2016 World RX of Hockenheim

2016 World RX of Hockenheim
Round 2 of 13 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	7–8 May 2016
Location	Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg
Venue	Hockenheimring
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Heat 2	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden
Heat 3	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Heat 4	Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX
Semi-Final 2	Liam Doran JRM Racing
Final
First	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Second	Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX
Third	Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division

Andreas Bakkerud leads Kevin Eriksson and Ken Block

Timmy Hansen's car caught fire during his Q3 race

EKS RX secured their first 1-2 finish in the category

Event podium - (L-R) Toomas Heikkinen, Mattias Ekström and Ken Block

The 2016 World RX of Hockenheim is the 2nd round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, alongside the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Heats

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	1st	3rd	2nd	6th	16
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	4th	1st	5th	13th	15
3	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	13th	7th	12th	1st	14
4	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	12th	4th	4th	8th	13
5	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	3rd	5th	6th	16th	12
6	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	5th	10th	1st	17th	11
7	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	9th	14th	3rd	7th	10
8	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	6th	9th	13th	9th	9
9	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	17th	11th	7th	5th	8
10	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	9th	14th	11th	4th	7
11	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	19th	6th	15th	2nd	6
12	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	15th	13th	8th	11th	5
13	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	7th	8th	18th	15th	4
14	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	10th	17th	16th	12th	3
15	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	16th	16th	10th	14th	2
16	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	DA Racing	Citroën DS3	18th	19th	14th	10th	1
17	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	16th	16th	9th	18th
18	71	Kevin Hansen	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	8th	12th	20th	3rd
19	55	René Münnich	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	20th	20th	19th	19th
20	31	Max Pucher	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	21st	21st	21st	20th
DSQ	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	2nd	2nd	17th	DSQ

* Timmy Hansen was disqualified from Q4 and the overall classification due to his car being underweight.

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX		6
2	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+0.470	5
3	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	+4.138	4
4	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.891	3
5	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+9.714	2
6	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+26.081	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing		6
2	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+0.922	5
3	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	+1.323	4
4	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+3.024	3
5	96	Kevin Eriksson	OlsbergsMSE	+18.573	2
6	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	+28.651	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX		8
2	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+2.547	5
3	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	+3.827	4
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+4.785	3
5	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	+10.587	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	+34.781	1

Championship standings after the event

Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Mattias Ekström	48
	Petter Solberg
3	Toomas Heikkinen	45	+3
4	Johan Kristoffersson	39	+9
5	Robin Larsson	34	+14

References

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