2014 World RX of Finland

2014 World RX of Finland
Round 4 of 12 in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	28–29 June 2014
Location	Kouvola, Kymenlaakso
Venue	Tykkimäen Moottorirata
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE
Heat 2	Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport
Heat 3	Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport
Heat 4	Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE
Semi-Final 2	Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport
Final
First	Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport
Second	Andreas Bakkerud OlsbergsMSE
Third	Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE

The 2014 World RX of Finland was the 4th round of the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] To date it is the only World Championship event ever held in Finland.

American Tanner Foust won the event, and became the first World Championship event winner from North America.

Heats

Tanner Foust and Toomas Heikkinen

Alexander Hvaal loses control in front of Riku Tahko

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	H1	H2	H3	H4	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	16
2	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	4th	1st	1st	11th	15
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	1st	4th	3rd	5th	14
4	34	Tanner Foust	Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	7th	6th	5th	1st	13
5	44	Krzysztof Skorupski	Monster Energy World RX	Citroën DS3	6th	5th	11th	4th	12
6	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	8th	7th	4th	12th	11
7	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Hedströms Motorsport	Škoda Fabia	12th	11th	8th	3rd	10
8	66	Derek Tohill	LD Motorsports World RX	Citroën DS3	9th	8th	10th	6th	9
9	3	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	3rd	2nd	20th	7th	8
10	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	Citroën DS3	11th	10th	6th	9th	7
11	1	Timur Timerzyanov	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	5th	21st	9th	8th	6
12	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy World RX	Citroën DS3	21st	12th	7th	10th	5
13	5	Pontus Tidemand	EKS RX	Audi S1	16th	15th	12th	13th	4
14	12	Alexander Hvaal	PSRX	Citroën DS3	10th	9th	13th	19th	3
15	59	Aki Karttunen	ARP-Motorsport Oy	Škoda Fabia	14th	13th	17th	14th	2
16	25	Jacques Villeneuve	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	13th	14th	15th	17th	1
17	58	Riku Tahko	LD Motorsports World RX	Citroën DS3	15th	16th	14th	18th
18	54	Jos Jansen	JJ Racing	Ford Focus	17th	18th	19th	15th
19	62	Andri Õun	Reinsalu Sport	Ford Fiesta	19th	19th	18th	16th
20	23	Teemu Patsi	Teemu Patsi	Ford Fiesta	18th	22nd	16th	20th
21	45	Atro Määttä	Atro Määttä	Ford Fiesta	22nd	17th	21st	21st
22	56	Silvo Viitanen	Silvo Viitanen	Ford Fiesta	20th	20th	22nd	22nd
23	61	Valdur Reinsalu	Reinsalu Sport	Ford Fiesta	23rd	23rd	23rd	23rd
24	80	Markus Winkelhock	EKS RX	Audi S1	24th	24th	24th	24th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	5:05.995	6
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	+1.931	5
3	44	Krzysztof Skorupski	Monster Energy World RX	+3.404	4
Ret	3	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen		3
Ret	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	Hedströms Motorsport		2
DNS	1	Timur Timerzyanov	Team Peugeot-Hansen		1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	34	Tanner Foust	Marklund Motorsport	5:07.030	6
2	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	+24.876	5
3	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	+32.910	4
Ret	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport		3
Ret	66	Derek Tohill	LD Motorsports World RX		2
Ret	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy World RX		1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	34	Tanner Foust	Marklund Motorsport	4:59.725	8
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	+3.675	5
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	+5.455	4
4	44	Krzysztof Skorupski	Monster Energy World RX	+19.613	3
5	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	+26.041	2
Ret	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala†	Hedströms Motorsport		1

† Petter Solberg qualified for the final but was unable to take the grid. Joni-Pekka Rajala was allowed to fill his place.

Championship standings after the event

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Reinis Nitišs	96
2	Andreas Bakkerud	82
3	Petter Solberg	80
4	Toomas Heikkinen	74
5	Anton Marklund	61

References

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