World RX of Great Britain

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The World RX of Great Britain is a Rallycross event held in the United Kingdom for the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event made its debut in the 2014 season, at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in the village of Wootton, Kent near Dover. From 2018, the event moved and is now hosted at Silverstone Circuit.

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World RX layout of Silverstone Circuit, used in 2018-2019 Silverstone rallycross circuit.svg
World RX layout of Silverstone Circuit, used in 2018-2019
World RX layout of Lydden Hill Race Circuit, used in 2014-2017 Lydden Hill - Rallycross.svg
World RX layout of Lydden Hill Race Circuit, used in 2014-2017

Past winners

YearVenueHeat 1 winnerHeat 2 winnerHeat 3 winnerHeat 4 winnerSemi-Final 1 winnerSemi-Final 2 winnerFinal winner
2014 [1] Lydden Hill Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud
2015 [2] Lydden Hill Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Jordan Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
YearVenueQualifying 1 winnerQualifying 2 winnerQualifying 3 winnerQualifying 4 winnerSemi-Final 1 winnerSemi-Final 2 winnerFinal winner
2016 [3] Lydden Hill Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström
2017 [4] Lydden Hill Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
2018 [5] Silverstone Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
2019 [6] Silverstone Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen

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References

  1. "2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Great Britain | FIA Results and Statistics".
  2. "2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Great Britain | FIA Results and Statistics".
  3. "2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Great Britain | FIA Results and Statistics".
  4. "2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Great Britain | FIA Results and Statistics".
  5. "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Great Britain | FIA Results and Statistics".
  6. "2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Great Britain | FIA Results and Statistics".