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Rallycross layout of the Circuit de Catalunya

The 2018 World RX of Barcelona was the first round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.

Heats

Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 16
2 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 17th 2nd 2nd 1st 15
3 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 3rd 5th 4th 3rd 14
4 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 1st 7th 9th 4th 13
5 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5th 4th 3rd 6th 12
6 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 16th 6th 5th 5th 11
7 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 9th 8th 8th 7th 10
8 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 7th 9th 6th 11th 9
9 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 10th 12th 7th 9th 8
10 74 France Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 6th 10th 11th 12th 7
11 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 8th 11th 10th 12th 6
12 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 12th 3rd 14th 14th 5
13 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 4th 17th 17th 8th 4
14 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 11th 16th 13th 10th 3
15 42 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett MINI Cooper 14th 13th 12th 15th 2
16 66 France Grégoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 15th 14th 15th 16th 1
17 84 France "Knapick" "Knapick" Citroën DS3 13th 15th 16th 17th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:42.350 6
2 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +2.886 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +3.127 4
4 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +5.656 3
5 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition +6.177 2
6 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE +9.799 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport 4:43.579 6
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +3.573 5
3 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +5.107 4
4 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis STARD +5.621 3
5 74 France Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition +6.284 2
6 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total DNF 1
‡ Loeb initially qualified 13th, however was promoted to a semi-final position following the withdrawal of Kevin Hansen.

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:36.568 8
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +1.215 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +2.389 4
4 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +7.099 3
5 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +11.264 2
DSQ 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport

Standings after the event

Pos Driver Pts Gap
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 27
2 Norway Petter Solberg 24 +3
3 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 20 +7
4 Sweden Mattias Ekström 19 +8
5 Finland Niclas Grönholm 18 +9

References

  1. ^ "Results - 2018 World RX of Barcelona". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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2017 World RX of South Africa
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2017 World RX of Barcelona
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2019 World RX of Catalunya
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