2018 World RX of Portugal

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World RX layout of Pista Automóvel de Montalegre
2018 World RX of Portugal
Round 2 of 12 in the
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden

The 2018 World RX of Portugal was the second round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in Montalegre, Vila Real.

Qualifying

Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5th 5th 1st 1st 16
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 1st 2nd 6th 2nd 15
3 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 2nd 3rd 7th 3rd 14
4 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 6th 1st 4th 6th 13
5 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Volkswagen Polo R 3rd 6th 2nd 4th 12
6 11 Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Volkswagen Polo R 10th 4th 3rd 2nd 11
7 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 11th 8th 5th 9th 10
8 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 7th 9th 9th 12th 9
9 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 8th 7th 8th 14th 8
10 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis
STARD
Ford Fiesta 12th 10th 10th 8th 7
11 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 4th 11th 15th 10th 6
12 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 9th 13th 12th 7th 5
13 4 Sweden Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 13th 12th 13th 11th 4
14 74 France Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 15th 14th 11th 16th 3
15 66 France Grégoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 14th 15th 17th 13th 2
16 42 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett
MINI Cooper
18th 17th 16th 15th 1
17 41 Portugal Joaquim Santos Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 16th 16th 18th 18th
18 75 Portugal Mário Barbosa Mário Barbosa
Citroën DS3
17th 18th 14th 17th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
3:59.048 6
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +1.570 5
3 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition +3.332 4
4 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport +3.832 3
5 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +4.141 2
6 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total DNF 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total 4:14.812 6
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +0.398 5
3 11 Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
+0.774 4
4 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis
STARD
+4.957 3
5 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE +5.455 2
6 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +10.491 1

Final

2018 World RX of Portugal winner Johan Kristoffersson
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
4:16.859 8
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +2.253 5
3 11 Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
+3.938 4
4 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +6.642 3
5 36 France Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition +9.566 2
6 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total +21.244 1

Standings after the event

Pos Driver Pts Gap
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 53
2 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 44 +9
3 Norway Petter Solberg 43 +10
4 France Sébastien Loeb 39 +14
5 Sweden Mattias Ekström 36 +17
Sweden Timmy Hansen
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. ^ "Results - 2018 World RX of Portugal". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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