The 2018 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.
Supercar Source
Heats DriverTeamCarPts11 Johan KristofferssonPSRX Volkswagen SwedenVolkswagen Polo2nd1st6th3rd16213 Andreas BakkerudEKS Audi SportAudi S16th2nd2nd2nd15321 Timmy HansenTeam Peugeot TotalPeugeot 2087th4th3rd1st1445 Mattias EkströmEKS Audi SportAudi S14th6th1st4th13511 Petter SolbergPSRX Volkswagen SwedenVolkswagen Polo1st3rd5th8th12668 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i205th7th4th6th11771 Kevin HansenTeam Peugeot TotalPeugeot 2083rd5th8th10th1089 Sébastien LoebTeam Peugeot TotalPeugeot 2088th9th10th5th9992 Anton MarklundGC KompetitionRenault Mégane RS9th11th9th11th81096 Kevin ErikssonOlsbergs MSEFord Fiesta10th12th7th12th7116 Janis BaumanisTeam StardFord Fiesta12th8th12th17th6124 Robin LarssonOlsbergs MSEFord Fiesta13th13th13th13th51336 Guerlain ChicheritGC KompetitionRenault Mégane RS11th10th14th18th41464 Kjetil LarsenKjetil LarsenVolkswagen Polo18th16th15th14th31542 Oliver BennettOliver BennettBMW Mini Cooper17th14th17th15th21677 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSeat Ibiza15th17th18th16th11766 Gregoire DemoustierSébastien Loeb RacingPeugeot 20819th18th16th19th18113 Cyril RaymondCyril RaymondPeugeot 20816th19th19th20th1933 Liam DoranGC KompetitionRenault Mégane RS15th11th7th207 Timur TimerzyanovGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i2014th20th9th Note: Liam Doran was disqualified from Q1 for having briefly touch the launch control button by mistake in turn 1. Timur Timerzyanov had the same issue, touching the button during his battle with Cyril Raymond in Q3.
Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonPSRX Volkswagen Sweden3:36.9406211 Petter SolbergPSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.5295371 Kevin HansenTeam Peugeot Total +4.319446 Janis BaumanisTeam Stard +8.8473592 Anton MarklundGC Kompetition2621 Timmy HansenTeam Peugeot Total Note: Timmy Hansen was disqualified for a contact with Anton Marklund.
Semi-Final 2
DriverTeamTimePts15 Mattias EkströmEKS Audi Sport3:36.0216213 Andreas BakkerudEKS Audi Sport +1.7825368 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team +4.7304496 Kevin ErikssonOlsbergs MSE +5.846354 Robin LarssonOlsbergs MSE +7.794269 Sébastien LoebTeam Peugeot Total1
Final DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonPSRX Volkswagen Sweden3:33.568825 Mattias EkströmEKS Audi Sport +1.8495313 Andreas BakkerudEKS Audi Sport +3.0824468 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team +5.0303511 Petter SolbergPSRX Volkswagen Sweden2671 Kevin HansenTeam Peugeot Total1
Standings after the event
Source DriverGap Johan Kristoffersson3112 Mattias Ekström228 +833 Andreas Bakkerud224 +874 Petter Solberg221 +905 Sébastien Loeb205 +106 Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
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