2016 World RX of Latvia
 2016 World RX of Latvia | |
| Round 10 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |
| Date | 1–2 October 2016 |
| Location | Riga, Latvia |
| Venue | Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze |
| Results | |
| Heat Winners | |
| Heat 1 |  Timmy HansenTeam Peugeot-Hansen |
| Heat 2 | Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden |
| Heat 3 | Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden |
| Heat 4 |  Timur TimerzyanovWorld RX Team Austria |
| Semi-Final Winners | |
| Semi-Final 1 |  Sébastien LoebTeam Peugeot-Hansen |
| Semi-Final 2 | Mattias Ekström EKS RX |
| Final | |
| First | Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen |
| Second | Mattias Ekström EKS RX |
| Third | Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen |
The 2016 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship[1] and the eighth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was the first FIA World or European rallycross event to be staged in Latvia, and was held at the Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, former host of the non-championship Latvian Grand Prix.
Heats
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Sunday's action started in treacherous wet conditions
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Solberg's failure to score any points dropped him to 3rd in the standings and gifted Ekström a 27-point buffer over Kristoffersson with two rounds left
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Sébastien Loeb won his first World RX event in Latvia
Semi-Finals
- Semi-Final 1
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | 5:33.996 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson |
Volkswagen RX Sweden | +0.427 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.293 | 4 |
| 4 | 57 |  Toomas Heikkinen |
EKS RX | +8.373 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs |
OlsbergsMSE | +11.875 | 2 |
| Ret | 6 | Jānis Baumanis |
World RX Team Austria | 1 |
- Semi-Final 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström |
EKS RX | 5:32.044 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov |
World RX Team Austria | +2.014 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 |  Andreas Bakkerud |
Hoonigan Racing Division | +6.589 | 4 |
| 4 | 44 |  Timo Scheider |
Münnich Motorsport | +7.919 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | Davy Jeanney |
Peugeot Hansen Academy | +7.940 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Larsson |
Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +14.414 | 1 |
Final
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | 5:27.665 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström |
EKS RX | +2.305 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.429 | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud |
Hoonigan Racing Division | +11.104 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson |
Volkswagen RX Sweden | +14.751 | 2 |
| Ret | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov |
World RX Team Austria | 1 |
Standings after the event
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mattias Ekström |
228 | |
| 2 | Johan Kristoffersson |
201 | +27 |
| 3 | Petter Solberg |
194 | +34 |
| 4 | Andreas Bakkerud |
192 | +36 |
| 5 | Sébastien Loeb |
180 | +48 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
- ↑ "Results - 2016 World RX of Latvia". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
External links
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Next race: 2016 World RX of Germany |
| Previous race: None |
World RX of Latvia | Next race: 2017 World RX of Latvia |
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