship and became Extreme E’s first double champion.
Until the Lydden Hill fire that paused the WRX season, the Swede had been utterly dominant, winning all three of the opening events. Life was harder in the slower ZEROID X1 cars the series fell back on in South Africa and Hong Kong, although a 50% win rate in equal machinery further highlighted his class.
Kristoffersson also joined Mikaela Ahlin-Kottulinsky for a second Extreme E season; they claimed a pair of victories in Sardinia and added a third prior to their coronation in Chile.
To Kristoffersson's already bulging trophy cabinet in 2023 were added this term eight event winner’s trophies and two pieces of outright championship silverware. But he concedes that neither his World Rallycross nor Extreme E campaigns were without fault.
Asked to pinpoint a low point from each championship, he says: “Definitely, the low point [in RX] was when the car stopped in Hong Kong. That was something we couldn’t influence at all. I’d taken the joker and I was looking forward to the joker lap battle with Kevin [Hansen] and then the car stopped. That was definitely the low out of anything I have done this season.
Source: Autosport