Andreas Bakkerud

Andreas Bakkerud (born 10 October 1991) is a rallycross driver from Bergen, Norway. He has competed in the FIA Rallycross Supercar class since 2013 in both Euro RX and World RX, Nitro Rallycross since 2021, and Extreme E since 2023. He became European Champion in 2021.

He is not related to former DTM driver Christian Bakkerud.

Biography

Bakkerud won the FIA European Rallycross Championship in the Super1600 category twice, in 2011 and 2012.

Bakkerud entered the FIA European Rallycross Supercar class in 2013 with a private Citroën DS3, finishing fourth with two wins.

In 2014, Bakkerud joined the FIA World Rallycross Championship Supercar class, driving a Ford-supported Olsbergs MSE Fiesta. He got two wins and three second-place finishes, and placed fifth in the overall standings. In 2015, he scored a win, three podiums and eight top-fives, which put him fourth in the Supercar drivers championship.

In 2016, Bakkerud moved to American outfit Hoonigan Racing Division, partnering team boss Ken Block. He claimed three wins and six podiums, earning a third place in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Supercar standings.

On June 12, 2016, Bakkerud made rallycross history in Hell, Norway, during Round Five of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship by dominating the entire event and bringing home a 1st overall finish. Bakkerud set numerous records on his outright domination that weekend by winning all four of his Qualifier races (no driver had ever won all four in a weekend previously) and then going on to storm to the top in both his Semi-final and the Final. The overall win was the first-ever for the all-new Ford Focus RS RX rallycross car that year (a racecar that was still in its first year of competition and development), the first-ever in World RX for Hoonigan Racing Division and the first-ever win at the Norway round of the World Championship by a Norwegian.

With the announcement that Hoonigan Racing would be withdrawing from the sport at the end of the 2017 season, Bakkerud was left to find a drive for the new season, an on 31 January 2018 announced that he would be joining the EKS Audi Sport team, driving an Audi S1 EKS RX quattro. He finished third in the 2018 season behind the dominant Volkswagens of Johan Kristoffersson and Petter Solberg, scoring six podiums, before EKS too pulled out of the championship.

Bakkerud would remain in World RX for 2019, teaming up with Liam Doran in the Monster Energy RX Cartel team, using the EKS Audi's. Bakkerud scored a total of six podiums during the season. He finished the season tied on points with Timmy Hansen, but was classified 2nd as he scored one victory compared to Hansen's five.

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results (key)

Division 1A

Super1600

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ERX Points 2011 Set Promotion Renault Clio GBR1 POR1 FRA2 NOR2 SWE6 BEL2 NED1 AUT11 POL3 CZE1 1st 146 2012 Renault Twingo GBR2 FRA1 AUT2 HUN1 NOR6 SWE3 BEL7 NED1 FIN5 GER2 1st 138

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points 2013 Bakkerud Motorsport Citroën DS3 GBR12 POR7 HUN15 FIN6 NOR5 SWE1 FRA1 AUT13GER2 4th 133 2021 ES Motorsport Škoda Fabia SWE3 FRA4 LAT7 BEL1 1st 90 2022 Audi S1 HUN SWE3 NOR1 LVA POR BLX 8th 33 2023 Bakkerud Motorsport HUN6 POR NOR SWE7 BLX GER 10th 20

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar

Complete Nitrocross results Series called Nitro Rallycross until 2023

Supercar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points 2021 Subaru Motorsports USA Subaru WRX STi UMC9 ERX6 WHP HLN3 FIR 8th 71

Group E Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2022-23 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC FC1-X GBR2 SWE1 ERX4 HLN3 WHP13 WHP28 QBC7 HLN21 HLN33 HLN43 2nd 371 2023-24 MID7 UMC13 UMC25 WHP15 WHP26 HLN16 HLN29 LAS6 LAS8 4th 4092024-25Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC DodgeDodge Hornet R/T FC1-X RIC17 RIC28 UMC11 UMC21 FMP1 FMP2 MIA1 MIA2 LAS1 LAS23rd*191*

Complete 24H GT Series results GT4 Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2022 Car Collection Motorsport Audi R8 LMS GT4 Evo DUB MUG SPA5 HOC POR2 BAR KUW3

Complete Extreme E results (key) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2023 JBXE Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES1 DES2 HYD1 HYD2 ISL11 ISL12 ISL21 ISL22 COP1 COP2 12th 45 2024 JBXE Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES1 DES2 HYD1 HYD2 ISL11 ISL12 ISL21 ISL22 VAL1 VAL2 9th 21 2025 Team Hansen Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES1 DES2 N/A N/A † Season abandoned.