2016 World RX of Great Britain

2016 World RX of Great Britain
Round 4 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	28–29 May 2016
Location	Wootton, Kent
Venue	Lydden Hill Race Circuit
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Heat 2	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Heat 3	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Heat 4	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Semi-Final 2	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Final
First	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Second	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Third	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2016 World RX of Great Britain was the fourth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Wootton, Kent.

Heats

Petter Solberg

Kevin Hansen

Jānis Baumanis

Niclas Grönholm

Mattias Ekström, Tanner Foust and Julian Godfrey

It was the third win in a row for Ekström, who maintained his five-point buffer to Solberg in the championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	1st	1st	1st	2nd	16
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	4th	4th	6th	1st	15
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	11th	2nd	2nd	4th	14
4	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	2nd	3rd	3rd	18th	13
5	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	7th	6th	7th	3rd	12
6	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	5th	10th	4th	6th	11
7	71	Kevin Hansen	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	8th	7th	8th	7th	10
8	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	9th	21st	5th	5th	9
9	96	Kevin Eriksson	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	15th	9th	13th	9th	8
10	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	17th	5th	19th	8th	7
11	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	3rd	14th	21st	13th	6
12	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	6th	20th	10th	15th	5
13	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	20th	13th	9th	11th	4
14	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	16th	8th	17th	12th	3
15	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	10th	18th	16th	10th	2
16	68	Niclas Grönholm	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	12th	19th	11th	16th	1
17	37	Guy Wilks	Guy Wilks	Ford Fiesta	18th	11th	15th	21st
18	55	René Münnich	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	22nd	12th	18th	17th
19	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	19th	16th	14th	20th
20	51	Julian Godfrey	Julian Godfrey	Ford Fiesta	21st	17th	20th	19th
21	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	13th	22nd	12th	14th
22	34	Tanner Foust	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	14th	15th	22nd	22nd

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	4:18.164	6
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.515	5
3	71	Kevin Hansen	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+3.623	4
4	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	+4.980	3
5	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+5.287	2
6	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+10.088	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	4:16.462	6
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+0.515	5
3	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+3.069	4
4	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	+3.963	3
5	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+9.929	2
Ret	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden		1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	4:17.809	8
2	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+1.142	5
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.624	4
4	71	Kevin Hansen	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+3.815	3
5	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+28.651	2
6	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+29.186	1

Standings after the event

Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Mattias Ekström	105
2	Petter Solberg	100	+5
3	Johan Kristoffersson	70	+35
4	Sébastien Loeb	63	+42
5	Toomas Heikkinen	60	+45

References

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