2014 World RX of Turkey

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World RX layout of Istanbul Park Circuito de Estambul - Rallycross.svg
World RX layout of Istanbul Park
2014 World RX of Turkey
Round 11 of 12 in the
2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date11–12 October 2014
Location Tuzla, Istanbul
Venue Istanbul Park
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen
Marklund Motorsport
Heat 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 3 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final 2 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen
Marklund Motorsport
Final
First Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud
Olsbergs MSE
Second Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Third Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen
Marklund Motorsport

The 2014 World RX of Turkey was the 11th round of the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [1] The event was held at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Istanbul.

Contents

Tanner Foust and Ken Block were entered in the event but pulled out on the advice of the American government due to Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war. [2]

Heats

Anton Marklund, Toomas Heikkinen and Edward Sandstrom WRX 2014 at Istanbul Park 001.jpg
Anton Marklund, Toomas Heikkinen and Edward Sandström
Pos.No.DriverTeamCarH1H2H3H4Pts
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 3rd1st1st1st16
257 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 1st10th2nd4th15
313 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 5th3rd3rd2nd14
492 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8th5th10th3rd13
515 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 7th6th5th7th12
679 Flag of Sweden.svg Edward Sandström EKS RX Audi S1 6th8th6th6th11
711 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Citroën DS3 4th4th7th11th10
888 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 9th9th8th5th9
9111 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 2nd7th16th9th8
1066 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX Citroën DS3 10th11th11th12th7
111 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 11th15th9th10th6
1226 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Scott Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 12th13th12th13th5
13100 Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Gunnar Andersson EKS RX Audi S1 17th2nd4th8th4
14122 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marc Scott Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 14th14th15th14th3
15133 Flag of Norway.svg Lars Øivind Enerberg Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 16th12th14th15th2
1654 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jos Jansen JJ Racing Ford Focus 13th16th13th16th1
1721 Flag of Poland.svg Bohdan LudwiczakNow or Never Ford Fiesta 15th18th18th18th
1897 Flag of Estonia.svg Sten Oja PSRX Citroën DS3 18th17th17th17th

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 5:55.3606
213 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +2.0355
311 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX +7.0854
415 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +7.7673
51 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen +10.9212
6111 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Göransson Olsbergs MSE DNF1

Semi-final 2

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
157 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport 5:59.2506
292 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport +0.0965
388 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX +3.3134
426 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Scott Albatec Racing +8.2783
566 Flag of Ireland.svg Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX +11.2362
679 Flag of Sweden.svg Edward Sandström EKS RX DNF1

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
113 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE 5:55.9028
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.1065
357 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +5.5654
492 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport +8.9453
588 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX +44.4982
611 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX DNF1

Championship standings after the event

Pos.DriverPoints
1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 252
2 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen 201
3 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs 184
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen 181
5 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud 173

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References

  1. "Results - 2014 World RX of Turkey". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. "Istanbul World Rallycross: Tanner Foust joins Ken Block in pull-out". Autosport. 11 October 2014.
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