2014 World RX of Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Round 11 of 12 in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 11–12 October 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Tuzla, Istanbul | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venue | Istanbul Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 3 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 5:55.360 | 6 |
2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +2.035 | 5 |
3 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX | +7.085 | 4 |
4 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +7.767 | 3 |
5 | 1 | Timur Timerzyanov | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +10.921 | 2 |
6 | 111 | Richard Göransson | Olsbergs MSE | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | 5:59.250 | 6 |
2 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Marklund Motorsport | +0.096 | 5 |
3 | 88 | Henning Solberg | Monster Energy World RX | +3.313 | 4 |
4 | 26 | Andy Scott | Albatec Racing | +8.278 | 3 |
5 | 66 | Derek Tohill | LD Motorsports World RX | +11.236 | 2 |
6 | 79 | Edward Sandström | EKS RX | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | 5:55.902 | 8 |
2 | 3 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.106 | 5 |
3 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | +5.565 | 4 |
4 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Marklund Motorsport | +8.945 | 3 |
5 | 88 | Henning Solberg | Monster Energy World RX | +44.498 | 2 |
6 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | Driver | Points |
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WC | Petter Solberg | 252 |
2 | Toomas Heikkinen | 201 |
3 | Reinis Nitišs | 184 |
4 | Timmy Hansen | 181 |
5 | Andreas Bakkerud | 173 |
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