2016 World RX of Latvia

World RX layout of Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze

2016 World RX of Latvia
Round 10 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	1–2 October 2016
Location	Riga, Latvia
Venue	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze
Results
Heat Winners Heat 1 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Heat 2 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden Heat 3 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden Heat 4 Timur Timerzyanov World RX Team Austria Semi-Final Winners Semi-Final 1 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Semi-Final 2 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Final First Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Second Mattias Ekström EKS RX Third Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2016 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship^[1] and the eighth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was the first FIA World or European rallycross event to be staged in Latvia, and was held at the Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, former host of the non-championship Latvian Grand Prix.

Supercar[]

Heats[]

Solberg, Loeb, Bakkerud and Hansen fight for position

Sunday's action started in treacherous wet conditions

Solberg's failure to score any points dropped him to 3rd in the standings and gifted Ekström a 27-point buffer over Kristoffersson with two rounds left

Sébastien Loeb won his first World RX event in Latvia

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	6th	1st	1st	7th	16
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	2nd	2nd	3rd	5th	15
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	1st	5th	18th	2nd	14
4	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	4th	14th	2nd	4th	13
5	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	3rd	3rd	17th	3rd	12
6	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	21st	4th	5th	1st	11
7	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	9th	8th	4th	9th	10
8	44	Timo Scheider	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	7th	6th	10th	10th	9
9	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	14th	7th	8th	6th	8
10	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	8th	9th	7th	15th	7
11	15	Reinis Nitišs	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	10th	11th	9th	11th	6
12	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	11th	12th	12th	12th	5
13	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	15th	13th	11th	14th	4
14	37	Guy Wilks	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	17th	16th	6th	16th	3
15	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	13th	15th	16th	13th	2
16	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	12th	10th	20th	21st	1
17	10			Ford Fiesta	20th	17th	15th	17th
18	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	18th	20th	13th	18th
19	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	5th	DSQ	14th	8th
20	25	Gigi Galli	Gigi Galli	Kia Rio	19th	19th	21st	20th
21	65	Guerlain Chicherit	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	22nd	18th	19th	19th
22	77	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	16th	21st	22nd	22nd
23	88			Škoda Fabia	23rd	22nd	23rd	23rd

Semi-Finals[]

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	5:33.996	6
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+0.427	5
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.293	4
4	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+8.373	3
5	15	Reinis Nitišs	Olsbergs MSE	+11.875	2
6	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	DNF	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	5:32.044	6
2	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+2.014	5
3	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+6.589	4
4	44	Timo Scheider	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	+7.919	3
5	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+7.940	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	+14.414	1

Final[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	5:27.665	8
2	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+2.305	5
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.429	4
4	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+11.104	3
5	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+14.751	2
6	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	DNF	1

RX Lites[]

Heats[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	16	Thomas Bryntesson		1st	1st	7th	1st	16
2	13		Olsbergs MSE	11th	2nd	1st	3rd	15
3	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	6th	7th	2nd	2nd	14
4	99	Joachim Hvaal		2nd	3rd	9th	7th	13
5	55	Vasily Gryazin	Sport Racing Technologies	4th	5th	8th	4th	12
6	56	Thomas Holmen	Thomas Holmen	3rd	10th	5th	6th	11
7	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	5th	9th	3rd	9th	10
8	8	Simon Wågø Syversen		10th	8th	6th	5th	9
9	46	Martins Lapins		7th	6th	4th	11th	8
10	69	Sondre Evjen		9th	4th	11th	10th	7
11	121	Conner Martell	Olsbergs MSE	8th	11th	10th	8th	6

Semi-Finals[]

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	5:50.110	6
2	121	Conner Martell	Olsbergs MSE	+7.661	5
3	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	+11.146	4
4	46	Martins Lapins		+22.234	3
5	55	Vasily Gryazin	Sport Racing Technologies	+40.440	2
6	16	Thomas Bryntesson		DNF	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	99	Joachim Hvaal		5:55.982	6
2	69	Sondre Evjen		+2.776	5
3	56	Thomas Holmen	Thomas Holmen	+7.027	4
4	8	Simon Wågø Syversen		+9.430	3
5	13		Olsbergs MSE	+40.144	2

Final[]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	69	Sondre Evjen		5:58.048	8
2	121	Conner Martell	Olsbergs MSE	+0.562	5
3	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	+16.517	4
4	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	DNF	3
5	99	Joachim Hvaal		DNF	2
6	56	Thomas Holmen	Thomas Holmen	DNF	1

Standings after the event[]

Supercar standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1 Mattias Ekström 228 2 Johan Kristoffersson 201 +27 3 Petter Solberg 194 +34 4 Andreas Bakkerud 192 +36 5 Sébastien Loeb 180 +48

RX Lites standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1 175 2 Thomas Bryntesson 167 +8 3 Simon Olofsson 151 +24 4 Joachim Hvaal 136 +39 5 Simon Wågø Syversen 115 +60

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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