The 2018 World RX of Barcelona was the first round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.
Heats
Driver Team Car Pts 1 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 16 2 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 17th 2nd 2nd 1st 15 3 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo R 3rd 5th 4th 3rd 14 4 5 Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 1st 7th 9th 4th 13 5 13 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5th 4th 3rd 6th 12 6 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 16th 6th 5th 5th 11 7 4 Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 9th 8th 8th 7th 10 8 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 7th 9th 6th 11th 9 9 7 Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 10th 12th 7th 9th 8 10 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 6th 10th 11th 12th 7 11 36 Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition Renault Mégane RS 8th 11th 10th 12th 6 12 71 Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 12th 3rd 14th 14th 5 13 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 208 4th 17th 17th 8th 4 14 96 Kevin Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 11th 16th 13th 10th 3 15 42 Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett MINI Cooper 14th 13th 12th 15th 2 16 66 Grégoire Demoustier Sébastien Loeb Racing Peugeot 208 15th 14th 15th 16th 1 17 84 "Knapick" "Knapick" Citroën DS3 13th 15th 16th 17th
Semi-finals
Semi-final 1 Driver Team Time/Retired Pts 1 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:42.350 6 2 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +2.886 5 3 13 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +3.127 4 4 7 Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +5.656 3 5 36 Guerlain Chicherit GC Kompetition +6.177 2 6 4 Robin Larsson Olsbergs MSE +9.799 1
Semi-final 2 Driver Team Time/Retired Pts 1 5 Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport 4:43.579 6 2 9 Sébastien Loeb‡ Team Peugeot Total +3.573 5 3 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +5.107 4 4 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD +5.621 3 5 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition +6.284 2 6 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total 1 ‡ Loeb initially qualified 13th, however was promoted to a semi-final position following the withdrawal of Kevin Hansen.
Final
Driver Team Time/Retired Pts 1 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:36.568 8 2 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total +1.215 5 3 13 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport +2.389 4 4 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +7.099 3 5 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +11.264 2 5 Mattias Ekström EKS Audi Sport
Standings after the event Driver Gap 1 Johan Kristoffersson 27 2 Petter Solberg 24 +3 3 Andreas Bakkerud 20 +7 4 Mattias Ekström 19 +8 5 Niclas Grönholm 18 +9
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