2018 World RX of Barcelona

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.

2018 World RX of Barcelona
Round 1 of 12 in the
2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date14–15 April 2018
LocationMontmeló, Catalonia
VenueCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Mattias Ekström
EKS Audi Sport
Heat 2 Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3 Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4 Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot Total
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final 2 Mattias Ekström
EKS Audi Sport
Final
First Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Second Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot Total
Third Andreas Bakkerud
EKS Audi Sport

Heats

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

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:42.350 6
2 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +2.886 5
3 13 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +3.127 4
4 7 Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +5.656 3
5 36 Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition +6.177 2
6 4 Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE +9.799 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 5 Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport 4:43.579 6
2 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +3.573 5
3 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +5.107 4
4 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD +5.621 3
5 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition +6.284 2
6 21 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 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:36.568 8
2 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +1.215 5
3 13 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +2.389 4
4 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +7.099 3
5 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +11.264 2
DSQ 5 Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport

Standings after the event

Pos Driver Pts Gap
1 Johan Kristoffersson 27
2 Petter Solberg 24 +3
3 Andreas Bakkerud 20 +7
4 Mattias Ekström 19 +8
5 Niclas Grönholm 18 +9
gollark: Troubling.
gollark: Fundamentally alter your compiler then.
gollark: Solution: replace the uncool machine stack with citrons™ heapstack™.
gollark: It's highly O(n²) and my Rustaceous code is probably not optimally optimized.
gollark: It's a shame fractalart cannot be GPU accelerated because it's QUITE SLOW.

References

  1. "Results - 2018 World RX of Barcelona". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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