The 2016 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the eighth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was the first FIA World or European rallycross event to be staged in Latvia, and was held at the Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, former host of the non-championship Latvian Grand Prix.
Supercar
Heats
Driver Team Car Pts 1 3 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 6th 1st 1st 7th 16 2 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 15 3 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 1st 5th 18th 2nd 14 4 5 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 4th 14th 2nd 4th 13 5 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 3rd 17th 3rd 12 6 7 Timur Timerzyanov World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 21st 4th 5th 1st 11 7 6 Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 9th 8th 4th 9th 10 8 44 Timo Scheider All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 7th 6th 10th 10th 9 9 57 Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 14th 7th 8th 6th 8 10 17 Davy Jeanney Peugeot Hansen Academy Peugeot 208 8th 9th 7th 15th 7 11 15 Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 10th 11th 9th 11th 6 12 4 Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Motorsport Audi A1 11th 12th 12th 12th 5 13 96 Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 15th 13th 11th 14th 4 14 37 Guy Wilks JRM Racing BMW MINI Countryman 17th 16th 6th 16th 3 15 92 Anton Marklund Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo 13th 15th 16th 13th 2 16 43 Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 12th 10th 20th 21st 1 17 10 Janno Ligur Reinsalu Sport Ford Fiesta 20th 17th 15th 17th 18 68 Niclas Grönholm Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 18th 20th 13th 18th 19 1 Petter Solberg Petter Solberg World RX Team Citroën DS3 5th DSQ 14th 8th 20 25 Gigi Galli Gigi Galli Kia Rio 19th 19th 21st 20th 21 65 Guerlain Chicherit JRM Racing BMW MINI Countryman 22nd 18th 19th 19th 22 77 René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 16th 21st 22nd 22nd 23 88 Nerijus Naujokaitis Motorsport LT Škoda Fabia 23rd 22nd 23rd 23rd
Semi-finals Semi-final 1 Driver Team Time Pts 1 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen 5:33.996 6 2 3 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden +0.427 5 3 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.293 4 4 57 Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +8.373 3 5 15 Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +11.875 2 6 6 Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria 1
Semi-final 2 Driver Team Time Pts 1 5 Mattias Ekström EKS RX 5:32.044 6 2 7 Timur Timerzyanov World RX Team Austria +2.014 5 3 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +6.589 4 4 44 Timo Scheider All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport +7.919 3 5 17 Davy Jeanney Peugeot Hansen Academy +7.940 2 6 4 Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Motorsport +14.414 1
Final Driver Team Time/Retired Pts 1 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen 5:27.665 8 2 5 Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.305 5 3 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.429 4 4 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +11.104 3 5 3 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden +14.751 2 6 7 Timur Timerzyanov World RX Team Austria 1
RX Lites
Heats Driver Team Pts 1 16 Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 1st 1st 7th 1st 16 2 13 Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 11th 2nd 1st 3rd 15 3 52 Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 6th 7th 2nd 2nd 14 4 99 Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik 2nd 3rd 9th 7th 13 5 55 Vasily Gryazin Sport Racing Technologies 4th 5th 8th 4th 12 6 56 Thomas Holmen Thomas Holmen 3rd 10th 5th 6th 11 7 33 Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE 5th 9th 3rd 9th 10 8 8 Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 10th 8th 6th 5th 9 9 46 Martins Lapins JC Raceteknik 7th 6th 4th 11th 8 10 69 Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 9th 4th 11th 10th 7 11 121 Conner Martell Olsbergs MSE 8th 11th 10th 8th 6
Semi-finals Semi-final 1 Driver Team Time Pts 1 52 Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 5:50.110 6 2 121 Conner Martell Olsbergs MSE +7.661 5 3 33 Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE +11.146 4 4 46 Martins Lapins JC Raceteknik +22.234 3 5 55 Vasily Gryazin Sport Racing Technologies +40.440 2 6 16 Thomas Bryntesson JC Raceteknik 1
Semi-final 2 Driver Team Time Pts 1 99 Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik 5:55.982 6 2 69 Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +2.776 5 3 56 Thomas Holmen Thomas Holmen +7.027 4 4 8 Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion +9.430 3 5 13 Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE +40.144 2
Final Driver Team Time/Retired Pts 1 69 Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 5:58.048 8 2 121 Conner Martell Olsbergs MSE +0.562 5 3 33 Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE +16.517 4 4 52 Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 3 5 99 Joachim Hvaal JC Raceteknik 2 6 56 Thomas Holmen Thomas Holmen 1
Standings after the event
Supercar standings Driver Gap 1 Mattias Ekström 228 2 Johan Kristoffersson 201 +27 3 Petter Solberg 194 +34 4 Andreas Bakkerud 192 +36 5 Sébastien Loeb 180 +48
RX Lites standings Driver Gap 1 Cyril Raymond 175 2 Thomas Bryntesson 167 +8 3 Simon Olofsson 151 +24 4 Joachim Hvaal 136 +39 5 Simon Wågø Syversen 115 +60
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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