Reinis Nitišs
| Reinis Nitišs | |
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Nitišs at the 2017 World RX of Barcelona
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| Nationality |
 Latvian |
| Born |
16 December 1995 Jēkabpils, Latvia |
| FIA World Rallycross Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | EKS RX |
| Car no. | 15 |
| Former teams | Olsbergs MSE, Münnich Motorsport |
| Starts | 40 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 7 |
| Best finish | 3rd in 2014 |
| Finished last season | 16th |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | |
| Years active | 2012–2013 |
| Former teams |
SET Promotion SKN Sports |
| Starts | 14 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 8 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2013 (Super1600) |
| Championship titles | |
| 2013 2012 2011 2011 2009 2009 |
European Rallycross Championship (Super1600) NEZ Rallycross Championship Estonian Rallycross Championship Baltic Rallycross Championship Latvian Karting Championship Baltic Karting Championship |
Reinis Nitišs (born 16 December 1995) is a rallycross driver from Jēkabpils, Latvia. He is the winner of the Super1600 division in the European Rallycross Championship in 2013 and is the youngest event winner in FIA World Rallycross Championship history.
Nitišs started racing go-karts at the age of seven, and was quickly successful having won multiple Latvian national titles and the Baltic series by 13. He moved into rallycross and dominated the Baltic and NEZ championships before moving into the European Super1600 category in 2012. The 2013 season brought about a very successful period in which he won 6 out of 9 events on his way to the title.
In 2014 he debuted in the FIA World Rallycross Championship Supercar category, driving a Ford Fiesta for Olsbergs MSE (OMSE) alongside Andreas Bakkerud. His career started promisingly, with a semi-final win and ultimately a podium finish in his first race, followed by qualification for the final in his second - which he later failed to take part in due to engine failure. His third event in Norway brought his first and so far only win in World Rallycross. A further three podiums and points finishes in every round cemented third place in the standings at seasons' end behind Petter Solberg and Toomas Heikkinen.
Despite staying with OMSE, 2015 was a much tougher year for Nitišs - the highlights being second in Hockenheim and third in Belgium. He failed to qualify for the semi-finals twice and despite once again finishing every round in the points he finished seventh in the standings compared to Bakkerud in fourth with over two events worth of points in hand.
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