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Rallycross championship

World RX layout of Estering
2018 World RX of Germany
Round 11 of 12 in the
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date13-14 October 2018
LocationBuxtehude, Germany
VenueEstering Buxtehude
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS Audi Sport
Heat 4Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot Total
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS Audi Sport
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
SecondSweden Mattias Ekström
EKS Audi Sport
ThirdNorway Andreas Bakkerud
EKS Audi Sport

The 2018 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.

Supercar

Source

Heats

Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo 2nd 1st 6th 3rd 16
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 6th 2nd 2nd 2nd 15
3 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 7th 4th 3rd 1st 14
4 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 4th 6th 1st 4th 13
5 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo 1st 3rd 5th 8th 12
6 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 5th 7th 4th 6th 11
7 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 3rd 5th 8th 10th 10
8 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 8th 9th 10th 5th 9
9 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 9th 11th 9th 11th 8
10 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 10th 12th 7th 12th 7
11 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis Team Stard Ford Fiesta 12th 8th 12th 17th 6
12 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 13th 13th 13th 13th 5
13 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 11th 10th 14th 18th 4
14 64 Norway Kjetil Larsen Kjetil Larsen Volkswagen Polo 18th 16th 15th 14th 3
15 42 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett BMW Mini Cooper 17th 14th 17th 15th 2
16 77 Germany René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 15th 17th 18th 16th 1
17 66 Belgium Gregoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 19th 18th 16th 19th
18 113 France Cyril Raymond Cyril Raymond Peugeot 208 16th 19th 19th 20th
19 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS DQ 15th 11th 7th
20 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 14th 20th DQ 9th
  • Note: Liam Doran was disqualified from Q1 for having briefly touch the launch control button by mistake in turn 1. Timur Timerzyanov had the same issue, touching the button during his battle with Cyril Raymond in Q3.

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 3:36.940 6
2 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.529 5
3 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total +4.319 4
4 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis Team Stard +8.847 3
5 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GC Kompetition DNF 2
6 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total DQ

Note: Timmy Hansen was disqualified for a contact with Anton Marklund.

Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport 3:36.021 6
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.782 5
3 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +4.730 4
4 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +5.846 3
5 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE +7.794 2
6 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total DNF 1

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 3:33.568 8
2 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +1.849 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +3.082 4
4 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +5.030 3
5 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden DNF 2
6 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total DNF 1

Standings after the event

Source

Pos. Driver Pts Gap
WC Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 311
2 Sweden Mattias Ekström 228 +83
3 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 224 +87
4 Norway Petter Solberg 221 +90
5 France Sébastien Loeb 205 +106
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. "Germany World RX: Champion Kristoffersson tops Day 1".
  2. "Germany World RX: Kristoffersson ends qualifying on top".
  3. "Germany World RX: Kristoffersson beats Ekstrom to win".
  4. "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Germany | FIA Results and Statistics". fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. "Classifications". Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. "PSRX Volkswagen Sweden claim World RX Teams Title in Germany". automobilsport.com.
  7. "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Germany | FIA Results and Statistics".
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