2016 World RX of Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Round 10 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 1–2 October 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Riga, Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venue | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship [1] and the eighth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was the first FIA World or European rallycross event to be staged in Latvia, and was held at the Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, former host of the non-championship Latvian Grand Prix.
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 5:33.996 | 6 |
2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +0.427 | 5 |
3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.293 | 4 |
4 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +8.373 | 3 |
5 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +11.875 | 2 |
6 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 5:32.044 | 6 |
2 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | +2.014 | 5 |
3 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +6.589 | 4 |
4 | 44 | Timo Scheider | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | +7.919 | 3 |
5 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | +7.940 | 2 |
6 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +14.414 | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
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1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 5:27.665 | 8 |
2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +2.305 | 5 |
3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.429 | 4 |
4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +11.104 | 3 |
5 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +14.751 | 2 |
6 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
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1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 1st | 1st | 7th | 1st | 16 |
2 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 11th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 15 |
3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 2nd | 14 |
4 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | 2nd | 3rd | 9th | 7th | 13 |
5 | 55 | Vasily Gryazin | Sport Racing Technologies | 4th | 5th | 8th | 4th | 12 |
6 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Thomas Holmen | 3rd | 10th | 5th | 6th | 11 |
7 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 10 |
8 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | 10th | 8th | 6th | 5th | 9 |
9 | 46 | Martins Lapins | JC Raceteknik | 7th | 6th | 4th | 11th | 8 |
10 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 9th | 4th | 11th | 10th | 7 |
11 | 121 | Conner Martell | Olsbergs MSE | 8th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 6 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 5:50.110 | 6 |
2 | 121 | Conner Martell | Olsbergs MSE | +7.661 | 5 |
3 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | +11.146 | 4 |
4 | 46 | Martins Lapins | JC Raceteknik | +22.234 | 3 |
5 | 55 | Vasily Gryazin | Sport Racing Technologies | +40.440 | 2 |
6 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | 5:55.982 | 6 |
2 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | +2.776 | 5 |
3 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Thomas Holmen | +7.027 | 4 |
4 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +9.430 | 3 |
5 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | +40.144 | 2 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
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1 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 5:58.048 | 8 |
2 | 121 | Conner Martell | Olsbergs MSE | +0.562 | 5 |
3 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | +16.517 | 4 |
4 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | DNF | 3 |
5 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | DNF | 2 |
6 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Thomas Holmen | DNF | 1 |
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