2018 World RX of USA

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2018 World RX of USA
Round 10 of 12 in the
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date29-30 September 2018
Location Austin, Texas, USA
Venue Circuit of the Americas
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström
EKS Audi Sport
Heat 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström
EKS Audi Sport
Final
First Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Second Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Third Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud
EKS Audi Sport

The 2018 World RX of the United States was the tenth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas. [1] [2]

Contents

Supercar

Source [3]

Heats

Pos.No.DriverTeamCarQ1Q2Q3Q4Pts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo 1st1st2nd4th16
25 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 2nd6th1st2nd15
31 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo 13th2nd3rd1st14
471 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 8th3rd6th7th13
59 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 3rd12th4th6th12
613 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5th4th10th3rd11
768 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 10th5th8th10th10
896 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 6th9th9th15th9
936 Flag of France.svg Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 15th7th5th8th8
1021 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 4th8th15th5th7
1192 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 7th11th12th12th6
126 Flag of Latvia.svg Janis Baumanis Team Stard Ford Fiesta 11th13th7th9th5
137 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 9th10th13th13th4
144 Flag of Sweden.svg Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 12th15th11th11th3
1566 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gregoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 14th14th14th14th2

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 3:31.7326
21 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.4575
321 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total +1.5174
471 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total +2.8983
56 Flag of Latvia.svg Janis Baumanis Team Stard +6.9412
636 Flag of France.svg Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition +16.1451
Semi-Final 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport 3:30.8226
29 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +0.4655
313 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.2924
468 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team+1.6053
596 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +3.5892
692 Flag of Sweden.svg Anton Marklund GC Kompetition +3.9861

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 3:31.1188
211 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.6005
313 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.6954
49 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +2.3233
55 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +8.0692
621 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total +9.8361

Standings after the event

Source [4]

Pos.DriverPtsGap
1 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson 281
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström 204+77
3 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg 202+79
4 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud 200+81
5 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 195+86

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References

  1. "Austin World RX: Solberg unstoppable on Saturday". www.motorsport.com.
  2. "Austin World RX: Kristoffersson wraps up second title with win". www.motorsport.com.
  3. "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of USA | FIA Results and Statistics". fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com.
  4. "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of USA | FIA Results and Statistics". fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com.
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