2016 World RX of Sweden

The 2016 World RX of Sweden was the sixth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship[1] and the fifth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.

2016 World RX of Sweden
Round 6 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	2–3 July 2016
Location	Höljes, Värmland
Venue	Höljesbanan
Results
Heat Winners Heat 1 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Heat 2 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden Heat 3 Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team Heat 4 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Semi-Final Winners Semi-Final 1 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Semi-Final 2 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Final First Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Second Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Third Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen

Supercar

Heats

Rain and mud made for tricky conditions on the Saturday

Local drivers Timmy Hansen and Mattias Ekström resumed their battle from the previous year in the Semis

Andreas Bakkerud of Norway won his second event in a row

Event podium, with Sébastien Loeb in second and Hansen third

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	2nd	1st	4th	4th	16
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	17th	2nd	2nd	1st	15
3	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	19th	5th	1st	3rd	14
4	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	1st	18th	3rd	14th	13
5	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	18th	7th	5th	2nd	12
6	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	15th	4th	6th	6th	11
7	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	4th	3rd	12th	10th	10
8	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	4th	11th	9th	8th	9
9	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	13th	8th	7th	5th	8
10	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	3rd	14th	10th	9th	7
11	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	8th	19th	8th	7th	6
12	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	6th	12th	11th	13th	5
13	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	11th	13th	14th	12th	4
14	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	10th	10th	18th	11th	3
15	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	5th	15th	16th	15th	2
16	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	12th	9th	15th	18th	1
17	23	Richard Göransson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta ST	9th	16th	13th	17th
18	15	Reinis Nitišs	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	16th	6th	19th	19th
19	55	René Münnich	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	14th	17th	17th	16th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	4:44.143	6
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+0.565	5
3	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+1.157	4
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+1.903	3
5	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+3.358	2
6	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+8.784	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	4:41.313	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.035	5
3	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+3.299	4
4	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	+5.440	3
5	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	+6.498	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	+10.779	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	4:40.614	8
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+3.128	5
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+4.153	4
4	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+5.644	3
5	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+11.424	2
6	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	DNF	1

RX Lites

Heats

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	1st	14th	7th	1st	16
2	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	11th	1st	2nd	5th	15
3	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	5th	3rd	3rd	8th	14
4	21	Marcus Höglund	Olsbergs MSE	6th	9th	5th	4th	13
5	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	3rd	5th	8th	9th	12
6	6	William Nilsson	JC Raceteknik	15th	2nd	6th	7th	11
7	56	Thomas Holmen	Thomas Holmen	2nd	17th	10th	3rd	10
8	2	Johan Larsson	Johan Larsson	7th	7th	4th	13th	9
9	8	Simon Wågø Syversen	Set Promotion	8th	11th	1st	17th	8
10	3	Per Björnson	JC Raceteknik	14th	8th	11th	2nd	7
11	47	Alexander Westlund	Alexander Westlund	9th	4th	9th	11th	6
12	14	Magnus Hansen	JC Raceteknik	4th	10th	14th	12th	5
13	69	Sondre Evjen	JC Raceteknik	12th	12th	15th	6th	4
14	86	Santosh Berggren	Santosh Berggren	13th	16th	12th	10th	3
15	91	Jonathan Walfridsson	Helmia Motorsport	16th	6th	17th	15th	2
16	33	Tejas Hirani	Olsbergs MSE	10th	13th	16th	16th	1
17	66	Albert Llovera	Albert Llovera	17th	15th	13th	14th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	5:15.339	6
2	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	+1.160	5
3	47	Alexander Westlund	Alexander Westlund	+34.457	4
4	99	Joachim Hvaal	JC Raceteknik	+45.831	3
5	56	Thomas Holmen	Thomas Holmen	DNF	2
6	8	Simon Wågø Syversen	SET Promotion	DNF	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	5:20.849	6
2	21	Marcus Höglund	Olsbergs MSE	+0.158	5
3	2	Johan Larsson	Johan Larsson	+1.028	4
4	3	Per Björnson	JC Raceteknik	+1.674	3
5	6	William Nilsson	JC Raceteknik	+2.422	2
6	14	Magnus Hansen	JC Raceteknik	+4.142	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	52	Simon Olofsson	Simon Olofsson	5:02.813	8
2	13	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	+0.861	5
3	2	Johan Larsson	Johan Larsson	+2.707	4
4	16	Thomas Bryntesson	JC Raceteknik	+4.235	3
5	47	Alexander Westlund	Alexander Westlund	+6.269	2
6	21	Marcus Höglund	Olsbergs MSE	+26.699	1

Standings after the event

Supercar standings Pos Pilot Pts Gap 1 Mattias Ekström 142 2 Petter Solberg 137 +3 3 Andreas Bakkerud 110 +32 4 Sébastien Loeb 106 +36 Johan Kristoffersson

RX Lites standings Pos Driver Pts Gap 1 Cyril Raymond 128 2 Thomas Bryntesson 126 +2 3 Simon Olofsson 109 +19 4 Joachim Hvaal 97 +31 5 Simon Wågø Syversen 80 +48

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

1. "Results - 2016 World RX of Sweden". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

External links