2014 World RX of Turkey

World RX layout of Istanbul Park
2014 World RX of Turkey
Round 11 of 12 in the
2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date11–12 October 2014
LocationTuzla, Istanbul
VenueIstanbul Park
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Finland Toomas Heikkinen
Marklund Motorsport
Heat 2Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 3Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 4Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final 2Finland Toomas Heikkinen
Marklund Motorsport
Final
FirstNorway Andreas Bakkerud
Olsbergs MSE
SecondSweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
ThirdFinland Toomas Heikkinen
Marklund Motorsport

The 2014 World RX of Turkey was the 11th round of the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at Istanbul Park in Tuzla, Istanbul.

Tanner Foust and Ken Block were entered in the event but pulled out on the advice of the American government due to Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war.[2]

Heats

Anton Marklund, Toomas Heikkinen and Edward Sandström
Pos. No. Driver Team Car H1 H2 H3 H4 Pts
1 3 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 3rd 1st 1st 1st 16
2 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 1st 10th 2nd 4th 15
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 14
4 92 Sweden Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8th 5th 10th 3rd 13
5 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 7th 6th 5th 7th 12
6 79 Sweden Edward Sandström EKS RX Audi S1 6th 8th 6th 6th 11
7 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Citroën DS3 4th 4th 7th 11th 10
8 88 Norway Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 9th 9th 8th 5th 9
9 111 Sweden Richard Göransson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 2nd 7th 16th 9th 8
10 66 Republic of Ireland Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX Citroën DS3 10th 11th 11th 12th 7
11 1 Russia Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 11th 15th 9th 10th 6
12 26 United Kingdom Andy Scott Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 12th 13th 12th 13th 5
13 100 Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson EKS RX Audi S1 17th 2nd 4th 8th 4
14 122 United Kingdom Marc Scott Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 14th 14th 15th 14th 3
15 133 Norway Lars Øivind Enerberg Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 16th 12th 14th 15th 2
16 54 Belgium Jos Jansen JJ Racing Ford Focus 13th 16th 13th 16th 1
17 21 Poland Bohdan Ludwiczak Now or Never Ford Fiesta 15th 18th 18th 18th
18 97 Estonia Sten Oja PSRX Citroën DS3 18th 17th 17th 17th

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 5:55.360 6
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +2.035 5
3 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX +7.085 4
4 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +7.767 3
5 1 Russia Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen +10.921 2
6 111 Sweden Richard Göransson Olsbergs MSE DNF 1

Semi-final 2

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport 5:59.250 6
2 92 Sweden Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport +0.096 5
3 88 Norway Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX +3.313 4
4 26 United Kingdom Andy Scott Albatec Racing +8.278 3
5 66 Republic of Ireland Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX +11.236 2
6 79 Sweden Edward Sandström EKS RX DNF 1

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE 5:55.902 8
2 3 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.106 5
3 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +5.565 4
4 92 Sweden Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport +8.945 3
5 88 Norway Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX +44.498 2
6 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX DNF 1

Championship standings after the event

Pos. Driver Points
WC Norway Petter Solberg 252
2 Finland Toomas Heikkinen 201
3 Latvia Reinis Nitišs 184
4 Sweden Timmy Hansen 181
5 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 173

References

  1. ^ "Results - 2014 World RX of Turkey". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Istanbul World Rallycross: Tanner Foust joins Ken Block in pull-out". Autosport. 11 October 2014.
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