2018 World RX of Germany explained

Flag:	GER
Round No:	11
Season No:	12
Year:	2018
Date:	13-14 October
Location:	Buxtehude, Germany
Circuit:	Estering Buxtehude
Heat1 Winner:	Petter Solberg
Heat1 Team:	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat2 Winner:	Johan Kristoffersson
Heat2 Team:	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat3 Winner:	Mattias Ekström
Heat3 Team:	EKS Audi Sport
Heat4 Winner:	Timmy Hansen
Heat4 Team:	Team Peugeot Total
Semi1 Winner:	Johan Kristoffersson
Semi1 Team:	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi2 Winner:	Mattias Ekström
Semi2 Team:	EKS Audi Sport
Final First:	Johan Kristoffersson
Final First Team:	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Final Second:	Mattias Ekström
Final Second Team:	EKS Audi Sport
Final Third:	Andreas Bakkerud
Final Third Team:	EKS Audi Sport

The 2018 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Supercar

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Heats

		Driver	Team	Car					Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	2nd	1st	6th	3rd	16
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	6th	2nd	2nd	2nd	15
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	7th	4th	3rd	1st	14
4	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	4th	6th	1st	4th	13
5	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	1st	3rd	5th	8th	12
6	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	5th	7th	4th	6th	11
7	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	3rd	5th	8th	10th	10
8	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	8th	9th	10th	5th	9
9	92	Anton Marklund	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	9th	11th	9th	11th	8
10	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	10th	12th	7th	12th	7
11	6	Janis Baumanis	Team Stard	Ford Fiesta	12th	8th	12th	17th	6
12	4	Robin Larsson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	13th	13th	13th	13th	5
13	36	Guerlain Chicherit	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	11th	10th	14th	18th	4
14	64	Kjetil Larsen	Kjetil Larsen	Volkswagen Polo	18th	16th	15th	14th	3
15	42	Oliver Bennett	Oliver Bennett	BMW Mini Cooper	17th	14th	17th	15th	2
16	77	René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	15th	17th	18th	16th	1
17	66	Gregoire Demoustier	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Peugeot 208	19th	18th	16th	19th
18	113	Cyril Raymond	Cyril Raymond	Peugeot 208	16th	19th	19th	20th
19	33	Liam Doran	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS		15th	11th	7th
20	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	14th	20th		9th

• Note: Liam Doran was disqualified from Q1 for having briefly touch the launch control button by mistake in turn 1. Timur Timerzyanov had the same issue, touching the button during his battle with Cyril Raymond in Q3.

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	3:36.940	6
2	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	+0.529	5
3	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	+4.319	4
4	6	Janis Baumanis	Team Stard	+8.847	3
5	92	Anton Marklund	GC Kompetition		2
6	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total

Note: Timmy Hansen was disqualified for a contact with Anton Marklund.^[6]

Semi-Final 2

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	3:36.021	6
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	+1.782	5
3	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+4.730	4
4	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	+5.846	3
5	4	Robin Larsson	Olsbergs MSE	+7.794	2
6	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total		1

Final

		Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	3:33.568	8
2	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	+1.849	5
3	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	+3.082	4
4	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+5.030	3
5	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden		2
6	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total		1

Standings after the event

Source^[7]

	Driver		Gap
1	Johan Kristoffersson	311
2	Mattias Ekström	228	+83
3	Andreas Bakkerud	224	+87
4	Petter Solberg	221	+90
5	Sébastien Loeb	205	+106

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Germany World RX: Champion Kristoffersson tops Day 1.
2. Web site: Germany World RX: Kristoffersson ends qualifying on top.
3. Web site: Germany World RX: Kristoffersson beats Ekstrom to win.
4. Web site: 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Germany FIA Results and Statistics. live. 2021-09-22. fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024004255/https://fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com/results/2018-world-rx-of-germany/classification . 2020-10-24 .
5. Web site: 2018-08-21. Classifications. 2021-09-22. Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. en.
6. Web site: PSRX Volkswagen Sweden claim World RX Teams Title in Germany . automobilsport.com . 2023-03-06.
7. Web site: 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of Germany | FIA Results and Statistics.