2015 World RX of Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Round 3 of 13 in the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 16–17 May 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Mettet, Wallonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venue | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 World RX of Belgium was the 3rd round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia.
Marklund Motorsport driver Toomas Heikkinen became the third different winner in the 2015 season, having won his semi-final as well. Second place went to defending champion, and championship leader Petter Solberg (SDRX), while the podium was completed by Reinis Nitišs, driving for the OlsbergsMSE team.
In the supporting round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, Albatec Racing driver Jérôme Grosset-Janin took the victory, to take the lead in the drivers' championship. Ole Christian Veiby came in second, followed by Grosset-Janin, and Tamás Kárai completed the podium as the lone finisher.
The infamous incident of the damper on Alx Danielsson's Audi S3 punching open the bonnet occurred during practice. [2]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | 4:08.158 | 6 |
2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +2.540 | 5 |
3 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +4.080 | 4 |
4 | 17 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +9.204 | 3 |
5 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +25.173 | 2 |
6 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | +35.091 | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | 4:05.225 | 6 |
2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | +0.809 | 5 |
3 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +0.936 | 4 |
4 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | +4.081 | 3 |
5 | 21 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +4.553 | 2 |
6 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +13.388 | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 67 | François Duval | François Duval | 4:12.108 | 6 |
2 | 14 | Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | +2.622 | 5 |
3 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | +4.574 | 4 |
4 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Competition | +8.704 | 3 |
5 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +9.844 | 2 |
6 | 22 | Koen Pauwels | Koen Pauwels | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | +4:12.247 | 6 |
2 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +1.587 | 5 |
3 | 102 | Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | +11.850 | 4 |
4 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | +35.759 | 3 |
5 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | Pailler Competition | DNF | 2 |
6 | 48 | Lukas Walfridsson | Helmia Motorsport | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | 4:02.117 | 8 |
2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | +0.840 | 5 |
3 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +6.705 | 4 |
4 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | +7.583 | 3 |
5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +27.425 | 2 |
6 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | 4:14.273 | 8 |
2 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +10.493 | 5 |
3 | 102 | Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | +12.614 | 4 |
4 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | DNF | 3 |
5 | 14 | Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | DNF | 2 |
6 | 67 | François Duval | François Duval | DSQ | 1 |
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