| 2020 World RX of Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 1 of 8 in the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 22 August 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Höljes, Värmland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Höljesbanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 World RX of Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 2 of 8 in the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 23 August 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Höljes, Värmland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Höljesbanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Swecon World RX of Sweden was the first and second round of the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, originally planned as a "traditionalal sixth round", later became the first double header (two races in a weekend) of season.
Supercar Race 1
Source
Heats
Semi-finals
- Semi-Final 1
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 3 |  Johan Kristoffersson
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Kristoffersson Motorsport | 4:29.379 | 6 |
| 2 | 68 |  Niclas Grönholm
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GRX Taneco Team | + 0.492 | 5 |
| 3 | 92 | Anton Marklund
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GCK Bilstein | + 6.902 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Robin Larsson
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KYB Team JC | + 7.341 | 3 |
| 5 | 123 |  Krisztián Szabó
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GRX Set | + 7.361 | 2 |
| 6 | 14 |  Rokas Baciuška
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Unkorrupted | DNF | 1 |
- Semi-Final 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström
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KYB Team JC | 4:29.361 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Timmy Hansen
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Team Hansen | + 0.896 | 5 |
| 3 | 44 |  Timo Scheider
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ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | + 4.699 | 4 |
| 4 | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson
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Olsbergs MSE | + 5.243 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | Kevin Hansen
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Team Hansen | + 6.485 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 |  Timur Timerzyanov
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GRX Taneco Team | + 6.620 | 1 |
Final
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson
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Kristoffersson Motorsport | 5:05.943 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström
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KYB Team JC | + 4.201 | 5 |
| 3 | 44 | Timo Scheider
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ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | + 17.755 | 4 |
| 4 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm
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GRX Taneco Team | + 19.419 | 3 |
| 5 | 92 | Anton Marklund
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GCK Bilstein | + 38.135 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | Timmy Hansen
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Team Hansen | DNF | 1 |
Supercar Race 2
Source
Heats
Semi-finals
- Semi-Final 1
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson
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Kristoffersson Motorsport | 4:29.694 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 | Kevin Hansen
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Team Hansen | + 1.812 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 |  Andreas Bakkerud
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Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel | + 8.318 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov
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GRX Taneco Team | + 8.525 | 3 |
| 5 | 92 | Anton Marklund
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GCK Bilstein | + 10.166 | 2 |
| 1 | Timmy Hansen
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Team Hansen | DQ |
- Semi-Final 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 4 | Robin Larsson
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KYB Team JC | 4:32.380 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström
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KYB Team JC | + 0.760 | 5 |
| 3 | 44 | Timo Scheider
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ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | + 2.021 | 4 |
| 4 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm
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GRX Taneco Team | + 2.517 | 3 |
| 5 | 123 | Krisztián Szabó
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GRX Set | + 7.273* | 2 |
| 6 | 77 | Rene Munnich
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ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | DNF | 1 |
*Krisztián Szabó originally finished fourth but later was penalised 5 sec time penalty
Final
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström
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KYB Team JC | 4:28.907 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | Kevin Hansen
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Team Hansen | + 3.029 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson
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Kristoffersson Motorsport | + 5.194* | 4 |
| 4 | 44 | Timo Scheider
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ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | + 9.615 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Robin Larsson
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KYB Team JC | + 10.583 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud
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Monster Energy GCK RX Cartel | + 31.949 | 1 |
*Johan Kristoffersson finished second, but was handed a five second time penalty immediately following the race after he was judged to have hit two track markers in the joker lap as he pushed hard to match Mattias Ekström
Standings after the event
Source
| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
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| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson
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56 | |
| 2 | Mattias Ekström
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54 | +2 |
| 3 | Robin Larsson
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36 | +20 |
| 4 | Kevin Hansen
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35 | +21 |
| 5 | Timo Scheider
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33 | +23 |
| 6 | Anton Marklund
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32 | +24 |
- Note: Only the top six positions are included.
References
- Ridge, Hal. "Holjes WRX: Johan Kristoffersson makes winning return".
- Ridge, Hal. "Holjes WRX: Ekstrom outduels Kristofferson to win on Sunday".
- "Classifications R1".
- "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Swecon World RX of Sweden R1 | FIA Results and Statistics".
- "Classifications R2".
- "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Swecon World RX of Sweden R2 | FIA Results and Statistics".
- "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Swecon World RX of Sweden Standings | FIA Results and Statistics".
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