2015 World RX of Belgium
The 2015 World RX of Belgium was the 3rd round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia.
| 2015 World RX of Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 3 of 13 in the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 16–17 May 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mettet, Wallonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marklund Motorsport driver Toomas Heikkinen became the third different winner in the 2015 season, having won his semi-final as well. Second place went to defending champion, and championship leader Petter Solberg (SDRX), while the podium was completed by Reinis Nitišs, driving for the OlsbergsMSE team.
In the supporting round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, Albatec Racing driver Jérôme Grosset-Janin took the victory, to take the lead in the drivers' championship. Grosset-Janin finished ahead of Ole Christian Veiby while Tamás Kárai was the only other finisher as he completed the podium.
The infamous incident of the damper on Alx Danielsson's Audi S3 punching open the bonnet occurred during practice.[2]
Heats
Johan Kristoffersson finished as top qualifier.
| World Championship classification | |||||||||
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| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | Pts |
| 1 | 3 |  |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 3rd | 15th | 1st | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 1 |  |
SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 2nd | 5th | 11th | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 57 |  |
Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 8th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 14 |
| 4 | 10 | |
EKS RX | Audi S1 | 1st | 10th | 6th | 8th | 13 |
| 5 | 45 | |
Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 13th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 12 |
| 6 | 13 | |
Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 7th | 3rd | 10th | 6th | 11 |
| 7 | 21 | |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 35th | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 10 |
| 8 | 17 |  |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 9th | 8th | 15th | 11th | 9 |
| 9 | 7 |  |
World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 5th | 16th | 13th | 15th | 8 |
| 10 | 92 | |
EKS RX | Audi S1 | 19th | 12th | 8th | 12th | 7 |
| 11 | 15 |  |
Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 15th | 14th | 14th | 9th | 6 |
| 12 | 99 | |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 6th | 21st | 12th | 13th | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | |
Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | Audi A1 | 18th | 26th | 9th | 4th | 4 |
| 14 | 42 |  |
Namus OMSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 20th | 4th | 24th | 16th | 3 |
| 15 | 33 |  |
SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 27th | 9th | 33rd | 17th | 2 |
| 16 | 32 | |
CircleX | Volvo C30 | 23rd | 27th | 35th | 25th | 1 |
| 17 | 31 | |
World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 31st | 33rd | 29th | 31st | |
| 18 | 55 | |
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 25th | 17th | 34th | 35th | |
| 19 | 77 |  |
All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 34th | 32nd | 27th | 32nd | |
| European Championship classification | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | |
HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 10th | 34th | 7th | 5th | 16 |
| 2 | 74 | |
Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 16th | 11th | 16th | 14th | 15 |
| 3 | 67 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
François Duval | Ford Focus | 17th | 7th | 17th | 19th | 14 |
| 4 | 52 | |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 4th | 30th | 5th | 27th | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | |
Frode Holte Motorsport | Hyundai i20 | 12th | 24th | 20th | 20th | 12 |
| 6 | 60 | |
Eklund Motorsport | Saab 9-3 | 11th | 25th | 19th | 22nd | 11 |
| 7 | 87 | |
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Citroën C4 | 26th | 18th | 18th | 18th | 10 |
| 8 | 20 | |
Pailler Competition | Peugeot 208 | 21st | 13th | 23rd | 23rd | 9 |
| 9 | 18 | |
Pailler Competition | Peugeot 208 | 22nd | 19th | 21st | 24th | 8 |
| 10 | 48 | |
Helmia Motorsport | Renault Clio | 14th | 20th | 28th | 34th | 7 |
| 11 | 22 | |
Koen Pauwels | Ford Focus | 30th | 23rd | 26th | 26th | 6 |
| 12 | 102 |  |
Racing-Com | Škoda Fabia | 37th | 22nd | 22nd | 21st | 5 |
| 13 | 2 |  |
Oliver O'Donovan | Ford Fiesta | 32nd | 29th | 25th | 28th | 4 |
| 14 | 27 | |
Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 28th | 28th | 32nd | 30th | 3 |
| 15 | 47 | |
Ramona RX | Volkswagen Scirocco | 24th | 36th | 30th | 29th | 2 |
| 16 | 8 | |
Hedströms Motorsport | Škoda Fabia | 36th | 37th | 31st | 33rd | 1 |
| 17 | 12 | |
ST Motorsport | BMW MINI Countryman | 29th | 31st | 36th | 36th | |
| 18 | 68 | |
OTRT | Volkswagen Scirocco | 33rd | 35th | 37th | 37th | |
Semi-Finals
World Championship
Semi-Final 1
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 | |
Marklund Motorsport | 4:08.158 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | |
Olsbergs MSE | +2.540 | 5 |
| 3 | 15 | |
Olsbergs MSE | +4.080 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +9.204 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +25.173 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | |
World RX Team Austria | +35.091 | 1 |
Semi-Final 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | |
Marklund Motorsport | 4:05.225 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | |
SDRX | +0.809 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | |
EKS RX | +0.936 | 4 |
| 4 | 92 | |
EKS RX | +4.081 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +4.553 | 2 |
| 6 | 99 | |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +13.388 | 1 |
European Championship
Semi-Final 1
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67 | |
François Duval | 4:12.108 | 6 |
| 2 | 14 | |
Frode Holte Motorsport | +2.622 | 5 |
| 3 | 24 | |
HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | +4.574 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | |
Pailler Competition | +8.704 | 3 |
| 5 | 87 | |
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +9.844 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | |
Koen Pauwels | DNF | 1 |
Semi-Final 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 | |
Albatec Racing | +4:12.247 | 6 |
| 2 | 52 | |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +1.587 | 5 |
| 3 | 102 | |
Racing-Com | +11.850 | 4 |
| 4 | 60 | |
Eklund Motorsport | +35.759 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | |
Pailler Competition | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 48 | |
Helmia Motorsport | DNF | 1 |
Finals
World Championship
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 | |
Marklund Motorsport | 4:02.117 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | |
SDRX | +0.840 | 5 |
| 3 | 15 | |
Olsbergs MSE | +6.705 | 4 |
| 4 | 45 | |
Marklund Motorsport | +7.583 | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | |
Olsbergs MSE | +27.425 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | |
EKS RX | 1 |
European Championship
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 | |
Albatec Racing | 4:14.273 | 8 |
| 2 | 52 | |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +10.493 | 5 |
| 3 | 102 | |
Racing-Com | +12.614 | 4 |
| 4 | 24 | |
HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | DNF | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | |
Frode Holte Motorsport | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 67 | |
François Duval | DSQ | 1 |
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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References
- "Results – 2015 World RX of Belgium". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- Alx Danielsson Damper Accident: Mettet RX. FIA World Rallycross Championship. YouTube. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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