2014 World RX of Finland

Finland 2014 World RX of Finland
Round 4 of 12 in the
2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date 28–29 June 2014
Location Kouvola, Kymenlaakso
Venue Tykkimäen Moottorirata
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Latvia Reinis Nitišs
OlsbergsMSE
Heat 2 Sweden Anton Marklund
Marklund Motorsport
Heat 3 Sweden Anton Marklund
Marklund Motorsport
Heat 4 United States Tanner Foust
Marklund Motorsport
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Latvia Reinis Nitišs
OlsbergsMSE
Semi-Final 2 United States Tanner Foust
Marklund Motorsport
Final
First United States Tanner Foust
Marklund Motorsport
Second Norway Andreas Bakkerud
OlsbergsMSE
Third Latvia Reinis Nitišs
OlsbergsMSE

The 2014 World RX of Finland was the 4th round of the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] To date it is the only World Championship event ever held in Finland.

American Tanner Foust won the event, and became the first World Championship event winner from North America.

Heats

Alexander Hvaal loses control in front of Riku Tahko
Pos. No. Driver Team Car H1 H2 H3 H4 Pts
1 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud OlsbergsMSE Ford Fiesta 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 16
2 92 Sweden Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 4th 1st 1st 11th 15
3 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE Ford Fiesta 1st 4th 3rd 5th 14
4 34 United States Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 7th 6th 5th 1st 13
5 44 Poland Krzysztof Skorupski Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 6th 5th 11th 4th 12
6 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8th 7th 4th 12th 11
7 60 Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala Hedströms Motorsport Škoda Fabia 12th 11th 8th 3rd 10
8 66 Republic of Ireland Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX Citroën DS3 9th 8th 10th 6th 9
9 3 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 2nd 20th 7th 8
10 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Citroën DS3 11th 10th 6th 9th 7
11 1 Russia Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 5th 21st 9th 8th 6
12 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy World RX Citroën DS3 21st 12th 7th 10th 5
13 5 Sweden Pontus Tidemand EKS RX Audi S1 16th 15th 12th 13th 4
14 12 Norway Alexander Hvaal PSRX Citroën DS3 10th 9th 13th 19th 3
15 59 Finland Aki Karttunen ARP-Motorsport Oy Škoda Fabia 14th 13th 17th 14th 2
16 25 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 13th 14th 15th 17th 1
17 58 Finland Riku Tahko LD Motorsports World RX Citroën DS3 15th 16th 14th 18th
18 54 Belgium Jos Jansen JJ Racing Ford Focus 17th 18th 19th 15th
19 62 Estonia Andri Õun Reinsalu Sport Ford Fiesta 19th 19th 18th 16th
20 23 Finland Teemu Patsi Teemu Patsi Ford Fiesta 18th 22nd 16th 20th
21 45 Finland Atro Määttä Atro Määttä Ford Fiesta 22nd 17th 21st 21st
22 56 Finland Silvo Viitanen Silvo Viitanen Ford Fiesta 20th 20th 22nd 22nd
23 61 Estonia Valdur Reinsalu Reinsalu Sport Ford Fiesta 23rd 23rd 23rd 23rd
24 80 Germany Markus Winkelhock EKS RX Audi S1 24th 24th 24th 24th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE 5:05.995 6
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud OlsbergsMSE +1.931 5
3 44 Poland Krzysztof Skorupski Monster Energy World RX +3.404 4
Ret 3 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 3
Ret 60 Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala Hedströms Motorsport 2
DNS 1 Russia Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen 1

Semi-Final 2

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 34 United States Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport 5:07.030 6
2 92 Sweden Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport +24.876 5
3 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX +32.910 4
Ret 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport 3
Ret 66 Republic of Ireland Derek Tohill LD Motorsports World RX 2
Ret 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy World RX 1

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 34 United States Tanner Foust Marklund Motorsport 4:59.725 8
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud OlsbergsMSE +3.675 5
3 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE +5.455 4
4 44 Poland Krzysztof Skorupski Monster Energy World RX +19.613 3
5 92 Sweden Anton Marklund Marklund Motorsport +26.041 2
Ret 60 Finland Joni-Pekka Rajala Hedströms Motorsport 1

Petter Solberg qualified for the final but was unable to take the grid. Joni-Pekka Rajala was allowed to fill his place.

Championship standings after the event

Pos. Driver Points
1 Latvia Reinis Nitišs 96
2 Norway Andreas Bakkerud 82
3 Norway Petter Solberg 80
4 Finland Toomas Heikkinen 74
5 Sweden Anton Marklund 61

References

  1. "Results - 2014 World RX of Finland". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

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