World RX of Belgium

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The World RX of Belgium was a Rallycross event held in Belgium for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 season, at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in the town of Mettet, Wallonia. From the 2019 season, the event will beheld at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and has been renamed the Spa World RX of Benelux. [1] [2]

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World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, used in 2014-2018 Circuito Jules Tacheny.svg
World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, used in 2014-2018

Past winners

YearVenueHeat 1 winnerHeat 2 winnerHeat 3 winnerHeat 4 winnerSemi-Final 1 winnerSemi-Final 2 winnerFinal winner
2014 [3] Mettet Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen
2015 [4] Mettet Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Gunnar Andersson Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen
YearQualifying 1 winnerQualifying 2 winnerQualifying 3 winnerQualifying 4 winnerSemi-Final 1 winnerSemi-Final 2 winnerFinal winner
2016 [5] Mettet Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström
2017 [6] Mettet Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
2018 [7] Mettet Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb

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References

  1. "Spa to join World Rallycross calendar from 2019". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. "SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS TO JOIN WORLD RX CALENDAR FROM 2019". fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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  4. "2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Belgium | FIA Results and Statistics".
  5. "2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Belgium | FIA Results and Statistics".
  6. "2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Belgium | FIA Results and Statistics".
  7. "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Belgium | FIA Results and Statistics".