2015 World RX of Barcelona

Rallycross layout of the Circuit de Catalunya
2015 World RX of Barcelona
Round 10 of 13 in the
2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date19–20 September 2015
LocationMontmeló, Barcelona
VenueCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2Norway Petter Solberg
SDRX
Heat 3Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Team Sweden
Heat 4Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final 2Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Team Sweden
Final
FirstNorway Petter Solberg
SDRX
SecondSweden Johan Kristoffersson
Volkswagen Team Sweden
ThirdSweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2015 World RX of Barcelona was the tenth round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.

Reigning champion and championship leader Petter Solberg took his third victory of the season,[2] to extend his championship lead to 35 points over Timmy Hansen. Hansen, who had finished as top qualifier for the fourth meeting in succession – including two heat wins – also won a semi-final but could only finish third in the final, behind compatriot Johan Kristoffersson.

In the supporting round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, Kristoffersson's teammate Ole Christian Veiby took his first victory after on-the-road winner Tommy Rustad, the championship leader, was disqualified after a breach of the championship regulations.[3] Veiby finished ahead of compatriot Alexander Hvaal with Joni-Pekka Rajala of Finland completing the podium.

Heats

Tord Linnerud
Andreas Bakkerud, Mattias Ekström, Davy Jeanney and Johan Kristoffersson
Anton Marklund, Philippe Maloigne, Henning Solberg and Lukas Walfridson
World Championship classification
Pos. No. Driver Team Car H1 H2 H3 H4 Pts
1 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 1st 6th 6th 1st 16
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 2nd 5th 1st 5th 15
3 10 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 4th 2nd 5th 4th 14
4 17 France Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 21st 7th 3rd 13
5 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 6th 16th 4th 7th 12
6 1 Norway Petter Solberg SDRX Citroën DS3 10th 1st 32nd 2nd 11
7 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 7th 3rd 17th 10th 10
8 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 15th 7th 9th 6th 9
9 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 5th 9th 15th 11th 8
10 42 Russia Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE Ford Fiesta ST 13th 20th 10th 13th 7
11 34 United States Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 38th 4th 2nd 12th 6
12 99 Norway Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 16th 10th 19th 22nd 5
13 7 Austria Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 18th 33rd 11th 8th 4
14 88 Norway Henning Solberg Eklund Motorsport Volkswagen Beetle 28th 19th 23rd 17th 3
15 92 Sweden Anton Marklund EKS RX Audi S1 26th 18th 25th 23rd 2
16 44 Germany Timo Scheider All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 39th 11th 24th 18th 1
17 55 Sweden Alx Danielsson All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 20th 37th 8th 26th
18 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran SDRX Citroën DS3 35th 13th 14th 37th
19 31 Austria Max Pucher World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 25th 27th 29th 34th
20 84 France "Knapick" Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier Citroën DS3 32nd 32nd 18th 35th
21 79 France Christophe Jouet Christophe Jouet Citroën DS3 27th 38th 40th 40th
22 49 United Kingdom Mark Flaherty Mark Flaherty Ford Focus 34th 39th 41st 41st
European Championship classification
1 24 Norway Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 9th 8th 12th 9th 16
2 74 France Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 8th 36th 3rd 14th 15
3 11 Sweden Fredrik Salsten Hansen Talent Development Peugeot 208 11th 29th 13th 15th 14
4 52 Norway Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 21st 15th 16th 20th 13
5 60 Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport Saab 9-3 12th 12th 20th 33rd 12
6 20 France Fabien Pailler Pailler Compétition Peugeot 208 14th 25th 27th 21st 11
7 18 France Jonathan Pailler Pailler Compétition Peugeot 208 19th 24th 30th 19th 10
8 102 Hungary Tamás Kárai Racing-Com Škoda Fabia 17th 17th 35th 25th 9
9 28 Norway Alexander Hvaal JC Raceteknik Citroën DS3 23rd 22nd 21st 31st 8
10 8 Sweden Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport Ford Fiesta 24th 30th 31st 16th 7
11 72 France Philippe Maloigne Philippe Maloigne Citroën C4 29th 26th 22nd 27th 6
12 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 31st 23rd 26th 36th 5
13 87 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Citroën C4 22nd 14th 36th 38th 4
14 48 Sweden Lukas Walfridson Helmia Motorsport Renault Clio 30th 28th 37th 24th 3
15 12 Finland Riku Tahko ST Motorsport BMW MINI Countryman 36th 31st 34th 30th 2
16 80 Italy Christian Giarolo Christian Giarolo Ford Fiesta 33rd 34th 38th 32nd 1
17 27 United Kingdom James Grint Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 37th 40th 28th 29th
18 22 Belgium Koen Pauwels Koen Pauwels Ford Fiesta 41st 41st 33rd 28th
19 47 Sweden Ramona Karlsson Ramona RX Volkswagen Scirocco 40th 35th 39th 39th
20 14 Norway Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport Hyundai i20 42nd 42nd 42nd 42nd

Semi-finals

World Championship

Semi-final 1

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 4:49.381 6
2 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team +2.066 5
3 34 United States Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport +4.128 4
4 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +4.727 3
5 10 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +5.192 2
6 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +5.697 1

Semi-final 2

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden 4:45.863 6
2 1 Norway Petter Solberg SDRX +4.415 5
3 17 France Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen +6.287 4
4 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +6.985 3
5 42 Russia Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE +8.059 2
6 99 Norway Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden +14.633 1

European Championship

Semi-final 1

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 24 Norway Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport 3:16.772 6
2 60 Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport +2.293 5
3 28 Norway Alexander Hvaal JC Raceteknik +4.467 4
4 18 France Jonathan Pailler Pailler Compétition +6.574 3
5 72 France Philippe Maloigne Philippe Maloigne +8.539 2
6 11 Sweden Fredrik Salsten Hansen Talent Development DNF 1

Semi-final 2

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 52 Norway Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden 4:55.233 6
2 74 France Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing +0.772 5
3 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan +6.507 4
4 102 Hungary Tamás Kárai Racing-Com +11.451 3
5 20 France Fabien Pailler Pailler Compétition +48.169 2
6 8 Sweden Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport EX 0

Finals

World Championship

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1 Norway Petter Solberg SDRX 4:51.051 8
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden +2.673 5
3 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.858 4
4 17 France Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.744 3
5 34 United States Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport +5.959 2
6 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team DNF 1

European Championship

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 52 Norway Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden 4:53.230 8
2 28 Norway Alexander Hvaal JC Raceteknik +2.342 5
3 60 Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport +4.071 4
4 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan +5.479 3
5 74 France Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing 2
6 24 Norway Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport DSQ 0

Standings after the event

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ "Results – 2015 World RX of Barcelona". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ^ Ridge, Hal (20 September 2015). "Petter Solberg takes victory". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Solberg wins Barcelona RX after dominant final". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
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