2015 World RX of Belgium
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| 2015 World RX of Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 3 of 13 in the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 16–17 May 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mettet, Wallonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 World RX of Belgium was the 3rd round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia.
Marklund Motorsport driver Toomas Heikkinen became the third different winner in the 2015 season, having won his semi-final as well. Second place went to defending champion, and championship leader Petter Solberg (SDRX), while the podium was completed by Reinis Nitišs, driving for the OlsbergsMSE team.
In the supporting round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, Albatec Racing driver Jérôme Grosset-Janin took the victory, to take the lead in the drivers' championship. Ole Christian Veiby came in second, followed by Grosset-Janin, and Tamás Kárai completed the podium as the lone finisher.
The infamous incident of the damper on Alx Danielsson's Audi S3 punching open the bonnet occurred during practice.[2]
Heats
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Semi-finals
[edit ]World Championship
[edit ]Semi-final 1
[edit ]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 57 | Finland Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | 4:08.158 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Norway Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +2.540 | 5 |
| 3 | 15 | Latvia Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +4.080 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | Sweden Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +9.204 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Sweden Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +25.173 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | Austria Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | +35.091 | 1 |
Semi-final 2
[edit ]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 45 | Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | 4:05.225 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Norway Petter Solberg | SDRX | +0.809 | 5 |
| 3 | 10 | Sweden Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +0.936 | 4 |
| 4 | 92 | Sweden Anton Marklund | EKS RX | +4.081 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | France Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +4.553 | 2 |
| 6 | 99 | Norway Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +13.388 | 1 |
European Championship
[edit ]Semi-final 1
[edit ]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 67 | Belgium François Duval | François Duval | 4:12.108 | 6 |
| 2 | 14 | Norway Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | +2.622 | 5 |
| 3 | 24 | Norway Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | +4.574 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | France Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Competition | +8.704 | 3 |
| 5 | 87 | France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +9.844 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | Belgium Koen Pauwels | Koen Pauwels | DNF | 1 |
Semi-final 2
[edit ]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 74 | France Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | +4:12.247 | 6 |
| 2 | 52 | Norway Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +1.587 | 5 |
| 3 | 102 | Hungary Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | +11.850 | 4 |
| 4 | 60 | Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | +35.759 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | France Fabien Pailler | Pailler Competition | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 48 | Sweden Lukas Walfridsson | Helmia Motorsport | DNF | 1 |
Finals
[edit ]World Championship
[edit ]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 57 | Finland Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | 4:02.117 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Norway Petter Solberg | SDRX | +0.840 | 5 |
| 3 | 15 | Latvia Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +6.705 | 4 |
| 4 | 45 | Sweden Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | +7.583 | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | Norway Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +27.425 | 2 |
| 6 | 10 | Sweden Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 1 |
European Championship
[edit ]| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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| 1 | 74 | France Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | 4:14.273 | 8 |
| 2 | 52 | Norway Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +10.493 | 5 |
| 3 | 102 | Hungary Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | +12.614 | 4 |
| 4 | 24 | Norway Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | DNF | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | Norway Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 67 | Belgium François Duval | François Duval | DSQ | 1 |
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Results – 2015 World RX of Belgium". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Alx Danielsson Damper Accident: Mettet RX. FIA World Rallycross Championship. YouTube. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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