2016 World RX of Belgium

World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet

2016 World RX of Belgium
Round 3 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	14–15 May 2016
Location	Mettet, Wallonia
Venue	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
Results
Heat Winners Heat 1 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Heat 2 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Heat 3 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Heat 4 Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team Semi-Final Winners Semi-Final 1 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Semi-Final 2 Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team Final First Mattias Ekström EKS RX Second Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Third Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team

The 2016 World RX of Belgium was the third round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the second round of the 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship.

Supercar[]

Heats[]

Toomas Heikkinen, Anton Marklund and Niclas Grönholm

The field files into the first corner in the 1st WRX Semi-Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	2nd	1st	1st	9th	16
2	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	15
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	1st	7th	3rd	2nd	14
4	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	4th	3rd	4th	5th	13
5	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	Ford Fiesta	6th	11th	7th	4th	12
6	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	12th	5th	5th	8th	11
7	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	8th	6th	8th	14th	10
8	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	5th	9th	13th	10th	9
9	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	7th	2nd	18th	13th	8
10	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	13th	10th	10th	7th	7
11	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	9th	15th	6th	12th	6
12	15	Reinis Nitišs	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	10th	12th	15th	6th	5
13	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	17th	8th	9th	16th	4
14	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	19th	13th	17th	3rd	3
15	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	14th	16th	12th	15th	2
16	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	16th	14th	11th	17th	1
17	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	11th	18th	16th	18th
18	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	18th	19th	19th	11th
19	55	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	15th	17th	14th	19th

Semi-Finals[]

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	4:02.278	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.737	5
3	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	+7.884	4
4	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+23.056	3
5	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	DNF	2
	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	EX	0

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	4:00.869	6
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+1.157	5
3	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+5.112	4
4	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.950	3
5	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	+14.568	2
6	15	Reinis Nitišs	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	+16.468	1

Final[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	3:58.967	8
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.526	5
3	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.189	3
4	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+10.868	4
5	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	+18.972	2
6	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	DNF	1

RX Lites[]

Heats[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	13		Olsbergs MSE	7th	6th	1st	1st	16
2	69	Sondre Evjen		6th	1st	5th	5th	15
3	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	4th	5th	6th	2nd	14
4	8	Simon Wågø Syversen		1st	4th	9th	6th	13
5	16	Thomas Bryntesson		2nd	2nd	8th	7th	12
6	99	Joachim Hvaal		9th	3rd	3rd	3rd	11
7	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	3rd	7th	4th	4th	10
8	26	Gosselin Regis	Icepol Racing Team	5th	8th	2nd	9th	9
9	47	Alexander Westlund	Alexander Westlund	8th	9th	7th	8th	8

Semi-Finals[]

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	16			4:18.959	6
2	13		Olsbergs MSE	+0.163	5
3	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	+1.083	4
4	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	+8.287	3
5	47	Alexander Westlund	Alexander Westlund	+10.250	2

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	69	Sondre Evjen		4:21.505	6
2	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	+0.649	5
3	8	Simon Wågø Syversen		+4.274	4
4	26	Gosselin Regis	Icepol Racing Team	DNF	3

Final[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	16		JC Raceteknik	4:19.061	8
2	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	+1.506	5
3	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	+2.324	4
4	69	Sondre Evjen	JC Raceteknik	+18.669	3
5	8	Simon Wågø Syversen		DNF	2
	13		Olsbergs MSE	EX	0

Standings after the event[]

Supercar standings Pos Pilot Pts Gap 1 Mattias Ekström 78 2 Petter Solberg 73 +5 3 Johan Kristoffersson 58 +20 4 Sébastien Loeb 54 +24 5 Toomas Heikkinen 46 +32

RX Lites standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1 Thomas Bryntesson 56 2 46 +10 3 Joachim Hvaal 43 +13 4 Simon Olofsson 38 +18 5 Simon Wågø Syversen 36 +20

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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