2016 World RX of Belgium explained

Flag:	BEL
Round No:	3
Season No:	12
Year:	2016
Date:	14–15 May
Location:	Mettet, Wallonia
Circuit:	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
Heat1 Winner:	Sébastien Loeb
Heat1 Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat2 Winner:	Mattias Ekström
Heat2 Team:	EKS RX
Heat3 Winner:	Mattias Ekström
Heat3 Team:	EKS RX
Heat4 Winner:	Petter Solberg
Heat4 Team:	Petter Solberg World RX Team
Semi1 Winner:	Mattias Ekström
Semi1 Team:	EKS RX
Semi2 Winner:	Petter Solberg
Semi2 Team:	Petter Solberg World RX Team
Final First:	Mattias Ekström
Final First Team:	EKS RX
Final Second:	Sébastien Loeb
Final Second Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Final Third:	Petter Solberg
Final Third Team:	Petter Solberg World RX Team

The 2016 World RX of Belgium was the third round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the second round of the 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship.

Supercar

Heats

		Driver	Team	Car					Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	2nd	1st	1st	9th	16
2	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	15
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	1st	7th	3rd	2nd	14
4	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	4th	3rd	4th	5th	13
5	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	Ford Fiesta	6th	11th	7th	4th	12
6	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	12th	5th	5th	8th	11
7	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	8th	6th	8th	14th	10
8	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	5th	9th	13th	10th	9
9	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	7th	2nd	18th	13th	8
10	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	13th	10th	10th	7th	7
11	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	9th	15th	6th	12th	6
12	15	Reinis Nitišs	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	10th	12th	15th	6th	5
13	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	17th	8th	9th	16th	4
14	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	19th	13th	17th	3rd	3
15	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	14th	16th	12th	15th	2
16	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	16th	14th	11th	17th	1
17	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	11th	18th	16th	18th
18	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	18th	19th	19th	11th
19	55	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	15th	17th	14th	19th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	4:02.278	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.737	5
3	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	+7.884	4
4	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+23.056	3
5	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy		2
	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria		0

Semi-Final 2

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	4:00.869	6
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+1.157	5
3	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+5.112	4
4	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.950	3
5	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	+14.568	2
6	15	Reinis Nitišs	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	+16.468	1

Final

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	3:58.967	8
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.526	5
3	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.189	3
4	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+10.868	4
5	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	+18.972	2
6	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden		1

RX Lites

Heats

		Driver	Team					Pts
1	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	7th	6th	1st	1st	16
2	69	Sondre Evjen	JC Raceteknik	6th	1st	5th	5th	15
3	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	4th	5th	6th	2nd	14
4	8	Simon Wågø Syversen	Set Promotion	1st	4th	9th	6th	13
5	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	2nd	2nd	8th	7th	12
6	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	9th	3rd	3rd	3rd	11
7	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	3rd	7th	4th	4th	10
8	26	Gosselin Regis	Icepol Racing Team	5th	8th	2nd	9th	9
9	47	Alexander Westlund	Alexander Westlund	8th	9th	7th	8th	8

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	4:18.959	6
2	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	+0.163	5
3	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	+1.083	4
4	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	+8.287	3
5	47	Alexander Westlund	Alexander Westlund	+10.250	2

Semi-Final 2

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	69	Sondre Evjen	JC Raceteknik	4:21.505	6
2	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	+0.649	5
3	8	Simon Wågø Syversen	Set Promotion	+4.274	4
4	26	Gosselin Regis	Icepol Racing Team		3

Final

		Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	4:19.061	8
2	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	+1.506	5
3	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	+2.324	4
4	69	Sondre Evjen	JC Raceteknik	+18.669	3
5	8	Simon Wågø Syversen	Set Promotion		2
	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE		0

Standings after the event

Supercar standings

Pos	Pilot		Gap
1	Mattias Ekström	78
2	Petter Solberg	73	+5
3	Johan Kristoffersson	58	+20
4	Sébastien Loeb	54	+24
5	Toomas Heikkinen	46	+32

RX Lites standings

	Driver		Gap
1	Thomas Bryntesson	56
2	Cyril Raymond	46	+10
3	Joachim Hvaal	43	+13
4	Simon Olofsson	38	+18
5	Simon Wågø Syversen	36	+20

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Results - 2016 World RX of Belgium. rallycrossrx.com. 16 May 2016.