2015 World RX of Italy

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2015 World RX of Italy
Round 12 of 13 in the
2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date17–18 October 2015
Location Franciacorta, Lombardy
Venue Franciacorta International Circuit
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Team Sweden
Heat 2 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
S D RX
Heat 3 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs
Olsbergs MSE
Heat 4 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
S D RX
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Team Sweden
Semi-final 2 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud
Olsbergs MSE
Final
First Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud
Olsbergs MSE
Second Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Team Sweden
Third Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
S D RX
Manfred Stohl, JB Dubourg, Anton Marklund, Toomas Heikkinen and Tord Linnerud battle off the start line Anton Marklund (Audi S1 EKS RX quattro) (22099107918).jpg
Manfred Stohl, JB Dubourg, Anton Marklund, Toomas Heikkinen and Tord Linnerud battle off the start line
Former British RX and BTCC champion Andrew Jordan made his third appearance in a WRX Supercar Andrew Jordan (Audi S1 EKS RX quattro) (22065347960).jpg
Former British RX and BTCC champion Andrew Jordan made his third appearance in a WRX Supercar
Event podium WRX 2015 Italy 003.jpg
Event podium

The 2015 World RX of Italy was the twelfth round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [1] The event was held at the Franciacorta International Circuit in Franciacorta, Lombardy.

Contents

Heats

World Championship classification
Pos.No.DriverTeamCarH1H2H3H4Pts
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 1st2nd2nd9th16
221 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 6th3rd11th2nd15
31 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg SDRX Citroën DS3 2nd1st34th1st14
413 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 10th11th3rd5th13
54 Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 9th14th6th3rd12
615 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 15th17th1st8th11
742 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE Ford Fiesta ST 3rd5th10th18th10
892 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund EKS RX Audi S1 11th8th12th7th9
917 Flag of France.svg Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 12th15th4th21st8
1099 Flag of Norway.svg Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 17th7th15th15th7
1133 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Doran SDRX Citroën DS3 34th4th13th4th6
127 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 30th9th8th12th5
1357 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8th6th36th6th4
1445 Flag of Sweden.svg Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 21st34th5th11th3
1588 Flag of Norway.svg Henning Solberg Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 28th13th14th34th2
1665 Flag of France.svg Guerlain Chicherit JRM Racing BMW MINI Countryman 16th22nd37th19th1
1762 Flag of France.svg Gaëtan SérazinGaëtan Sérazin Peugeot 208 32nd22nd19th29th
1831 Flag of Austria.svg Max Pucher World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 29th27th31st28th
19110 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 36th26th28th27th
2077 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 20th33rd38th37th
21177 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Jordan EKS RX Audi S1 31st38th39th38th
2225 Flag of Italy.svg Gigi Galli Gigi Galli Kia Rio 40th40th41st40th
European Championship classification
124 Flag of Norway.svg Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 4th30th7th13th16
287 Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Citroën C4 35th10th9th10th15
328 Flag of Norway.svg Alexander Hvaal JC Raceteknik Citroën DS3 7th12th32nd14th14
416 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Pál Kiss Hansen Talent Development Peugeot 208 13th20th18th20th13
58 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport Ford Fiesta 18th18th16th22nd12
674 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 5th16th21st33rd11
752 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 14th19th29th17th10
860 Flag of Finland.svg Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport Saab 9-3 22nd21st25th16th9
948 Flag of Sweden.svg Lukas WalfridsonHelmia Motorsport Renault Clio 19th23rd27th24th8
1018 Flag of France.svg Jonathan PaillerPailler Compétition Peugeot 208 27th31st23rd25th7
1172 Flag of France.svg Philippe MaloignePhilippe Maloigne Citroën C4 24th28th26th31st6
12102 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás KáraiRacing-Com Audi A1 41st25th22nd23rd5
1320 Flag of France.svg Fabien PaillerPailler Compétition Peugeot 208 26th36th20th26th4
1427 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Grint Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 25th24th35th32nd3
152 Flag of Ireland.svg Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 23rd35th17th35th2
16103 Flag of Norway.svg Anders BråtenKjør For Livet Ford Fiesta 33rd37th24th30th1
1730 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Kristian TemteOle Kristian Temte Citroën C4 38th32nd30th36th
1883 Flag of Poland.svg Robert CzarneckiRobert Czarnecki Mitsubishi Lancer 37th41st33rd41st
1912 Flag of Finland.svg Riku TahkoST Motorsport BMW MINI Countryman 39th39th40th39th

Semi-finals

World Championship

Semi-final 1

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden 4:45.6656
21 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg SDRX +2.9945
342 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE +5.2854
44 Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team +7.9193
533 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liam Doran SDRX +8.5682
617 Flag of France.svg Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen +41.6321

Semi-final 2

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
113 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE 4:50.8166
292 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund EKS RX +1.5275
37 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria +4.3084
415 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +5.7653
599 Flag of Norway.svg Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden +43.1152
621 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen DNF1

European Championship

Semi-final 1

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
124 Flag of Norway.svg Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport 4:51.2716
252 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden +4.2325
38 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport +4.9414
472 Flag of France.svg Philippe MaloignePhilippe Maloigne+13.8683
528 Flag of Norway.svg Alexander Hvaal JC Raceteknik DNF2
648 Flag of Sweden.svg Lukas WalfridssonHelmia MotorsportEX0

Semi-final 2

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
116 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Pál Kiss Hansen Talent Development 4:52.3726
274 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing +0.7345
387 Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg +2.5454
460 Flag of Finland.svg Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport +3.9373
518 Flag of France.svg Jonathan PaillerPailler Compétition+8.3252
6102 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás KáraiRacing-ComDNF1

Finals

World Championship

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
113 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE 4:45.2168
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden +1.9515
31 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg SDRX +4.0814
492 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund EKS RX +12.8743
57 Flag of Austria.svg Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria +24.0212
642 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE +31.4261

European Championship

Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/retiredPts
124 Flag of Norway.svg Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport 4:49.5618
287 Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg +1.5235
352 Flag of Norway.svg Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden +7.2194
48 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport +9.5643
574 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing DNF2
616 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Pál Kiss Hansen Talent Development DNS1

Standings after the event

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References

  1. "Results - 2015 World RX of Italy". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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