2014 World RX of Argentina

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2014 World RX of Argentina
Round 12 of 12 in the
2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date28-29 November 2014
Location San Luis, Cuyo
Venue Autódromo Rosendo Hernández
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX
Heat 2 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs
Olsbergs MSE
Heat 3 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen
Marklund Motorsport
Heat 4 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX
Semi-Final 2 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs
Olsbergs MSE
Final
First Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX
Second Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs
Olsbergs MSE
Third Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson
Olsbergs MSE

The 2014 World RX of Argentina was the 12th and final round of the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [1] The event was held at the Autodromo Rosendo Hernandez in San Luis, Cuyo.

Contents

Heats

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarH1H2H3H4Pts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Citroën DS3 1st2nd14th1st16
215 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 4th1st6th5th15
313 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 5th3rd4th2nd14
457 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 2nd4th1st17th13
5196 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 9th6th2nd3rd12
63 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 3rd7th7th6th11
792 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 7th9th5th4th10
81 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 6th5th8th10th9
926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Scott Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 11th10th9th9th8
10107 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl PSRX Citroën DS3 8th8th10th13th7
11106 Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel BaldoniMiguel Baldoni Škoda Fabia 12th11th11th11th6
122 Flag of Ireland.svg Oliver O'Donovan Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 13th13th13th12th5
1366 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX Citroën DS3 14th14th12th14th4
1454 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jos Jansen JJ Racing Ford Focus 15th12th15th16th3
1588 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 10th16th3rd7th2
1621 Flag of Poland.svg Bohdan LudwiczakNow or Never Ford Fiesta 17th15th17th15th1
1733 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Doran Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 16th17th16th8th

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX 3:28.2776
213 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +8.6765
3196 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +9.8064
492 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport +11.2003
5106 Flag of Argentina.svg Miguel BaldoniMiguel Baldoni+13.9932
626 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Scott Albatec Racing +16.5941

Semi-final 2

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
115 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE 3:30.1006
257 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +3.3365
33 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.5374
42 Flag of Ireland.svg Oliver O'Donovan Albatec Racing +19.7453
5107 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl PSRX DNF2
61 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen DNF1

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX 3:29.5988
215 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +4.8835
3196 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +8.6894
43 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +10.1413
557 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +12.0312
613 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +18.9561

Championship standings after the event

Pos.DriverPoints
1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 267
2 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen 221
3 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs 210
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen 199
5 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud 193

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References

  1. "Results - 2014 World RX of Argentina". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
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