2016 World RX of Belgium

The 2016 World RX of Belgium was the third round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the second round of the 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship.

World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
2016 World RX of Belgium
Round 3 of 12 in the
2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date14–15 May 2016
LocationMettet, Wallonia
VenueCircuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1France Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Heat 3Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Heat 4Norway Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg World RX Team
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Semi-final 2Norway Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg World RX Team
Final
FirstSweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
SecondFrance Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot-Hansen
ThirdNorway Petter Solberg
Petter Solberg World RX Team

Supercar edit

Heats edit

 
Toomas Heikkinen, Anton Marklund and Niclas Grönholm
 
The field files into the first corner in the 1st WRX Semi-Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 5   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 2nd 1st 1st 9th 16
2 1   Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team Citroën DS3 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 15
3 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 1st 7th 3rd 2nd 14
4 3   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 4th 3rd 4th 5th 13
5 67   François Duval Ecurie Bayard ASBL Ford Fiesta 6th 11th 7th 4th 12
6 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 12th 5th 5th 8th 11
7 6   Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 8th 6th 8th 14th 10
8 92   Anton Marklund Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 5th 9th 13th 10th 9
9 7   Timur Timerzyanov World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 7th 2nd 18th 13th 8
10 96   Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 13th 10th 10th 7th 7
11 17   Davy Jeanney Peugeot Hansen Academy Peugeot 208 9th 15th 6th 12th 6
12 15   Reinis Nitišs All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 10th 12th 15th 6th 5
13 4   Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Motorsport Audi A1 17th 8th 9th 16th 4
14 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 19th 13th 17th 3rd 3
15 68   Niclas Grönholm Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 14th 16th 12th 15th 2
16 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 16th 14th 11th 17th 1
17 33   Liam Doran JRM Racing BMW MINI Countryman 11th 18th 16th 18th
18 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 18th 19th 19th 11th
19 55   René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 15th 17th 14th 19th

Semi-finals edit

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5   Mattias Ekström EKS RX 4:02.278 6
2 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.737 5
3 67   François Duval Ecurie Bayard ASBL +7.884 4
4 7   Timur Timerzyanov World RX Team Austria +23.056 3
5 17   Davy Jeanney Peugeot Hansen Academy DNF 2
6   Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria EX 0
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1   Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team 4:00.869 6
2 3   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden +1.157 5
3 92   Anton Marklund Volkswagen RX Sweden +5.112 4
4 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.950 3
5 96   Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +14.568 2
6 15   Reinis Nitišs All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport +16.468 1

Final edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5   Mattias Ekström EKS RX 3:58.967 8
2 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.526 5
3 1   Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team +3.189 3
4 92   Anton Marklund Volkswagen RX Sweden +10.868 4
5 67   François Duval Ecurie Bayard ASBL +18.972 2
6 3   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden DNF 1

RX Lites edit

Heats edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 7th 6th 1st 1st 16
2 69   Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 6th 1st 5th 5th 15
3 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 4th 5th 6th 2nd 14
4 8   Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 1st 4th 9th 6th 13
5 16   Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 2nd 2nd 8th 7th 12
6 99   Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik 9th 3rd 3rd 3rd 11
7 33   Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE 3rd 7th 4th 4th 10
8 26   Gosselin Regis Icepol Racing Team 5th 8th 2nd 9th 9
9 47   Alexander Westlund Alexander Westlund 8th 9th 7th 8th 8

Semi-finals edit

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 16   Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 4:18.959 6
2 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE +0.163 5
3 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson +1.083 4
4 33   Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE +8.287 3
5 47   Alexander Westlund Alexander Westlund +10.250 2
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 69   Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 4:21.505 6
2 99   Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik +0.649 5
3 8   Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion +4.274 4
4 26   Gosselin Regis Icepol Racing Team DNF 3

Final edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 16   Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 4:19.061 8
2 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson +1.506 5
3 99   Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik +2.324 4
4 69   Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +18.669 3
5 8   Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion DNF 2
13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE EX 0

Standings after the event edit

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References edit

  1. ^ "Results - 2016 World RX of Belgium". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.[permanent dead link]

External links edit

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