2015 World RX of Belgium

thumb|right|World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet BEL 3 13 2015 16–17 May Mettet, Wallonia Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet SWE Mattias Ekström EKS RX SWE Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden FIN Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport FIN Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport NOR Petter Solberg SDRX LAT Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE The 2015 World RX of Belgium was the 3rd round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.http://www.rallycrossrx.com/results/bel/2015 Results – 2015 World RX of Belgium rallycrossrx.com 19 April 2015 26 April 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150426193623/http://www.rallycrossrx.com/results/bel/2015 dead 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvlBdemo0V8 Alx Danielsson Damper Accident: Mettet RX FIA World Rallycross Championship YouTube 17 May 2015 15 March 2016 Heats thumb|right|Johan Kristoffersson finished as top qualifier. World Championship classification Pos. Overall position No. Car number Driver Team Car H1 Heat 1 Position H2 Heat 2 Position H3 Heat 3 Position H4 Heat 4 Position Pts 1 3 SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 3rd 15th 1st 1st 16 2 1 NOR Petter Solberg SDRX Citroën DS3 2nd 5th 11th 2nd 15 3 57 FIN Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8th 2nd 3rd 7th 14 4 10 SWE Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 1st 10th 6th 8th 13 5 45 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 13th 6th 4th 3rd 12 6 13 NOR Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 7th 3rd 10th 6th 11 7 21 SWE Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 35th 1st 2nd 10th 10 8 17 FRA Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 9th 8th 15th 11th 9 9 7 AUT Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 5th 16th 13th 15th 8 10 92 SWE Anton Marklund EKS RX Audi S1 19th 12th 8th 12th 7 11 15 LAT Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 15th 14th 14th 9th 6 12 99 NOR Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 6th 21st 12th 13th 5 13 4 SWE Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 18th 26th 9th 4th 4 14 42 RUS Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE Ford Fiesta ST 20th 4th 24th 16th 3 15 33 GBR Liam Doran SDRX Citroën DS3 27th 9th 33rd 17th 2 16 32 NOR Ole-Kristian Nøttveit CircleX Volvo C30 23rd 27th 35th 25th 1 17 31 AUT Max Pucher World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 31st 33rd 29th 31st 18 55 SWE Alx Danielsson All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 25th 17th 34th 35th 19 77 GER René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 34th 32nd 27th 32nd European Championship classification 1 24 NOR Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 10th 34th 7th 5th 16 2 74 FRA Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 16th 11th 16th 14th 15 3 67 BEL François Duval François Duval Ford Focus 17th 7th 17th 19th 14 4 52 NOR Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 4th 30th 5th 27th 13 5 14 NOR Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport Hyundai i20 12th 24th 20th 20th 12 6 60 FIN Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport Saab 9-3 11th 25th 19th 22nd 11 7 87 FRA Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Citroën C4 26th 18th 18th 18th 10 8 20 FRA Fabien Pailler Pailler Competition Peugeot 208 21st 13th 23rd 23rd 9 9 18 FRA Jonathan Pailler Pailler Competition Peugeot 208 22nd 19th 21st 24th 8 10 48 SWE Lukas Walfridson Helmia Motorsport Renault Clio 14th 20th 28th 34th 7 11 22 BEL Koen Pauwels Koen Pauwels Ford Focus 30th 23rd 26th 26th 6 12 102 HUN Tamás Kárai Racing-Com Škoda Fabia 37th 22nd 22nd 21st 5 13 2 IRL Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 32nd 29th 25th 28th 4 14 27 GBR James Grint Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 28th 28th 32nd 30th 3 15 47 SWE Ramona Karlsson Ramona RX Volkswagen Scirocco 24th 36th 30th 29th 2 16 8 SWE Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport Škoda Fabia 36th 37th 31st 33rd 1 17 12 FIN Riku Tahko ST Motorsport BMW MINI Countryman 29th 31st 36th 36th 18 68 BEL Ronny Schevenheels OTRT Volkswagen Scirocco 33rd 35th 37th 37th Semi-finals World Championship Semi-final 1 Pos. Overall position No. Car number Driver Team Time Pts 1 57 FIN Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport 4:08.158 6 2 13 NOR Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +2.540 5 3 15 LAT Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +4.080 4 4 17 SWE Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +9.204 3 5 3 SWE Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden +25.173 2 6 7 AUT Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria +35.091 1 Semi-final 2 Pos. Overall position No. Car number Driver Team Time Pts 1 45 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport 4:05.225 6 2 1 NOR Petter Solberg SDRX +0.809 5 3 10 SWE Mattias Ekström EKS RX +0.936 4 4 92 SWE Anton Marklund EKS RX +4.081 3 5 21 FRA Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen +4.553 2 6 99 NOR Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden +13.388 1 European Championship Semi-final 1 Pos. Overall position No. Car number Driver Team Time Pts 1 67 BEL François Duval François Duval 4:12.108 6 2 14 NOR Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport +2.622 5 3 24 NOR Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport +4.574 4 4 18 FRA Jonathan Pailler Pailler Competition +8.704 3 5 87 FRA Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg +9.844 2 6 22 BEL Koen Pauwels Koen Pauwels DNF 1 Semi-final 2 Pos. Overall position No. Car number Driver Team Time Pts 1 74 FRA Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing +4:12.247 6 2 52 NOR Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden +1.587 5 3 102 HUN Tamás Kárai Racing-Com +11.850 4 4 60 FIN Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport +35.759 3 5 20 FRA Fabien Pailler Pailler Competition DNF 2 6 48 SWE Lukas Walfridsson Helmia Motorsport DNF 1 Finals World Championship Pos. Overall position No. Car number Driver Team Time Pts 1 57 FIN Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport 4:02.117 8 2 1 NOR Petter Solberg SDRX +0.840 5 3 15 LAT Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +6.705 4 4 45 SWE Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport +7.583 3 5 13 NOR Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +27.425 2 6 10 SWE Mattias Ekström EKS RX 1 European Championship Pos. Overall position No. Car number Driver Team Time Pts 1 74 FRA Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing 4:14.273 8 2 52 NOR Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden +10.493 5 3 102 HUN Tamás Kárai Racing-Com +12.614 4 4 24 NOR Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport DNF 3 5 14 NOR Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport DNF 2 6 67 BEL François Duval François Duval DSQ 1 Standings after the event World Championship standings Pos Driver Pts Points 1 NOR Petter Solberg 82 2 SWE Johan Kristoffersson 60 3 FIN Toomas Heikkinen 57 4 NOR Andreas Bakkerud 56 5 SWE Timmy Hansen 50 European Championship standings Pos Driver Pts Points 1 FRA Jérôme Grosset-Janin 29 2 NOR Ole Christian Veiby 23 NOR Tommy Rustad 4 BEL François Duval 21 5 NOR Frode Holte 19 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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