2016 World RX of Norway explained

Flag:	NOR
Round No:	5
Season No:	12
Year:	2016
Date:	11–12 June
Location:	Hell, Nord-Trøndelag
Circuit:	Lånkebanen
Heat1 Winner:	Andreas Bakkerud
Heat1 Team:	Hoonigan Racing Division
Heat2 Winner:	Andreas Bakkerud
Heat2 Team:	Hoonigan Racing Division
Heat3 Winner:	Andreas Bakkerud
Heat3 Team:	Hoonigan Racing Division
Heat4 Winner:	Andreas Bakkerud
Heat4 Team:	Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi1 Winner:	Andreas Bakkerud
Semi1 Team:	Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi2 Winner:	Timur Timerzyanov
Semi2 Team:	World RX Team Austria
Final First:	Andreas Bakkerud
Final First Team:	Hoonigan Racing Division
Final Second:	Timmy Hansen
Final Second Team:	Team Peugeot-Hansen
Final Third:	Mattias Ekström
Final Third Team:	EKS RX

The 2016 World RX of Norway was the fifth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship^[1] and the fourth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Lånkebanen near Hell, Nord-Trøndelag.

It was a historic win for home driver Andreas Bakkerud, who became the first driver in FIA World Rallycross Championship history to win all four qualifying heats, their semi-final and the final in one weekend.

Supercar

Heats

		Driver	Team	Car					Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	1st	1st	1st	1st	16
2	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	3rd	2nd	3rd	6th	15
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	7th	3rd	2nd	4th	14
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	4th	6th	4th	2nd	13
5	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	2nd	4th	5th	10th	12
6	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	5th	9th	7th	3rd	11
7	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	8th	8th	6th	5th	10
8	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	6th	5th	9th	14th	9
9	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	9th	11th	8th	8th	8
10	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	13th	7th	12th	12th	7
11	15	Reinis Nitišs	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	12th	14th	11th	9th	6
12	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	10th	12th	13th	11th	5
13	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	16th	10th	10th	13th	4
14	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	11th	13th	14th	18th	3
15	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	18th	15th	18th	7th	2
16	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	15th	17th	15th	16th	1
17	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	14th	18th	16th	15th
18	77	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	17th	16th	17th	17th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	3:56.255	6
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.545	5
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.127	4
4	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+2.975	3
5	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+5.704	2
6	15	Reinis Nitišs	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	+13.372	1

Semi-Final 2

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	3:55.235	6
2	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+1.282	5
3	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.789	4
4	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+4.577	3
5	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	+10.929	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport		1

Finals

		Driver	Team	Time/retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	3:58.641	8
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.075	5
3	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+2.479	4
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.153	3
5	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+4.511	2
6	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+7.221	1

RX Lites

Heats

		Driver	Team					Pts
1	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	2nd	1st	1st	1st	16
2	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	15
3	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	6th	4th	2nd	2nd	14
4	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	3rd	3rd	5th	9th	13
5	64	Saeed Bintouq	Olsbergs MSE	4th	5th	7th	7th	12
6	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	7th	6th	9th	5th	11
7	8	Simon Wågö Syversen	Set Promotion	8th	8th	8th	4th	10
8	56	Thomas Holmen	Thomas Holmen	12th	7th	6th	6th	9
9	96	Henrik Krogstad	JC Raceteknik	9th	11th	3rd	10th	8
10	69	Sondre Evjen	JC Raceteknik	5th	12th	10th	11th	7
11	66	Albert Llovera	Albert Llovera	11th	10th	12th	8th	6
12	91	Jonathan Walfridsson	Helmia Motorsport	10th	9th	11th	12th	5

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	4:14.983	6
2	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	+1.987	5
3	96	Henrik Krogstad		JC Raceteknik	+4.209	4
4	8	Simon Wågø Syversen	Set Promotion	+5.121	3
5	64	Saeed Bintouq	Olsbergs MSE	+9.872	2
6	66	Albert Llovera	Albert Llovera	+12.769	1

Semi-Final 2

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	4:14.979	6
2	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	+0.707	5
3	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	+1.959	4
4	56	Thomas Holmen	Thomas Holmen	+7.001	3
5	69	Sondre Evjen	JC Race Teknik	+13.924	2
6	91	Jonathan Walfridsson	Helmia Motorsport	+14.238	1

Final

		Driver	Team	Time/retired	Pts
1	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	4:12.701	8
2	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	+1.127	5
3	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	+2.868	4
4	96	Henrik Krogstad	JC Raceteknik	+4.584	3
5	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	+6.170	2
6	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	+7.245	1

Standings after the event

Supercar standings

Pos	Pilot		Gap
1	Mattias Ekström	125
2	Petter Solberg	120	+5
3	Sébastien Loeb	83	+42
	Johan Kristoffersson
5	Andreas Bakkerud	81	+44

RX Lites standings

	Driver		Gap
1	Cyril Raymond	102
2	Thomas Bryntesson	101	+1
3	Simon Olofsson	82	+20
	Joachim Hvaal
5	Simon Wågø Syversen	71	+31

• 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 Norway. rallycrossrx.com. 19 March 2016.