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The 2018 World RX of the United States was the tenth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit of the Americas, in Austin, Texas.[1][2]

Supercar

Source [3]

Heats

Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo 1st 1st 2nd 4th 16
2 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 2nd 6th 1st 2nd 15
3 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo 13th 2nd 3rd 1st 14
4 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 8th 3rd 6th 7th 13
5 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 3rd 12th 4th 6th 12
6 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5th 4th 10th 3rd 11
7 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 10th 5th 8th 10th 10
8 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 6th 9th 9th 15th 9
9 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 15th 7th 5th 8th 8
10 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 4th 8th 15th 5th 7
11 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 7th 11th 12th 12th 6
12 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis Team Stard Ford Fiesta 11th 13th 7th 9th 5
13 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 9th 10th 13th 13th 4
14 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 12th 15th 11th 11th 3
15 66 Belgium Gregoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 14th 14th 14th 14th 2

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 3:31.732 6
2 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.457 5
3 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total +1.517 4
4 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total +2.898 3
5 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis Team Stard +6.941 2
6 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition +16.145 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport 3:30.822 6
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +0.465 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.292 4
4 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +1.605 3
5 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +3.589 2
6 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GC Kompetition +3.986 1

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 3:31.118 8
2 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.600 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.695 4
4 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +2.323 3
5 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +8.069 2
6 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total +9.836 1

Standings after the event

Source[4]

Pos. Driver Pts Gap
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 281
2 Sweden Mattias Ekström 204 +77
3 Norway Petter Solberg 202 +79
4 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 200 +81
5 France Sébastien Loeb 195 +86
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. ^ "Austin World RX: Solberg unstoppable on Saturday". www.motorsport.com.
  2. ^ "Austin World RX: Kristoffersson wraps up second title with win". www.motorsport.com.
  3. ^ "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of USA | FIA Results and Statistics". fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com.
  4. ^ "2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship World RX of USA | FIA Results and Statistics". fiaresultsandstatistics.motorsportstats.com.
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