Ole Christian Veiby went into the 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship campaign targeting his first win and a top two finish in the Drivers’ standings. Ultimately, he fell somewhat short of his personal objectives, but he nonetheless played a key role in Volkswagen Dealerteam BAUHAUS’ successful acquisition of the Teams’ crown.
In the first three SuperPole sessions of the year, Veiby was his team-mate Johan Kristoffersson’s closest competitor. Indeed, in both Norway and Sweden, he came within a whisker of toppling the multiple world champion from his SuperPole throne, but issues and incidents in the races meant he reached the rostrum just once from those early rounds.
In South Africa, the Norwegian lined up on the front row of the grid for Saturday’s final, only to fail to finish following a collision with Timmy Hansen – not the pair’s first clash of the year. Twenty-four hours later, he was forced out at the semi-final stage by broken suspension after clipping a tyre stack, but he bounced back in Hong Kong to equal his career-best result with second place to Kristoffersson on the last day of the season.
2023
Stats
World
RX Starts:
7
Wins: 0
Podiums: 2
Finals
Reached:
6
Best
Result: 2nd
Points: 82
Championship
Position:
5th
Finland
Italy
Hungary