2018 World RX of Great Britain

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2018 World RX of Great Britain
Round 4 of 12 in the
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date25–27 May 2018
Location Silverstone, Northamptonshire
Venue Silverstone Circuit
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot Total
Heat 3 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final 2 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot Total
Final
First Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Second Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud
EKS Audi Sport
Third Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot Total

The 2018 World RX of Great Britain was the fourth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. [1] The event was held at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, Northamptonshire.

Contents

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarQ1Q2Q3Q4Pts
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 4th6th1st1st16
29 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 3rd7th2nd2nd15
311 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 1st3rd4th10th14
45 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 2nd2nd5th8th13
513 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5th4th7th3rd12
621 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 7th1st3rd20th11
771 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 8th5th8th5th10
868 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 6th8th6th7th9
996 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 11th10th10th4th8
1074 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 12th9th9th6th7
1124 Flag of Norway.svg Tommy Rustad Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R 13th11th12th9th6
127 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 9th13th14th13th5
134 Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 16th12th11th17th4
146 Flag of Latvia.svg Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 14th14th23rd11th3
1536 Flag of France.svg Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 15th16th17th15th2
16134 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Higgins Mark Higgins Peugeot 208 10th22nd18th12th1
1792 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R 21st15th15th16th
1866 Flag of France.svg Grégoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 18th18th19th14th
19102 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás Kárai Kárai Motorsport Egyesület Audi A1 17th19th16th22nd
20177 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 23rd17th13th23rd
2142 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett MINI Cooper 19th20th20th21st
2284 Flag of France.svg "Knapick" "Knapick" Citroën DS3 22nd21st22nd19th
2358 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qinghua Ma STARD Ford Fiesta 20th23rd21st18th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:07.5536
213 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.1115
371 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total +2.0824
424 Flag of Norway.svg Tommy Rustad Marklund Motorsport +5.6133
596 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +6.8722
611 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden DNF1
Semi-Final 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
19 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total 4:02.4666
25 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +0.5115
368 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +6.7214
474 Flag of France.svg Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition +9.5463
57 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +10.3692
621 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total DNF1

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:00.8998
213 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +0.8595
39 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +1.3464
45 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +1.9493
568 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +3.8322
671 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total +29.9831

Standings after the event

PosDriverPtsGap
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson 105
2 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 91+14
3 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud 83+22
4 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 80+25
Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström

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References

  1. "Results - 2018 World RX of Great Britain". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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