- BORN: 06 December 1988
- NATIONALITY: Sweden
- HOME TOWN: Arvika
- INTERESTS: My family and fitness
A news headline of the 2019-2020 off-season, was double FIA World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson returning to the series after a gap-year driving a Volkswagen Golf in the WTCR for Sebastien Loeb Racing. The most successful driver of the Championship will return as a single car entry in a family run team, but at the wheel of the Volkswagen Polo used in his dominating 2017 and 2018 campaigns.
Following a handful of European RX and World RX outings in 2013 and 2014, Kristoffersson made the full-time switch to the FIA World Rallycross Championship in 2015 with Volkswagen Team Sweden, winning the curtain raising World RX of Portugal event and finishing on the podium a further four times, going on to claim third in the overall standings.
A second career success followed at World RX of France in 2016 en route to clinching the runner-up spot behind countryman Mattias Ekstrom, a breakthrough season that would ultimately set him up for his dominant title-winning World RX campaign in 2017.
Paired with Petter Solberg in the rebranded PSRX Volkswagen Sweden team and driving a factory-developed Volkswagen Polo Supercar, Kristoffersson swept to seven victories – including five-in-a-row – to win the 2017 drivers’ title by a sizeable margin. Johan proved all-conquering in 2018 with 11 wins out of 12 on his way to his second World Championship crown.
Q&A
What’s been your career highlight?
Winning the 2017 World Rallycross Championship
If you had to drive in any other motorsport category, what would it be?
Rally
If you could only see things in one colour what would it be?
Black
What’s your favourite animal?
Dog
You're stuck on a desert island, what are the three things you would take with you?
Helicopter, food, drinks
If you could eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pasta
Favourite RX track?
I like all of them, but If I have to choose one, Höljes
If you could have any superpower what would it be?
Fly, or be invisible…
Thoughts on pineapple on a pizza?
No thanks
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Home
Favourite breakfast food?
Yoghurt with müsli, sandwich with fried egg, coffee and a glass of orange juice
Funniest RX driver?
Per Eklund
Who is your sporting hero?
No one, Im trying to see the best things and combine them from multiple athletes
What advice would you give to your younger self?
Learn more languages
Who’s the best driver you’ve raced against?
As I’ve been teammate to Petter Solberg i know his level of car control. So I would say Petter
Who would you like to be stuck in a lift with and why?
My grandfather, because he is in heaven
