The 2021 World RX of Germany was the eighth and ninth and final round of the eighth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was second of two double-headers (two races in a weekend) of the season and held at the Nürburgring, Nürburg.
World RX1 Championship Race 1
Source
Heats
DriverTeamCarPts11 Johan KristofferssonKYB EKS JCAudi S11st3rd16295 Yury BelevskiyVolland Racing KFTAudi S12nd2nd15368 Niclas GrönholmGRX-SET World RX TeamHyundai i206th1st14421 Timmy HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 2083rd5th13523 Kristian SzaboGRX-SET World RX TeamHyundai i208th4th12627 Davy JeanneyDavy JeanneyHyundai i207th7th11736 Guerlain ChicheritUnkorruptedRenault Mégane RS5th9th10891 Enzo IdeKYB EKS JCAudi S14th10th999 Kevin HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 2089th6th81073 Tamás KáraiKárai Motorsport SportegyesületAudi S110th8th71131 Stefan KristenssonTeam SKÅABFord Fiesta MK812th11th61292 Anton MarklundHedströms MotorsportHyundai i204th10th9132 Ollie O'DonovanOliver O'DonovanFord Fiesta13th12th4*84 Hervé "Knapick" LemonnierHervé KnapickCitroën DS3
Note: Qualifying was shortened to just two rounds due to a combination of delays for track preparation in the icy and snowy conditions, and a stoppage after a hefty crash for ‘Knapick’ in Q1.
Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonKYB EKS JC3:39.927 6268 Niclas GrönholmGRX-SET World RX Team + 2.1005323 Krisztián SzabóGRX-SET World RX Team + 6.6544436 Guerlain ChicheritUnkorrupted + 12.793359 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team + 13.7642631 Stefan KristenssonTeam SKÅAB + 2 laps1
Semi-Final 2
DriverTeamTimePts195 Yury BelevskiyVolland Racing KFT3:42.1486291 Enzo IdeKYB EKS JC + 6.0385321 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team + 6.2034427 Davy JeanneyDavy Jeanney + 9.5593592 Anton MarklundPeter Hedström + 9.8472673 Tamás KáraiKárai Motorsport Sportegyesület + 17.5301
Final DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonKYB EKS JC3:44.6668295 Yury BelevskiyVolland Racing KFT + 4.6445323 Krisztián SzabóGRX-SET World RX Team + 5.0774468 Niclas GrönholmGRX-SET World RX Team + 5.7513*21 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team*91 Enzo IdeKYB EKS JC
Note: Timmy Hansen (originally finished second) and Enzo Ide (did not finish) have been disqualified from the Final following their involvement in a lap one incident that took Niclas Grönholm out of victory contention.
World RX1 Championship Race 2
Source
Heats
DriverTeamCarPts11 Johan KristofferssonKYB EKS JCAudi S11st3rd1st16221 Timmy HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 2082nd2nd3rd15391 Enzo IdeKYB EKS JCAudi S17th1st8th14468 Niclas GrönholmGRX-SET World RX TeamHyundai i205th6th2nd13523 Kristian SzaboGRX-SET World RX TeamHyundai i203rd5th6th1269 Kevin HansenHansen World RX TeamPeugeot 2088th4th4th11795 Yury BelevskiyVolland Racing KFTAudi S16th9th5th10892 Anton MarklundHedströms MotorsportHyundai i204th10th10th9936 Guerlain ChicheritUnkorruptedRenault Mégane RS10th8th7th81027 Davy JeanneyDavy JeanneyHyundai i209th7th9th71173 Tamás KáraiKárai Motorsport SportegyesületAudi S111th12th11th61231 Stefan KristenssonTeam SKÅABFord Fiesta MK812th11th13th5132 Ollie O'DonovanOliver O'DonovanFord Fiesta13th13th12th4
Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
DriverTeamTimePts11 Johan KristofferssonKYB EKS JC3:40.4826291 Enzo IdeKYB EKS JC + 1.5425336 Guerlain ChicheritUnkorrupted + 3.3954423 Krisztián SzabóGRX-SET World RX Team + 5.8053573 Tamás KáraiKárai Motorsport Sportegyesület + 12.968295 Yury BelevskiyVolland Racing KFT
Semi-Final 2
DriverTeamTimePts19 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team3:47.2206268 Niclas GrönholmGRX-SET World RX Team + 2.9465321 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team + 3.6514492 Anton MarklundPeter Hedström + 4.1703531 Stefan KristenssonTeam SKÅAB + 15.9522627 Davy JeanneyDavy Jeanney + 3 laps1
Final DriverTeamTimePts168 Niclas GrönholmGRX-SET World RX Team3:40.557829 Kevin HansenHansen World RX Team + 4.031531 Johan KristofferssonKYB EKS JC + 4.2594421 Timmy HansenHansen World RX Team + 5.4803536 Guerlain ChicheritUnkorrupted + 8.7592691 Enzo IdeKYB EKS JC + 16.0911
Standings after the event
Source DriverGap Johan Kristoffersson2172 Timmy Hansen2173 Niclas Grönholm197 +204 Kevin Hansen191 +265 Krisztián Szabó162 +556 Enzo Ide125 +92
Note: Only the top six positions are included.
References
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