2015 World RX of Germany explained

Flag:	GER
Round No:	5
Season No:	13
Year:	2015
Date:	20–21 June
Location:	Buxtehude, Lower Saxony
Circuit:	Estering
Heat1 Winner:	Davy Jeanney
Heat1 Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat2 Winner:	Davy Jeanney
Heat2 Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat3 Winner:	Davy Jeanney
Heat3 Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat4 Winner:	Petter Solberg
Heat4 Team:	SDRX
Semi1 Winner:	Davy Jeanney
Semi1 Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi2 Winner:	Petter Solberg
Semi2 Team:	SDRX
Final First:	Davy Jeanney
Final First Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Final Second:	Petter Solberg
Final Second Team:	SDRX
Final Third:	Timmy Hansen
Final Third Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2015 World RX of Germany was the fifth round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.

It was the first event win for Frenchman Davy Jeanney.

Heats

World Championship classification
		Driver	Team	Car					Pts
1	17	Davy Jeanney	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	1st	1st	1st	27th	16
2	1	Petter Solberg	SDRX	Citroën DS3	10th	4th	3rd	1st	15
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	3rd	3rd	8th	6th	14
4	99	Tord Linnerud	Volkswagen Team Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	6th	2nd	7th	11th	13
5	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	2nd	27th	10th	7th	12
6	7	Manfred Stohl	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	23rd	13th	6th	4th	11
7	92	Anton Marklund	EKS RX	Audi S1	13th	21st	5th	8th	10
8	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Racing Team	Audi A1	8th	9th	4th	28th	9
9	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	5th	31st	13th	13th	8
10	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	4th	11th	34th	10th	7
11	42	Timur Timerzyanov	Namus OMSE	Ford Fiesta ST	33rd	10th	9th	16th	6
12	77	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Audi S3	18th	14th	26th	14th	5
13	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	34th	15th	11th	9th	4
14	45	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	25th	6th	32nd	17th	3
15	10	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	32nd	34th	17th	3rd	2
16	55	Alx Danielsson	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Audi S3	30th	17th	29th	18th	1
17	31	Max Pucher	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	27th	23rd	35th	29th
European Championship classification
1	24	Tommy Rustad	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	7th	5th	2nd	2nd	16
2	74	Jerome Grosset-Janin	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	11th	7th	12th	5th	15
3	52	Ole Christian Veiby	Volkswagen Team Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	16th	12th	20th	15th	14
4	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Citroën C4	14th	7th	23rd	22nd	13
5	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Eklund Motorsport	Saab 9-3	29th	16th	16th	12th	12
6	14	Frode Holte	Frode Holte Motorsport	Hyundai i20	15th	8th	14th	31st	11
7	20	Fabien Pailler	Pailler Compétition	Peugeot 208	31st	20th	15th	20th	10
8	18	Jonathan Pailler	Pailler Compétition	Peugeot 208	21st	18th	19th	30th	9
9	2	Oliver O'Donovan	Oliver O'Donovan	Ford Fiesta	17th	30th	24th	21st	8
10	27	James Grint	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	22nd	25th	22nd	23rd	7
11	8	Peter Hedström	Hedströms Motorsport	Škoda Fabia	9th	32nd	31st	19th	6
12	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	Ford Fiesta	19th	26th	27th	24th	5
13	49	Mark Flaherty	Mark Flaherty	Ford Fiesta	24th	22nd	30th	25th	4
14	47	Ramona Karlsson	Ramona RX	Volkswagen Scirocco	12th	33rd	21st	33rd	3
15	12	Riku Tahko	ST Motorsport	BMW MINI Countryman	26th	28th	28th	26th	2
16	102	Tamas Karai	Racing-Com	Škoda Fabia	20th	29th	25th	34th	1
17	48	Lukas Walfridsson	Helmia Motorsport	Renault Clio	35th	19th	17th	32nd
18	86	Jörg Jockel	ADAC Team Hansa	Ford Fiesta	28th	35th	33rd	35th

Semi-finals

World Championship

Semi-final 1

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	21	Davy Jeanney	Team Peugeot-Hansen	3:45.665	6
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	+1.219	5
3	17	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.141	4
4	42	Timur Timerzyanov	Namus OMSE	+2.812	3
5	15	Reinis Nitišs	Olsbergs MSE	DNF	2
6	92	Anton Marklund	EKS RX	DNF	1

Semi-final 2

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	1	Petter Solberg	SDRX	3:49.052	6
2	99	Tord Linnerud	Volkswagen Team Sweden	+0.390	5
3	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	+0.752	4
4	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Racing Team	+1.782	3
5	7	Manfred Stohl	World RX Team Austria	+20.504	2
6	77	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	DNF	1

European Championship

Semi-final 1

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	24	Tommy Rustad	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport	3:50.439	6
2	20	Fabien Pailler	Pailler Compétition	+2.642	5
3	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Eklund Motorsport	+4.561	4
4	52	Ole Christian Veiby	Volkswagen Team Sweden	+6.186	3
5	2	Oliver O'Donovan	Oliver O'Donovan	+10.048	2
6	8	Peter Hedström	Hedströms Motorsport	+23.213	1

Semi-final 2

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Albatec Racing	3:46.628	6
2	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	+0.709	5
3	18	Jonathan Pailler	Pailler Compétition	+5.401	4
4	14	Frode Holte	Frode Holte Motorsport	+5.824	3
5	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	+10.526	2
6	27	James Grint	Albatec Racing	+23.636	1

Finals

World Championship

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	21	Davy Jeanney	Team Peugeot-Hansen	3:45.662	8
2	1	Petter Solberg	SDRX	+4.901	5
3	17	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.538	4
4	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	+5.815	3
5	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Olsbergs MSE	+10.188	2
6	99	Tord Linnerud	Volkswagen Team Sweden	+11.231	1

European Championship

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	24	Tommy Rustad	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport	3:45.706	8
2	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Albatec Racing	+1.317	5
3	20	Fabien Pailler	Pailler Compétition	+10.960	4
4	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	+11.114	3
5	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Eklund Motorsport	+12.687	2
6	18	Jonathan Pailler	Pailler Compétition	DNF	1

Standings after the event

World Championship standings

Pos	Driver
1	Petter Solberg	138
2	Johan Kristoffersson	103
3	Andreas Bakkerud	88
4	Timmy Hansen	79
5	Davy Jeanney	77
	Reinis Nitišs

European Championship standings

Pos	Driver
1	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	55
2	Tommy Rustad	53
3	Ole Christian Veiby	40
4	Joni-Pekka Rajala	32
5	Fabien Pailler	30
	Frode Holte

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

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Results - 2015 World RX of Germany. rallycrossrx.com. 19 April 2015.