Johan David Kristoffersson (born 6 December 1988) is a Swedish racecar driver. He is a seven time World Rallycross Champion having won the

FIA World Rallycross Championship The FIA World Rallycross Championship (official abbreviation is World RX) is a rallycross series organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA in conjunction with series promoter Rallycross Promoter GmbH (founded by Red Bull G ...

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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, and in

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. In

he won a record breaking 11 out of 12 events in the championship. He is the son of former racing driver and

Kristoffersson Motorsport Kristoffersson Motorsport is a Swedish auto racing team owned by racing driver Tommy Kristoffersson. It currently competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship and Swedish Touring Car Championship, with Tommy's son Johan Kristoffersson as on ...

(KMS) team owner

Tommy Kristoffersson Tommy Sten Kristoffersson, actually Tommy Sten Kristoffersen, (born 1 May 1959 in Eda) is a Swedish race car driver whose father hails from Denmark. In the beginning of his career he competed in rallycross for Audi before starting a team in the S ...

. He also won the

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championship in 2012, the same year in which he claimed the

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and

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titles.

Racing career

Early career

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

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. KMS also competed in the

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, which he had to move up to the year

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. 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

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.se for three race weekends.

Touring Cars

Kristoffersson's breakthrough came in the

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season. It was to the races on the

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that he got to drive a third car for Team Biogas.se in

. 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

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. He then took another third place at

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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

, 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

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season, Kristoffersson competed in the Italian-based Touring Car Championship,

, for Kristoffersson Motorsport under the name ''Audi Sport KMS''. 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

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. Also in 2013, the Swede drove a family-run

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at a

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round. On 20 December 2018, it was announced that Kristofferson will join

for the

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season, partnering team's regulars

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and

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Rally and Rallycross

In 2014 he raced part-time at the

with a Kristofferson

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, 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

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. 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

, 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. RX Montalegre 2017 - 18

He won the

, and

making him a 7 Time World Champion. He participated in the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship and 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship in a

run Electric Volkswagen.

Extreme E

Kristofferson joined Rosberg X Racing in

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for its inaugural season and drove alongside Australian Molly Taylor. They Won the Championship even though Team X44's drivers 9X

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and Spanish driver

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finished level on points with them, as RXR had 3 Wins to X44's 1 Win. He re signed with RXR for the 2022 Extreme E Championship and will drive for them alongside fellow Swede Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky. They won the first round of the season in

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Racing record

Career summary

^† Non-championship event.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results

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

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results

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

Complete International Superstars Series results

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

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

( key)

Supercar/RX1

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

( key)

Supercar/RX1/RX1e

^* Season still in progress.

Complete WRC results

( key) * Season still in progress.

WRC-2 Results

( key)

WRC-3 Results

( key) * Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Complete Extreme E results

( key) ^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

*
John Christopher's blog
on kms-racing.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Kristoffersson, Johan 1988 births Living people Swedish racing drivers Superstars Series drivers Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers World Rallycross Championship drivers World Touring Car Cup drivers Extreme E drivers People from Arvika Municipality Racing drivers from Värmland County 24H Series drivers World Rally Championship drivers FIA European Rallycross Championship drivers Swedish rally drivers Team Rosberg drivers Sébastien Loeb Racing drivers Dreyer & Reinbold Racing drivers Phoenix Racing drivers Volkswagen Motorsport drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers European Rally Championship drivers