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2020 World RX of Latvia
Round 5 of 8 in the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	19 September 2020
Location	Riga, Latvia
Venue	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze
Results
Heat winners Heat 1 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Heat 2 Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Heat 3 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Semi-final winners Semi-final 1 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Semi-final 2 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Final First Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Second Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Third Timmy Hansen Team Hansen

2020 World RX of Latvia
Round 6 of 8 in the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	20 September 2020
Location	Riga, Latvia
Venue	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze
Results
Heat winners Heat 1 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Heat 2 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Heat 3 Robin Larsson KYB Team JC Semi-final winners Semi-final 1 Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Semi-final 2 Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Final First Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Second Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Third Robin Larsson KYB Team JC

The 2020 Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia was the fifth and sixth round of the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, originally planned as a "normal event", later became a double header (two races in a weekend)

Supercar Race 1

Source

Heats

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Pts
1	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	4th	1st	3rd	16
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	1st	3rd	6th	15
3	5	Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	5th	5th	1st	14
4	4	Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	6th	4th	2nd	13
5	1	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	2nd	6th	4th	12
6	9	Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	3rd	8th	7th	11
7	123	Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	Hyundai i20	10th	2nd	13th	10
8	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	7th	16th	5th	9
9	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	9th	14th	8th	8
10	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	8th	9th	16th	7
11	15	Reinis Nitiss	ES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX Team	Skoda Fabia	11th	12th	11th	6
12	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	12th	10th	12th	5
13	44	Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	17th	7th	10th	4
14	92	Anton Marklund	GCK Bilstein	Renault Mégane RS	16th	11th	9th	3
15	36	Guerlain Chicherit	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	13th	13th	14th	2
16	14	Rokas Baciuska	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	15th	15th	15th	1
17	11	Jani Paasonen	Ferratum Team	Ford Fiesta	14th	17th	DNS

Note : René Münnich withdrawn from semi Final to allow his more experienced teammate Timo Scheider to participate

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekstrom	KYB Team JC	5:04.092	6
2	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+0.148	5
3	1	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+2.165	4
4	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Monster Energy RX Cartel	+4.305	3
5	15	Reinis Nitiss	ES Motorsport - Eisega WRX Team	+6.741	2
6	123	Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	+6.996	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	5:02.654	6
2	4	Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+1.511	5
3	9	Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	+2.133	4
4	44	Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	+5.208	3
5	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	+5.566	2
6	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	DNF	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	5:01.073	8
2	5	Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	+3.468	5
3	1	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+4.323	4
4	9	Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	+4.633	3
5	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+10.908	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+35.316	1

Supercar Race 2

Source

Heats

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	1st	1st	6th	16
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	4th	2nd	2nd	15
3	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	6th	3rd	10th	14
4	1	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	3rd	6th	3rd	13
5	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	5th	5th	7th	12
6	44	Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	7th	7th	8th	11
7	4	Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	2nd	15th	1st	10
8	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	11th	4th	14th	9
9	9	Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	9th	8th	4th	8
10	92	Anton Marklund	GCK Bilstein	Renault Mégane RS	10th	9th	11th	7
11	15	Reinis Nitiss	ES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX Team	Skoda Fabia	13th	11th	13th	6
12	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	12th	13th	9th	5
13	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	16th	10th	12th	4
14	123	Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	Hyundai i20	8th	16th	5th	3
15	36	Guerlain Chicherit	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	15th	12th	16th	2
16	11	Jani Paasonen	Ferratum Team	Ford Fiesta	17th	14th	17th	1
17	14	Rokas Baciuska	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	14th	17th	15th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekstrom	KYB Team JC	5:01.505	6
2	4	Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+2.395	5
3	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+2.791	4
4	9	Kevin Hansen‡	Team Hansen	+3.197	3
5	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	+4.320	2
6	123	Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	+5.596	1

Semi-Final 2

(Red Flagged - Only 5 laps)‡

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	21	Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	4:10.779	6
2	1	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+2.708	5
3	13	Andreas Bakkerud‡	Monster Energy RX Cartel	+3.727	4
4	92	Anton Marklund	GRX Bilstein	+6.299	3
5	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	+6.559	2
DQ	44	Timo Scheider‡	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	DQ	-

‡ The semi-final 2 was red-flagged due to the crash of Andreas Bakkerud. Timo Scheider, who finish the semi-final in third, was declared responsible for the incident and was disqualified. Neither Andreas Bakkerud nor his car was able to resume the competition. As a result, his place in the final was filled by Kevin Hansen.

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	5:01.264	8
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	+0.728	5
3	4	Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+3.388	4
4	1	Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+3.814	3
5	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+4.647	2
6	9	Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	+5.075	1

Standings after the event

Source

Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Johan Kristoffersson	166
2	Mattias Ekström	149	+17
3	Niclas Grönholm	117	+49
4	Timmy Hansen	111	+55
5	Robin Larsson	101	+65
6	Kevin Hansen	96	+70

• Note: Only the top six positions are included.

References

1. "World RX resumes 2020 campaign with three double-headers".
2. "Classifications R1". 30 January 2020.
3. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia | FIA Results and Statistics".
4. "Classifications R2". 18 September 2020.
5. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia | FIA Results and Statistics".
6. "Bakkerud released from hospital after World RX shunt". 20 September 2020.
7. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia Standings | FIA Results and Statistics".

External links

• 2020 in Latvian sport
• September 2020 sports events in Europe