| 2016 World RX of Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 3 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 14–15 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mettet, Wallonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 World RX of Belgium was the third round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the second round of the 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 5 |  Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 4:02.278 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 |  Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.737 | 5 |
| 3 | 67 |  François Duval | Ecurie Bayard ASBL | +7.884 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 |  Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | +23.056 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | DNF | 2 |
| 6 |  Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | EX | 0 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | 4:00.869 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +1.157 | 5 |
| 3 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +5.112 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.950 | 3 |
| 5 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | +14.568 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | +16.468 | 1 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 3:58.967 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.526 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | +3.189 | 3 |
| 4 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +10.868 | 4 |
| 5 | 67 | François Duval | Ecurie Bayard ASBL | +18.972 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | DNF | 1 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 7th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 6th | 1st | 5th | 5th | 15 |
| 3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 4th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 14 |
| 4 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | 1st | 4th | 9th | 6th | 13 |
| 5 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 7th | 12 |
| 6 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 11 |
| 7 | 33 |  Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 4th | 10 |
| 8 | 26 | Gosselin Regis | Icepol Racing Team | 5th | 8th | 2nd | 9th | 9 |
| 9 | 47 | Alexander Westlund | Alexander Westlund | 8th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 8 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 4:18.959 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | +0.163 | 5 |
| 3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +1.083 | 4 |
| 4 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | +8.287 | 3 |
| 5 | 47 | Alexander Westlund | Alexander Westlund | +10.250 | 2 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 4:21.505 | 6 |
| 2 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +0.649 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +4.274 | 4 |
| 4 | 26 | Gosselin Regis | Icepol Racing Team | DNF | 3 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 4:19.061 | 8 |
| 2 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +1.506 | 5 |
| 3 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +2.324 | 4 |
| 4 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | +18.669 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | DNF | 2 |
| 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | EX | 0 |
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