The 2014 World RX of Germany was the ninth round of the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.
The event holds two World Championship records - it features the most entrants in an event (41), as well as the smallest margin of victory with Citroën driver Petter Solberg of Norway beating Audi driver Mattias Ekström of Sweden by five thousands of a second in the final.
Heats
Driver Team Car Pts 1 1 Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 4th 2nd 5th 6th 16 2 10 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 12th 1st 2nd 10th 15 3 3 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 T16 10th 8th 3rd 5th 14 4 4 Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Motorsport Audi A1 1st 25th 4th 9th 13 5 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Citroën DS3 2nd 3rd 32nd 3rd 12 6 53 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS Volkswagen Polo 8th 15th 24th 1st 11 7 5 Pontus Tidemand EKS RX Audi S1 16th 6th 26th 2nd 10 8 57 Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 6th 10th 8th 28th 9 9 8 Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport Škoda Fabia 9th 13th 7th 24th 8 10 24 Tommy Rustad HTB Racing Volvo C30 7th 5th 31st 11th 7 11 13 Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 40th 12th 1st 8th 6 12 14 Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport Ford Focus 11th 7th 35th 7th 5 13 100 Per-Gunnar Andersson Per-Gunnar Andersson Škoda Fabia 19th 9th 9th 23rd 4 14 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin Jérôme Grosset-Janin Renault Clio 14th 16th 27th 4th 3 15 88 Henning Solberg Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 3rd 11th 6th 33rd 2 16 15 Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 5th 14th 33rd 17th 1 17 92 Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 32nd 4th 13th 21st 18 30 Morten Bergminrud Morten Bergminrud Citroën C4 17th 17th 11th 26th 19 90 Ronny Wechselberger Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 13th 19th 15th 29th 20 66 Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX Citroën DS3 23rd 27th 19th 12th 21 36 Stein Egil Jenssen Stein Egil Jenssen Ford Focus 15th 31st 23rd 13th 22 48 Lukas Walfridson Helmia Motorsport Renault Clio 20th 30th 18th 14th 23 27 Davy Jeanney Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 22nd 33rd 17th 16th 24 22 Koen Pauwels Koen Pauwels Ford Focus 25th 22nd 14th 27th 25 99 Tord Linnerud Helmia Motorsport Renault Clio 29th 18th 12th 31st 26 91 Guttorm Lindefjell DWC Racing Volvo C30 39th 20th 10th 25th 27 7 Emil Öhman Öhman Racing Citroën DS3 33rd 29th 21st 15th 28 95 Simone Romagna PSRX Citroën DS3 21st 24th 16th 34th 29 17 Mats Öhman Öhman Racing Citroën DS3 36th 26th 20th 22nd 30 101 Per Eklund Eklund Motorsport Saab 9-3 18th 28th 37th 20th 31 26 Andy Scott Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 30th 21st 36th 18th 32 49 René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 38th 39th 22nd 19th 33 69 Jochen Coox OTRT Volkswagen Scirocco 31st 23rd 30th 38th 34 54 Jos Jansen JJ Racing Ford Focus 24th 36th 28th 36th 35 47 Ramona Karlsson Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 26th 41st 25th 35th 36 21 Bohdan Ludwiczak Now or Never Ford Fiesta 37th 35th 34th 32nd 37 38 Bernd Schomaker Bernd Schomaker Škoda Fabia 27th 32nd 38th 39th 38 86 Jörg Jockel ACN Buxtehude Ford Focus 34th 38th 40th 30th 39 35 Ole Håbjørg Ole Håbjørg Renault Clio 35th 34th 39th 40th 40 29 Dennis Rømer Dennis Rømer SEAT Córdoba 41st 40th 29th 37th 41 6 Alexandre Theuil Alexandre Theuil Citroën DS3 28th 37th 41st 41st
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 Driver Team Time Pts 1 11 Petter Solberg PSRX 3:53.385 6 2 5 Pontus Tidemand EKS RX +2.717 5 3 3 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +3.881 4 4 13 Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +5.261 3 5 8 Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport +6.814 2 6 1 Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen +8.049 1
Semi-final 2 Driver Team Time Pts 1 4 Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Motorsport 3:55.106 6 2 10 Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.283 5 3 57 Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +2.917 4 4 24 Tommy Rustad HTB Racing +7.263 3 5 14 Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport +8.611 2 6 53 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Dealer Team KMS DNF 1
Final
Driver Team Time Pts 1 11 Petter Solberg PSRX 3:52.115 8 2 10 Mattias Ekström EKS RX +0.005 5 3 4 Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Motorsport +2.354 4 4 5 Pontus Tidemand EKS RX +3.669 3 5 57 Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +4.150 2 6 3 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.423 1
Championship standings after the event
Driver Points 1 Petter Solberg 212 2 Toomas Heikkinen 161 3 Reinis Nitišs 158 4 Andreas Bakkerud 135 5 Timur Timerzyanov 128
References
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