| 2016 World RX of Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 4 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 28–29 May 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Wootton, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Lydden Hill Race Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 World RX of Great Britain was the fourth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [1] The event was held at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Wootton, Kent.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 1 |  Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | 4:18.164 | 6 |
| 2 | 21 |  Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.515 | 5 |
| 3 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Peugeot Hansen Academy | +3.623 | 4 |
| 4 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | +4.980 | 3 |
| 5 | 57 |  Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +5.287 | 2 |
| 6 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +10.088 | 1 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 4:16.462 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +0.515 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 |  Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | +3.069 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 |  Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | +3.963 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 |  Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +9.929 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | DNF | 1 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 4:17.809 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | +1.142 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.624 | 4 |
| 4 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Peugeot Hansen Academy | +3.815 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | +28.651 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +29.186 | 1 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 6th | 16 |
| 2 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 1st | 8th | 1st | 8th | 15 |
| 3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 4th | 3rd | 10th | 1st | 14 |
| 4 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Sondre Ejven | JC Raceteknik | 7th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 12 |
| 6 | 33 |  Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | 6th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 11 |
| 7 | 40 |  Dan Rooke | Olsbergs MSE | 9th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 10 |
| 8 | 18 |  Ali Türkkan | Toksport WRT | 10th | 6th | 9th | 7th | 9 |
| 9 | 64 |  Saeed Bintouq | Olsbergs MSE | 8th | 7th | 7th | 10th | 8 |
| 10 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 2nd | 10th | 2nd | 9th | 7 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 4:42.115 | 6 |
| 2 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | +0.482 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +1.120 | 4 |
| 4 | 40 | Dan Rooke | Olsbergs MSE | +1.424 | 3 |
| 5 | 64 | Saeed Bintouq | Olsbergs MSE | +2.827 | 2 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | OlsbergsMSE | 4:38.970 | 6 |
| 2 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +1.742 | 5 |
| 3 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | +2.365 | 4 |
| 4 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | +3.257 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | Ali Türkkan | Toksport WRT | +5.223 | 2 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 4:41.401 | 8 |
| 2 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | +1.609 | 5 |
| 3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +2.293 | 4 |
| 4 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +3.926 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +5.452 | 2 |
| 6 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | DNF | 1 |
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