2016 World RX of Portugal explained

Flag:PRT
Round No:1
Season No:13
Year:2016
Date:16–17 April
Location:Montalegre, Portugal
Circuit:Pista Automóvel de Montalegre
Heat1 Winner: Johan Kristoffersson
Heat1 Team:Volkswagen RX Sweden
Heat2 Winner: Mattias Ekström
Heat2 Team:EKS RX
Heat3 Winner: Petter Solberg
Heat3 Team:Petter Solberg World RX Team
Heat4 Winner: Mattias Ekström
Heat4 Team:EKS RX
Semi1 Winner: Johan Kristoffersson
Semi1 Team:Volkswagen RX Sweden
Semi2 Winner: Petter Solberg
Semi2 Team:Petter Solberg World RX Team
Final First: Petter Solberg
Final First Team:Petter Solberg World RX Team
Final Second: Robin Larsson
Final Second Team:Larsson Jernberg Motorsport
Final Third: Toomas Heikkinen
Final Third Team:EKS RX

The 2016 World RX of Portugal was the first round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Pista Automovel de Montalegre in Montalegre.

Heats

DriverTeamCarPts
15 Mattias EkströmEKS RXAudi S12nd1st4th1st16
21 Petter SolbergPetter Solberg World RX TeamCitroën DS311th6th1st2nd15
33 Johan KristofferssonVolkswagen RX SwedenVolkswagen Polo1st3rd8th7th14
413 Andreas BakkerudHoonigan Racing DivisionFord Focus RS4th4th3rd3rd13
54 Robin LarssonLarsson Jernberg MotorsportAudi A17th10th2nd4th12
657 Toomas HeikkinenEKS RXAudi S13rd2nd11th12th11
79 Sébastien LoebTeam Peugeot-HansenPeugeot 2085th5th6th9th10
896 Kevin ErikssonOlsbergs MSEFord Fiesta ST9th7th9th8th9
921 Timmy HansenTeam Peugeot-HansenPeugeot 2088th14th7th6th8
1017 Davy JeanneyPeugeot Hansen AcademyPeugeot 20815th13th5th5th7
1133 Liam DoranJRM RacingBMW MINI Countryman6th17th12th10th6
1292 Anton MarklundVolkswagen RX SwedenVolkswagen Polo12th9th14th15th5
1371 Kevin HansenPeugeot Hansen AcademyPeugeot 20814th8th13th16th4
146 Jānis BaumanisWorld RX Team AustriaFord Fiesta13th11th16th14th3
1515 Reinis NitišsAll-Inkl.com Münnich MotorsportSEAT Ibiza10th12th15th17th2
167 Timur TimerzyanovWorld RX Team AustriaFord Fiesta20th18th10th11th1
1768 Niclas GrönholmOlsbergs MSEFord Fiesta ST16th15th20th13th
1843 Ken BlockHoonigan Racing DivisionFord Focus RS19th16th19th18th
1955 René MünnichAll-Inkl.com Münnich MotorsportSEAT Ibiza17th20th17th19th
2041 Joaquim SantosBompiso Racing TeamFord Focus18th19th18th20th

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

DriverTeamTimePts
13 Johan KristofferssonVolkswagen RX Sweden4:09.6696
29 Sébastien LoebTeam Peugeot-Hansen+0.4785
34 Robin LarssonLarsson Jernberg Motorsport+1.3584
410 Mattias EkströmEKS RX+1.9593
533 Liam DoranJRM Racing+2.4132
621 Timmy HansenTeam Peugeot-Hansen1

Semi-final 2

DriverTeamTimePts
11 Petter SolbergPetter Solberg World RX Team4:07.7126
257 Toomas HeikkinenEKS RX+2.3535
313 Andreas BakkerudHoonigan Racing Division+5.1354
496 Kevin ErikssonOlsbergs MSE+5.3863
592 Anton MarklundVolkswagen RX Sweden+6.2542
617 Davy JeanneyPeugeot Hansen Academy+5.7531

Final

DriverTeamTimePts
11 Petter SolbergPetter Solberg World RX Team4:03.9928
24 Robin LarssonLarsson Jernberg Motorsport+0.8475
357 Toomas HeikkinenEKS RX+2.3604
413 Andreas BakkerudHoonigan Racing Division+3.7753
59 Sébastien LoebTeam Peugeot-Hansen+25.3062
63 Johan KristofferssonVolkswagen RX Sweden+1:31.9921

Championship standings after the event

DriverGap
1 Petter Solberg29
2 Robin Larsson21+8
Johan Kristoffersson
4 Toomas Heikkinen20+9
Andreas Bakkerud

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results - 2016 World RX of Portugal. rallycrossrx.com. 18 April 2016. 19 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419045149/http://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/result/por/2016. dead.