2018 World RX of Sweden

The 2018 World RX of Sweden was the sixth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.

Rallycross layout of the Höljesbanan

2018 World RX of Sweden
Round 6 of 12 in the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	29 June–1 July 2018
Location	Höljes, Värmland
Venue	Höljesbanan
Results
Heat winners Heat 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Heat 2 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Heat 3 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Heat 4 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Semi-final winners Semi-final 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Semi-final 2 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Final First Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Second Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Third Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo R	1st	1st	3rd	1st	16
2	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo R	6th	2nd	1st	2nd	15
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	14
4	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	2nd	4th	4th	10th	13
5	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	4th	5th	5th	4th	12
6	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco	Hyundai i20	7th	6th	6th	5th	11
7	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	5th	7th	16th	6th	10
8	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	10th	8th	8th	9th	9
9	6	Jānis Baumanis	Team STARD	Ford Fiesta	8th	10th	7th	15th	8
10	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	11th	9th	13th	8th	7
11	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco	Hyundai i20	15th	11th	11th	7th	6
12	4	Robin Larsson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	9th	12th	9th	14th	5
13	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	12th	13th	10th	11th	4
14	36	Guerlain Chicherit	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	13th	15th	12th	16th	3
15	42	Oliver Bennett	Oliver Bennett	BMW Mini Cooper	16th	14th	14th	13th	2
16	66	Grégoire Demoustier	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Peugeot 208	17th	16th	17th	12th	1
17	44	Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	14th	17th	15th	17th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	4:14.708	6
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	+1.887	5
3	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	+2.695	4
4	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	+3.063	3
5	6	Jānis Baumanis	Team STARD	+6.325	2
6	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco	+32.282	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	4:20.819	6
2	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	+2.940	5
3	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	GC Kompetition	+6.981	4
4	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco	+13.094	3
5	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	DNF	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	Olsbergs MSE	DNF	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	4:14.969	8
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	+2.977	5
3	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	GC Kompetition	+5.956	4
4	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	DNF	3
5	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	DNF	2
6	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	+4.2691	1

*^1  — Mattias Ekström finished third but was later penalised for a final lap incident with Timmy Hansen

Standings after the event

Pos	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Johan Kristoffersson	165
2	Andreas Bakkerud	125	+40
3	Petter Solberg	119	+46
4	Sébastien Loeb	117	+48
5	Timmy Hansen	116	+49

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.