2016 World RX of Belgium

2016 World RX of Belgium
Round 3 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	14–15 May 2016
Location	Mettet, Wallonia
Venue	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Heat 3	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Heat 4	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Semi-Final 2	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team
Final
First	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Second	Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen
Third	Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team

The 2016 World RX of Belgium was the 3rd round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the second round of the 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship.

Heats

Toomas Heikkinen, Anton Marklund and Niclas Grönholm

The field files into the first corner in the 1st WRX Semi-Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	2nd	1st	1st	9th	16
2	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	15
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	1st	7th	3rd	2nd	14
4	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	4th	3rd	4th	5th	13
5	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	Ford Fiesta	6th	11th	7th	4th	12
6	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	12th	5th	5th	8th	11
7	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	8th	6th	8th	14th	10
8	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	5th	9th	13th	10th	9
9	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	7th	2nd	18th	13th	8
10	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	13th	10th	10th	7th	7
11	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	9th	15th	6th	12th	6
12	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	10th	12th	15th	6th	5
13	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	17th	8th	9th	16th	4
14	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	19th	13th	17th	3rd	3
15	68	Niclas Grönholm	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	14th	16th	12th	15th	2
16	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	16th	14th	11th	17th	1
17	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	11th	18th	16th	18th
18	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	18th	19th	19th	11th
19	55	René Münnich	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	15th	17th	14th	19th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	4:02.278	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.737	5
3	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	+7.884	4
4	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+23.056	3
Ret	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy		2
DSQ	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	4:00.869	6
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+1.157	5
3	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+5.112	4
4	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.950	3
5	96	Kevin Eriksson	OlsbergsMSE	+14.568	2
6	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	+16.468	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	3:58.967	8
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.526	5
3	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.189	3
4	92	Anton Marklund	Hoonigan Racing Division	+10.868	4
5	67	François Duval	Ecurie Bayard ASBL	+18.972	2
Ret	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden		1

Standings after the event

Pos	Pilot	Pts	Gap
1	Mattias Ekström	78
2	Petter Solberg	73	+5
3	Johan Kristoffersson	58	+20
4	Sébastien Loeb	54	+24
5	Toomas Heikkinen	46	+32

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links

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