2020 World RX of Latvia

Rallycross series held in Latvia

World RX layout of Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze

Round 5 of 8 in the
2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship

Date

19 September 2020

Location

Riga, Latvia

Venue

Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze

Results

Heat winners
Heat 1	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport
Heat 2	Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team
Heat 3	Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1	Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Semi-final 2	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport
Final
First	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport
Second	Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Third	Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen

2020 World RX of Latvia

Round 6 of 8 in the
2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship

Date

20 September 2020

Location

Riga, Latvia

Venue

Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze

Results

Heat winners
Heat 1	Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Heat 2	Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Heat 3	Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1	Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Semi-final 2	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport
Final
First	Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC
Second	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport
Third	Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC

The 2020 Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia was the fifth and sixth round of the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, originally planned as a "normal event", later became a double header (two races in a weekend) ^[1]

Supercar Race 1

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Heats

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Pts
1	68	Finland Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	4th	1st	3rd	16
2	3	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	1st	3rd	6th	15
3	5	Sweden Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	5th	5th	1st	14
4	4	Sweden Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	6th	4th	2nd	13
5	1	Sweden Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	2nd	6th	4th	12
6	9	Sweden Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	3rd	8th	7th	11
7	123	Hungary Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	Hyundai i20	10th	2nd	13th	10
8	33	United Kingdom Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	7th	16th	5th	9
9	13	Norway Andreas Bakkerud	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	9th	14th	8th	8
10	7	Russia Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	8th	9th	16th	7
11	15	Latvia Reinis Nitiss	ES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX Team	Skoda Fabia	11th	12th	11th	6
12	77	Germany René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	12th	10th	12th	5
13	44	Germany Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	17th	7th	10th	4
14	92	Sweden Anton Marklund	GCK Bilstein	Renault Mégane RS	16th	11th	9th	3
15	36	France Guerlain Chicherit	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	13th	13th	14th	2
16	14	Lithuania Rokas Baciuska	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	15th	15th	15th	1
17	11	Finland Jani Paasonen	Ferratum Team	Ford Fiesta	14th	17th	DNS

Note : René Münnich withdrawn from semi Final to allow his more experienced teammate Timo Scheider to participate

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Sweden Mattias Ekstrom	KYB Team JC	5:04.092	6
2	68	Finland Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+0.148	5
3	1	Sweden Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+2.165	4
4	13	Norway Andreas Bakkerud	Monster Energy RX Cartel	+4.305	3
5	15	Latvia Reinis Nitiss	ES Motorsport - Eisega WRX Team	+6.741	2
6	123	Hungary Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	+6.996	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	3	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	5:02.654	6
2	4	Sweden Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+1.511	5
3	9	Sweden Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	+2.133	4
4	44	Germany Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	+5.208	3
5	7	Russia Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	+5.566	2
6	33	United Kingdom Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	DNF	1

Final

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	3	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	5:01.073	8
2	5	Sweden Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	+3.468	5
3	1	Sweden Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+4.323	4
4	9	Sweden Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	+4.633	3
5	68	Finland Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+10.908	2
6	4	Sweden Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+35.316	1

Supercar Race 2

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Heats

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Pts
1	5	Sweden Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	1st	1st	6th	16
2	3	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	Volkswagen Polo	4th	2nd	2nd	15
3	13	Norway Andreas Bakkerud	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	6th	3rd	10th	14
4	1	Sweden Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	3rd	6th	3rd	13
5	68	Finland Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	5th	5th	7th	12
6	44	Germany Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	7th	7th	8th	11
7	4	Sweden Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	Audi S1	2nd	15th	1st	10
8	7	Russia Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	11th	4th	14th	9
9	9	Sweden Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	Peugeot 208	9th	8th	4th	8
10	92	Sweden Anton Marklund	GCK Bilstein	Renault Mégane RS	10th	9th	11th	7
11	15	Latvia Reinis Nitiss	ES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX Team	Skoda Fabia	13th	11th	13th	6
12	33	United Kingdom Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	Renault Mégane RS	12th	13th	9th	5
13	77	Germany René Münnich	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	16th	10th	12th	4
14	123	Hungary Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	Hyundai i20	8th	16th	5th	3
15	36	France Guerlain Chicherit	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	15th	12th	16th	2
16	11	Finland Jani Paasonen	Ferratum Team	Ford Fiesta	17th	14th	17th	1
17	14	Lithuania Rokas Baciuska	Unkorrupted	Renault Clio RS	14th	17th	15th

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Sweden Mattias Ekstrom	KYB Team JC	5:01.505	6
2	4	Sweden Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+2.395	5
3	68	Finland Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+2.791	4
4	9	Sweden Kevin Hansen‡	Team Hansen	+3.197	3
5	7	Russia Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	+4.320	2
6	123	Hungary Kristian Szabo	GRX Set	+5.596	1

Semi-Final 2

(Red Flagged - Only 5 laps)‡

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	21	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	4:10.779	6
2	1	Sweden Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+2.708	5
3	13	Norway Andreas Bakkerud‡	Monster Energy RX Cartel	+3.727	4
4	92	Sweden Anton Marklund	GRX Bilstein	+6.299	3
5	33	United Kingdom Liam Doran	Monster Energy RX Cartel	+6.559	2
DQ	44	Germany Timo Scheider‡	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	DQ	-

‡ ^[6] The semi-final 2 was red-flagged due to the crash of Andreas Bakkerud. Timo Scheider, who finish the semi-final in third, was declared responsible for the incident and was disqualified. Neither Andreas Bakkerud nor his car was able to resume the competition. As a result, his place in the final was filled by Kevin Hansen.

Final

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Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	5	Sweden Mattias Ekström	KYB Team JC	5:01.264	8
2	3	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson	Kristoffersson Motorsport	+0.728	5
3	4	Sweden Robin Larsson	KYB Team JC	+3.388	4
4	1	Sweden Timmy Hansen	Team Hansen	+3.814	3
5	68	Finland Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+4.647	2
6	9	Sweden Kevin Hansen	Team Hansen	+5.075	1

Standings after the event

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Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Sweden Johan Kristoffersson	166
2	Sweden Mattias Ekström	149	+17
3	Finland Niclas Grönholm	117	+49
4	Sweden Timmy Hansen	111	+55
5	Sweden Robin Larsson	101	+65
6	Sweden Kevin Hansen	96	+70

Note: Only the top six positions are included.

References

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External links

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