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 | |
Heat Winners | |
Heat 1 | ![]() EKS RX |
Heat 2 | ![]() Team Peugeot-Hansen |
Heat 3 | ![]() Volkswagen Team Sweden |
Heat 4 | ![]() Volkswagen Team Sweden |
Semi-Final Winners | |
Semi-Final 1 | ![]() Marklund Motorsport |
Semi-Final 2 | ![]() Marklund Motorsport |
Final | |
First | ![]() Marklund Motorsport |
Second | ![]() SDRX |
Third | ![]() OlsbergsMSE |
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. Grosset-Janin finished ahead of Ole Christian Veiby while Tamás Kárai was the only other finisher as he completed the podium.
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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World Championship classification | |||||||||
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Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | Pts |
1 | 3 | ![]() |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 3rd | 15th | 1st | 1st | 16 |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 2nd | 5th | 11th | 2nd | 15 |
3 | 57 | ![]() |
Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 8th | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | 14 |
4 | 10 | ![]() |
EKS RX | Audi S1 | 1st | 10th | 6th | 8th | 13 |
5 | 45 | ![]() |
Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 13th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 12 |
6 | 13 | ![]() |
OlsbergsMSE | Ford Fiesta | 7th | 3rd | 10th | 6th | 11 |
7 | 21 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 35th | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 10 |
8 | 17 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 9th | 8th | 15th | 11th | 9 |
9 | 7 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 5th | 16th | 13th | 15th | 8 |
10 | 92 | ![]() |
EKS RX | Audi S1 | 19th | 12th | 8th | 12th | 7 |
11 | 15 | ![]() |
OlsbergsMSE | Ford Fiesta | 15th | 14th | 14th | 9th | 6 |
12 | 99 | ![]() |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 6th | 21st | 12th | 13th | 5 |
13 | 4 | ![]() |
Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | Audi A1 | 18th | 26th | 9th | 4th | 4 |
14 | 42 | ![]() |
OlsbergsMSE | Ford Fiesta | 20th | 4th | 24th | 16th | 3 |
15 | 33 | ![]() |
SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 27th | 9th | 33rd | 17th | 2 |
16 | 32 | ![]() |
CircleX | Volvo C30 | 23rd | 27th | 35th | 25th | 1 |
17 | 31 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 31st | 33rd | 29th | 31st | |
18 | 55 | ![]() |
Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 25th | 17th | 34th | 35th | |
19 | 77 | ![]() |
Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 34th | 32nd | 27th | 32nd | |
European Championship classification | |||||||||
1 | 24 | ![]() |
HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 10th | 34th | 7th | 5th | 16 |
2 | 74 | ![]() |
Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 16th | 11th | 16th | 14th | 15 |
3 | 67 | ![]() |
François Duval | Ford Focus | 17th | 7th | 17th | 19th | 14 |
4 | 52 | ![]() |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 4th | 30th | 5th | 27th | 13 |
5 | 14 | ![]() |
Frode Holte Motorsport | Hyundai i20 | 12th | 24th | 20th | 20th | 12 |
6 | 60 | ![]() |
Eklund Motorsport | Saab 9-3 | 11th | 25th | 19th | 22nd | 11 |
7 | 87 | ![]() |
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Citroën C4 | 26th | 18th | 18th | 18th | 10 |
8 | 20 | ![]() |
Pailler Competition | Peugeot 208 | 21st | 13th | 23rd | 23rd | 9 |
9 | 18 | ![]() |
Pailler Competition | Peugeot 208 | 22nd | 19th | 21st | 24th | 8 |
10 | 48 | ![]() |
Helmia Motorsport | Renault Clio | 14th | 20th | 28th | 34th | 7 |
11 | 22 | ![]() |
Koen Pauwels | Ford Focus | 30th | 23rd | 26th | 26th | 6 |
12 | 102 | ![]() |
Racing-Com KFT | Škoda Fabia | 37th | 22nd | 22nd | 21st | 5 |
13 | 2 | ![]() |
Oliver O'Donovan | Ford Fiesta | 32nd | 29th | 25th | 28th | 4 |
14 | 27 | ![]() |
Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 28th | 28th | 32nd | 30th | 3 |
15 | 47 | ![]() |
RamonaRX | Volkswagen Scirocco | 24th | 36th | 30th | 29th | 2 |
16 | 8 | ![]() |
Hedströms Motorsport | Škoda Fabia | 36th | 37th | 31st | 33rd | 1 |
17 | 12 | ![]() |
ST Motorsport Oy | BMW MINI Countryman | 29th | 31st | 36th | 36th | |
18 | 68 | ![]() |
OTRT | Volkswagen Scirocco | 33rd | 35th | 37th | 37th |
Semi-Finals
World Championship
Semi-Final 1
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 57 | ![]() |
Marklund Motorsport | 4:08.158 | 6 |
2 | 13 | ![]() |
OlsbergsMSE | +2.540 | 5 |
3 | 15 | ![]() |
OlsbergsMSE | +4.080 | 4 |
4 | 17 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +9.204 | 3 |
5 | 3 | ![]() |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +25.173 | 2 |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
World RX Team Austria | +35.091 | 1 |
Semi-Final 2
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 45 | ![]() |
Marklund Motorsport | 4:05.225 | 6 |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
SDRX | +0.809 | 5 |
3 | 10 | ![]() |
EKS RX | +0.936 | 4 |
4 | 92 | ![]() |
EKS RX | +4.081 | 3 |
5 | 21 | ![]() |
Team Peugeot-Hansen | +4.553 | 2 |
6 | 99 | ![]() |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +13.388 | 1 |
European Championship
Semi-Final 1
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 67 | ![]() |
François Duval | 4:12.108 | 6 |
2 | 14 | ![]() |
Frode Holte Motorsport | +2.622 | 5 |
3 | 24 | ![]() |
HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | +4.574 | 4 |
4 | 18 | ![]() |
Pailler Competition | +8.704 | 3 |
5 | 87 | ![]() |
Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +9.844 | 2 |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
Koen Pauwels | 1 |
Semi-Final 2
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 74 | ![]() |
Albatec Racing | +4:12.247 | 6 |
2 | 52 | ![]() |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +1.587 | 5 |
3 | 102 | ![]() |
Racing-Com KFT | +11.850 | 4 |
4 | 60 | ![]() |
Eklund Motorsport | +35.759 | 3 |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Pailler Competition | 2 | |
Ret | 48 | ![]() |
Helmia Motorsport | 1 |
Finals
World Championship
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 57 | ![]() |
Marklund Motorsport | 4:02.117 | 8 |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
SDRX | +0.840 | 5 |
3 | 15 | ![]() |
OlsbergsMSE | +6.705 | 4 |
4 | 45 | ![]() |
Marklund Motorsport | +7.583 | 3 |
5 | 13 | ![]() |
OlsbergsMSE | +27.425 | 2 |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
EKS RX | 1 |
European Championship
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 74 | ![]() |
Albatec Racing | 4:14.273 | 8 |
2 | 52 | ![]() |
Volkswagen Team Sweden | +10.493 | 5 |
3 | 102 | ![]() |
Racing-Com KFT | +12.614 | 4 |
Ret | 24 | ![]() |
HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | 3 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() |
Frode Holte Motorsport | 2 | |
DSQ | 67 | ![]() |
François Duval | 1 |
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ↑ "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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