2015 World RX of Barcelona

2015 World RX of Barcelona
Round 10 of 13 in the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	19–20 September 2015
Location	Montmeló, Barcelona
Venue	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2	Petter Solberg SDRX
Heat 3	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden
Heat 4	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-Final 2	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden
Final
First	Petter Solberg SDRX
Second	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden
Third	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2015 World RX of Barcelona was the tenth round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.

Reigning champion and championship leader Petter Solberg took his third victory of the season,^[2] to extend his championship lead to 35 points over Timmy Hansen. Hansen, who had finished as top qualifier for the fourth meeting in succession – including two heat wins – also won a semi-final but could only finish third in the final, behind compatriot Johan Kristoffersson.

In the supporting round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, Kristoffersson's team-mate Ole Christian Veiby took his first victory after on-the-road winner Tommy Rustad, the championship leader, was disqualified after a breach of the championship regulations.^[3] Veiby finished ahead of compatriot Alexander Hvaal with Joni-Pekka Rajala of Finland completing the podium.

Heats

Tord Linnerud

Andreas Bakkerud, Mattias Ekström, Davy Jeanney and Johan Kristoffersson

World Championship classification
Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	H1	H2	H3	H4	Pts
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	1st	6th	6th	1st	16
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	2nd	5th	1st	5th	15
3	10	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	4th	2nd	5th	4th	14
4	17	Davy Jeanney	Team Peugeot-Hansen	3rd	21st	7th	3rd	13
5	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Racing Team	6th	16th	4th	7th	12
6	1	Petter Solberg	SDRX	10th	1st	32nd	2nd	11
7	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	7th	3rd	17th	10th	10
8	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	15th	7th	9th	6th	9
9	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	5th	9th	15th	11th	8
10	42	Timur Timerzyanov	OlsbergsMSE	13th	20th	10th	13th	7
11	34	Tanner Foust	Marklund Motorsport	38th	4th	2nd	12th	6
12	99	Tord Linnerud	Volkswagen Team Sweden	16th	10th	19th	22nd	5
13	7	Manfred Stohl	World RX Team Austria	18th	33rd	11th	8th	4
14	88	Henning Solberg	Eklund Motorsport	28th	19th	23rd	17th	3
15	92	Anton Marklund	EKS RX	26th	18th	25th	23rd	2
16	44	Timo Scheider	Münnich Motorsport	39th	11th	24th	18th	1
17	55	Alx Danielsson	Münnich Motorsport	20th	37th	8th	26th
18	33	Liam Doran	SDRX	35th	13th	14th	37th
19	31	Max Pucher	World RX Team Austria	25th	27th	29th	34th
20	84	"Knapick"	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier	32nd	32nd	18th	35th
21	79	Christophe Jouet	Christophe Jouet	27th	38th	40th	40th
22	49	Mark Flaherty	Mark Flaherty	34th	39th	41st	41st
European Championship classification
1	24	Tommy Rustad	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport	9th	8th	12th	9th	16
2	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Albatec Racing	8th	36th	3rd	14th	15
3	11	Fredrik Salsten	Hansen Talent Development	11th	29th	13th	15th	14
4	52	Ole Christian Veiby	Volkswagen Team Sweden	21st	15th	16th	20th	13
5	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Eklund Motorsport	12th	12th	20th	33rd	12
6	20	Fabien Pailler	Pailler Compétition	14th	25th	27th	21st	11
7	18	Jonathan Pailler	Pailler Compétition	19th	24th	30th	19th	10
8	102	Tamás Kárai	Racing-Com KFT	17th	17th	35th	25th	9
9	28	Alexander Hvaal	JC Race Teknik	23rd	22nd	21st	31st	8
10	8	Peter Hedström	Hedströms Motorsport	24th	30th	31st	16th	7
11	72	Philippe Maloigne	Philippe Maloigne	29th	26th	22nd	27th	6
12	2	Ollie O'Donovan	Oliver O'Donovan	31st	23rd	26th	36th	5
13	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	22nd	14th	36th	38th	4
14	48	Lukas Walfridsson	Helmia Motorsport	30th	28th	37th	24th	3
15	12	Riku Tahko	ST Motorsport Oy	36th	31st	34th	30th	2
16	80	Christian Giarolo	Christian Giarolo	33rd	34th	38th	32nd	1
17	27	James Grint	Albatec Racing	37th	40th	28th	29th
18	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	41st	41st	33rd	28th
19	47	Ramona Karlsson	RamonaRX	40th	35th	39th	39th
20	14	Frode Holte	Frode Holte Motorsport	42nd	42nd	42nd	42nd

Semi-Finals

World Championship

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	4:49.381	6
2	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Racing Team	+2.066	5
3	34	Tanner Foust	Marklund Motorsport	+4.128	4
4	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	+4.727	3
5	10	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+5.192	2
6	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	+5.697	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	4:45.863	6
2	1	Petter Solberg	SDRX	+4.415	5
3	17	Davy Jeanney	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+6.287	4
4	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	+6.985	3
5	42	Timur Timerzyanov	OlsbergsMSE	+8.059	2
6	99	Tord Linnerud	Volkswagen Team Sweden	+14.633	1

European Championship

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	24	Tommy Rustad	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport	3:16.772	6
2	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Eklund Motorsport	+2.293	5
3	28	Alexander Hvaal	JC Race Teknik	+4.467	4
4	18	Jonathan Pailler	Pailler Compétition	+6.574	3
5	72	Philippe Maloigne	Philippe Maloigne	+8.539	2
Ret	11	Fredrik Salsten	Hansen Talent Development		1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	52	Ole Christian Veiby	Volkswagen Team Sweden	4:55.233	6
2	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Albatec Racing	+0.772	5
3	2	Ollie O'Donovan	Oliver O'Donovan	+6.507	4
4	102	Tamás Kárai	Racing-Com KFT	+11.451	3
5	20	Fabien Pailler	Pailler Compétition	+48.169	2
Ret	8	Peter Hedström	Hedströms Motorsport		1

Finals

World Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Petter Solberg	SDRX	4:51.051	8
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen Team Sweden	+2.673	5
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.858	4
4	17	Davy Jeanney	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.744	3
5	34	Tanner Foust	Marklund Motorsport	+5.959	2
Ret	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Racing Team		1

European Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	52	Ole Christian Veiby	Volkswagen Team Sweden	4:53.230	8
2	28	Alexander Hvaal	JC Race Teknik	+2.342	5
3	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Eklund Motorsport	+4.071	4
4	2	Ollie O'Donovan	Oliver O'Donovan	+5.479	3
Ret	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	Albatec Racing		2
DSQ	24	Tommy Rustad	HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport		1

Standings after the event

World Championship standings Pos Driver Pts 1 Petter Solberg 243 2 Timmy Hansen 208 3 Johan Kristoffersson 182 4 Davy Jeanney 166 5 Andreas Bakkerud 163

European Championship standings Pos Driver Pts 1 Tommy Rustad 105 2 Jérôme Grosset-Janin 99 3 Joni-Pekka Rajala 74 4 Ole Christian Veiby 67 5 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg 53

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "Results – 2015 World RX of Barcelona". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
2. Ridge, Hal (20 September 2015). "Petter Solberg takes victory". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 13 December 2015.
3. "Solberg wins Barcelona RX after dominant final". FIA.com (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile). 20 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

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