2019 World RX of Abu Dhabi

The 2019 World RX of Abu Dhabi was the first round of the sixth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Yas Marina Circuit in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Supercar

Source

Heats DriverTeamCarPts171 Kevin HansenTeam Hansen MJPPeugeot 2082nd6th1st1st16268 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i203rd4th8th5th15344 Timo ScheiderALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSeat Ibiza4th11th6th2nd1446 Janis BaumanisTeam StardFord Fiesta8th8th3rd4th13592 Anton MarklundGC KompetitionRenault Mégane RS6th5th12th3rd126123 Krisztián SzabóEKS SportAudi S110th10th2nd6th1177 Timur TimerzyanovGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i207th12th4th8th10814 Rokas BaciuskaES Motorsport - Labas GASŠkoda Fabia11th7th5th9th9921 Timmy HansenTeam Hansen MJPPeugeot 2081st1st7th81036 Guerlain ChicheritGC KompetitionRenault Mégane RS9th9th14th10th71133 Liam DoranMonster Energy RX CartelAudi S112th13th9th14th612113 Cyril RaymondGCK AcademyRenault Clio RS15th14th10th7th51315 Reinis NitišsGRX SetHyundai i2014th3rd15th15th4145 Pal TryTeam StardFord Fiesta16th15th13th12th31513 Andreas BakkerudMonster Energy RX CartelAudi S15th2nd13th21696 Guillaume De RidderGCK AcademyRenault Clio RS16th11th11th11742 Oliver BennettOliver BennettMini Cooper13th16th Note: Timmy Hansen was forced to withdraw from the event following damage sustained to his roll cage in his Q3 crash with Bakkerud.

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

DriverTeamTimePts171 Kevin HansenTeam Hansen MJP4:35.4506244 Timo ScheiderALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport +1.2205333 Liam DoranMonster Energy RX Cartel +5.429447 Timur TimerzyanovGRX Taneco Team +6.1353592 Anton MarklundGC Kompetition +8.6672615 Reinis NitišsGRX Set1

Semi-final 2

DriverTeamTimePts168 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team4:41.734626 Janis BaumanisTeam Stard +0.40953123 Krisztián SzabóEKS Sport +1.0314436 Guerlain ChicheritGC Kompetition +4.11635113 Cyril RaymondGCK Academy +1:00.0022614 Rokas BaciuskaES Motorsport - Labas GAS +1 lap1

Final DriverTeamTimePts171 Kevin HansenTeam Hansen MJP4:39.4678268 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team +0.4795333 Liam DoranMonster Energy RX Cartel +0.72844123 Krisztián SzabóEKS Sport +8.650356 Janis BaumanisTeam Stard +12.2272644 Timo ScheiderALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport +29.6171 Note: Niclas Grönholm originally won the event but later inherits the victory, awarded a 3-second penalty for "pushing and overtaking".

Standings after the event

Source DriverGap1 Kevin Hansen302 Niclas Grönholm26 +43 Janis Baumanis20 +10 Timo Scheider20 +105 Krisztián Szabó18 +12 Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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