2016 World RX of Sweden

2016 World RX of Sweden
Round 6 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	2–3 July 2016
Location	Höljes, Värmland
Venue	Höljesbanan
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden
Heat 3	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Heat 4	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-Final 2	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Final
First	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Second	Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen
Third	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2016 World RX of Sweden was the sixth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship^[1] and the fifth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.

Heats

Rain and mud made for tricky conditions on the Saturday

Local drivers Timmy Hansen and Mattias Ekström resumed their battle from the previous year in the Semis

Andreas Bakkerud of Norway won his second event in a row

Event podium, with Sébastien Loeb in second and Hansen third

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	2nd	1st	4th	4th	16
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	17th	2nd	2nd	1st	15
3	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	19th	5th	1st	3rd	14
4	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	1st	18th	3rd	14th	13
5	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	18th	7th	5th	2nd	12
6	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	15th	4th	6th	6th	11
7	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	4th	3rd	12th	10th	10
8	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	4th	11th	9th	8th	9
9	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	13th	8th	7th	5th	8
10	68	Niclas Grönholm	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	3rd	14th	10th	9th	7
11	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	8th	19th	8th	7th	6
12	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	6th	12th	11th	13th	5
13	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	11th	13th	14th	12th	4
14	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	10th	10th	18th	11th	3
15	96	Kevin Eriksson	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	5th	15th	16th	15th	2
16	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	12th	9th	15th	18th	1
17	23	Richard Göransson	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	9th	16th	13th	17th
18	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	16th	6th	19th	19th
19	55	René Münnich	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	14th	17th	17th	16th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	4:44.143	6
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+0.565	5
3	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+1.157	4
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+1.903	3
5	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+3.358	2
6	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+8.784	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	4:41.313	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.035	5
3	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+3.299	4
4	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	+5.440	3
5	68	Niclas Grönholm	OlsbergsMSE	+6.498	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	+10.779	1

Final

World Championship

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	4:40.614	8
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+3.128	5
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+4.153	4
4	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+5.644	3
5	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+11.424	2
Ret	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX		1

Standings after the event

Pos	Pilot	Pts	Gap
1	Mattias Ekström	142
2	Petter Solberg	137	+3
3	Andreas Bakkerud	110	+32
4	Sébastien Loeb	106	+36
	Johan Kristoffersson

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links

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