2018 World RX of Great Britain

The 2018 World RX of Great Britain was the fourth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire.

World RX layout of Silverstone Circuit, used in 2018-2019
2018 World RX of Great Britain
Round 4 of 12 in the
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date25–27 May 2018
LocationSilverstone, Northamptonshire
VenueSilverstone Circuit
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot Total
Heat 3Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2France Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot Total
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
SecondNorway Andreas Bakkerud
EKS Audi Sport
ThirdFrance Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot Total

Qualifying edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 1   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 4th 6th 1st 1st 16
2 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 3rd 7th 2nd 2nd 15
3 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 1st 3rd 4th 10th 14
4 5   Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 2nd 2nd 5th 8th 13
5 13   Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5th 4th 7th 3rd 12
6 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 7th 1st 3rd 20th 11
7 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 8th 5th 8th 5th 10
8 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 6th 8th 6th 7th 9
9 96   Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 11th 10th 10th 4th 8
10 74   Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 12th 9th 9th 6th 7
11 24   Tommy Rustad Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R 13th 11th 12th 9th 6
12 7   Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 9th 13th 14th 13th 5
13 4   Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 16th 12th 11th 17th 4
14 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 14th 14th 23rd 11th 3
15 36   Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 15th 16th 17th 15th 2
16 134   Mark Higgins Mark Higgins Peugeot 208 10th 22nd 18th 12th 1
17 92   Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R 21st 15th 15th 16th
18 66   Grégoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 18th 18th 19th 14th
19 102   Tamás Kárai Kárai Motorsport Egyesület Audi A1 17th 19th 16th 22nd
20 177   Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 23rd 17th 13th 23rd
21 42   Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett MINI Cooper 19th 20th 20th 21st
22 84   "Knapick" "Knapick" Citroën DS3 22nd 21st 22nd 19th
23 58   Qinghua Ma STARD Ford Fiesta 20th 23rd 21st 18th

Semi-finals edit

Semi-final 1 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/retired Pts
1 1   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:07.553 6
2 13   Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.111 5
3 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total +2.082 4
4 24   Tommy Rustad Marklund Motorsport +5.613 3
5 96   Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +6.872 2
6 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden DNF 1

Semi-final 2 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/retired Pts
1 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total 4:02.466 6
2 5   Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +0.511 5
3 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +6.721 4
4 74   Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition +9.546 3
5 7   Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +10.369 2
6 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total DNF 1

Final edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/retired Pts
1 1   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:00.899 8
2 13   Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +0.859 5
3 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +1.346 4
4 5   Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +1.949 3
5 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +3.832 2
6 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total +29.983 1

Standings after the event edit

Pos Driver Pts Gap
1   Johan Kristoffersson 105
2   Sébastien Loeb 91 +14
3   Andreas Bakkerud 83 +22
4   Petter Solberg 80 +25
  Mattias Ekström
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References edit

  1. ^ "Results - 2018 World RX of Great Britain". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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