2014 World RX of Portugal

The 2014 World RX of Portugal was the opening round of the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship and the first ever round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in the Portuguese border town of Montalegre. Four of the seven stages of the round, including the final, were won by 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg, with the young guns Bakkerud and Nitišs rounding out the podium for Olsbergs MSE.

World RX layout of Circuito Montalegre

2014 World RX of Portugal
Round 1 of 12 in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	3-4 May 2014
Location	Montalegre, Portugal
Venue	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre
Results
Heat winners Heat 1 Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen Heat 2 Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen Heat 3 Petter Solberg PSRX Heat 4 Petter Solberg PSRX Semi-final winners Semi-final 1 Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Semi-final 2 Petter Solberg PSRX Final First Petter Solberg PSRX Second Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Third Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE

Heats

Jacques Villeneuve and Timur Timerzyanov

All entries below the red line were eliminated at the conclusion of the heats.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	H1	H2	H3	H4	Pts
1	1	Timur Timerzyanov	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 T16	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	16
2	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	Citroën DS3	2nd	DNF	1st	1st	15
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	Ford Fiesta ST	Ford Fiesta	9th	2nd	3rd	4th	14
4	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Volkswagen Polo	Volkswagen Polo	4th	4th	4th	7th	13
5	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	8th	3rd	6th	6th	12
6	3	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208 T16	5th	14th	5th	2nd	11
7	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	3rd	5th	DNF	5th	10
8	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	Ford Focus	7th	6th	11th	10th	9
9	12	Alexander Hvaal	PSRX	Citroën DS3	6th	9th	8th	16th	8
10	47	Ramona Karlsson	Eklund Motorsport	Saab 9-3	15th	12th	10th	9th	7
11	66	Derek Tohill	LD Motorsports World RX	Citroën DS3	16th	10th	9th	11th	6
12	26	Andy Scott	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	10th	8th	12th	DNF	5
13	54	Jos Jansen	JJ Racing	Ford Focus	14th	11th	DNF	14th	4
14	41	Joaquim Santos	Joaquim Santos	Ford Focus	12th	DNF	13th	15th	3
15	21	Bohdan Ludwiczak	Now or Never	Ford Fiesta	17th	13th	15th	17th	2
16	6	Alexandre Theuil	Alexandre Theuil	Citroën DS3	11th	7th	DNF	DNS	1
17	25	Jacques Villeneuve	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	13th	15th	DNS	12th
18	44	Krzysztof Skorupski	Monster Energy World RX	Citroën DS3	DNS	DNF	14th	8th
19	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy World RX	Citroën DS3	DNS	DNS	7th	13th

Semi-finals

Petter Solberg

Drivers below the red line were eliminated at the conclusion of the semi-finals.

Semi-final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	15	Reinis Nitišs	Olsbergs MSE	4:09.108	6
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	+0.438	5
3	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	+1.718	4
4	1	Timur Timerzyanov	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.032	3
5	66	Derek Tohill	LD Motorsports World RX	+13.693	2
6	12	Alexander Hvaal	PSRX	DNF	1

Semi-final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	4:02.685	6
2	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	+2.917	5
3	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	+10.069	4
4	3	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+20.372	3
5	54	Jos Jansen†	JJ Racing	+31.207	2
6	47	Ramona Karlsson	Eklund Motorsport	DNF	1

† Andy Scott was classified overall 12th, however was unable to make the semi-final grid. Jos Jansen was allowed to take his place.

Final

The podium following the final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	4:02.081	8
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	+2.358	5
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	Olsbergs MSE	+3.048	4
4	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	+5.025	3
5	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	+5.901	2
6	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	+10.790	1

Championship standings after the event

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Petter Solberg	29
2	Reinis Nitišs	24
3	Toomas Heikkinen	21
4	Andreas Bakkerud	20
5	Timur Timerzyanov	19