2016 World RX of Hockenheim

The 2016 World RX of Hockenheim was the second 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.

2016 World RX of Hockenheim
Round 2 of 13 in the
2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date7–8 May 2016
LocationHockenheim, Baden-Württemberg
VenueHockenheimring
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

Supercar

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 DNF 11
7 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 9th 14th 3rd 7th 10
8 96 Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 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 RS DNF 6th 15th 2nd 6
12 43 Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 15th 13th 8th 11th 5
13 15 Reinis Nitišs All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 7th 8th DNF 15th 4
14 68 Niclas Grönholm Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 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 DNF
18 71 Kevin Hansen Peugeot Hansen Academy Peugeot 208 8th 12th DNS 3rd
19 55 René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza DNF DNS DNF DNS
20 31 Max Pucher World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta DNS DNS DNS DNS
DSQ 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 2nd 2nd DNF EX

* Timmy Hansen was excluded from Q4 and later disqualified from the whole event due to his car being underweight.

Semi-Finals
Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time 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 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 Olsbergs MSE +18.573 2
6 6 Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria +28.651 1

Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Time 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

RX Lites

Heats
Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 16 Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 16
2 13 Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 1st 1st 8th 6th 15
3 99 Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik 5th 3rd 2nd 2nd 14
4 75 Patrick Simon Olsbergs MSE 4th 5th 3rd 5th 13
5 8 Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 6th 4th 5th 3rd 12
6 52 Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 3rd 9th 6th 4th 11
7 47 Alexander Westlund Alexander Westlund 8th 7th 4th 8th 10
8 33 Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE 9th 6th 7th 7th 9
9 69 Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 7th 8th 9th 9th 8

Semi-Finals
Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 16 Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 6:02.867 6
2 99 Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik +3.038 5
3 8 Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion +5.306 4
4 47 Alexander Westlund Alexander Westlund +10.448 3
5 69 Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +19.182 2
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 75 Patrick Simon Olsbergs MSE 6:09.574 6
2 13 Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE +5.980 5
3 52 Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson +42.402 4
4 33 Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE DNF 3

Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 16 Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 5:47.007 8
2 13 Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE +1.786 5
3 99 Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik +11.752 4
4 47 Alexander Westlund‡ Alexander Westlund +12.378 3
5 75 Patrick Simon Olsbergs MSE +14.033 2
6 8 Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion DNF 1

‡Olofsson could not make the final and as a result the stewards permitted Westlund to replace him.

Standings after the event
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "Results - 2016 World RX of Hockenheim". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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