2016 World RX of Latvia
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World RX layout of Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
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Sunday's action started in treacherous wet conditions
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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
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Sébastien Loeb won his first World RX event in Latvia
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
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1 | 3 | ![]() |
Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 6th | 1st | 1st | 7th | 16 |
2 | 13 | ![]() |
Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 15 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 1st | 5th | 18th | 2nd | 14 |
4 | 5 | ![]() |
EKS RX | Audi S1 | 4th | 14th | 2nd | 4th | 13 |
5 | 9 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 3rd | 3rd | 17th | 3rd | 12 |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 21st | 4th | 5th | 1st | 11 |
7 | 6 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 9th | 8th | 4th | 9th | 10 |
8 | 44 | ![]() |
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 7th | 6th | 10th | 10th | 9 |
9 | 57 | ![]() |
EKS RX | Audi S1 | 14th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 8 |
10 | 17 | ![]() |
Peugeot Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 8th | 9th | 7th | 15th | 7 |
11 | 15 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 10th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 6 |
12 | 4 | ![]() |
Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | Audi A1 | 11th | 12th | 12th | 12th | 5 |
13 | 96 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 15th | 13th | 11th | 14th | 4 |
14 | 37 | ![]() |
JRM Racing | BMW MINI Countryman | 17th | 16th | 6th | 16th | 3 |
15 | 92 | ![]() |
Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 13th | 15th | 16th | 13th | 2 |
16 | 43 | ![]() |
Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 12th | 10th | 20th | 21st | 1 |
17 | 10 | ![]() |
Ford Fiesta | 20th | 17th | 15th | 17th | ||
18 | 68 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 18th | 20th | 13th | 18th | |
19 | 1 | ![]() |
Petter Solberg World RX Team | Citroën DS3 | 5th | DSQ | 14th | 8th | |
20 | 25 | ![]() |
Gigi Galli | Kia Rio | 19th | 19th | 21st | 20th | |
21 | 65 | ![]() |
JRM Racing | BMW MINI Countryman | 22nd | 18th | 19th | 19th | |
22 | 77 | ![]() |
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 |
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1 | 9 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | 5:33.996 | 6 |
2 | 3 | ![]() |
Volkswagen RX Sweden | +0.427 | 5 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.293 | 4 |
4 | 57 | ![]() |
EKS RX | +8.373 | 3 |
5 | 15 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | +11.875 | 2 |
6 | 6 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | DNF | 1 |
- Semi-Final 2
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 5 | ![]() |
EKS RX | 5:32.044 | 6 |
2 | 7 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | +2.014 | 5 |
3 | 13 | ![]() |
Hoonigan Racing Division | +6.589 | 4 |
4 | 44 | ![]() |
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | +7.919 | 3 |
5 | 17 | ![]() |
Peugeot Hansen Academy | +7.940 | 2 |
6 | 4 | ![]() |
Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +14.414 | 1 |
Final[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
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1 | 9 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | 5:27.665 | 8 |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
EKS RX | +2.305 | 5 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.429 | 4 |
4 | 13 | ![]() |
Hoonigan Racing Division | +11.104 | 3 |
5 | 3 | ![]() |
Volkswagen RX Sweden | +14.751 | 2 |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | DNF | 1 |
RX Lites[]
Heats[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
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1 | 16 | ![]() |
1st | 1st | 7th | 1st | 16 | |
2 | 13 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | 11th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 15 |
3 | 52 | ![]() |
Simon Olofsson | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 14 |
4 | 99 | ![]() |
2nd | 3rd | 9th | 7th | 13 | |
5 | 55 | ![]() |
Sport Racing Technologies | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 12 |
6 | 56 | ![]() |
Thomas Holmen | 3rd | 10th | 5th | 6th | 11 |
7 | 33 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 10 |
8 | 8 | ![]() |
10th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 9 | |
9 | 46 | ![]() |
7th | 6th | 4th | 11th | 8 | |
10 | 69 | ![]() |
9th | 4th | 11th | 10th | 7 | |
11 | 121 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | 8th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 6 |
Semi-Finals[]
- Semi-Final 1
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 52 | ![]() |
Simon Olofsson | 5:50.110 | 6 |
2 | 121 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | +7.661 | 5 |
3 | 33 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | +11.146 | 4 |
4 | 46 | ![]() |
+22.234 | 3 | |
5 | 55 | ![]() |
Sport Racing Technologies | +40.440 | 2 |
6 | 16 | ![]() |
DNF | 1 |
- Semi-Final 2
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 99 | ![]() |
5:55.982 | 6 | |
2 | 69 | ![]() |
+2.776 | 5 | |
3 | 56 | ![]() |
Thomas Holmen | +7.027 | 4 |
4 | 8 | ![]() |
+9.430 | 3 | |
5 | 13 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | +40.144 | 2 |
Final[]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
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1 | 69 | ![]() |
5:58.048 | 8 | |
2 | 121 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | +0.562 | 5 |
3 | 33 | ![]() |
Olsbergs MSE | +16.517 | 4 |
4 | 52 | ![]() |
Simon Olofsson | DNF | 3 |
5 | 99 | ![]() |
DNF | 2 | |
6 | 56 | ![]() |
Thomas Holmen | DNF | 1 |
Standings after the event[]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References[]
- ^ "Results - 2016 World RX of Latvia". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
External links[]
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