2016 World RX of France

2016 World RX of France
Round 8 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	3–4 September 2016
Location	Lohéac, Bretagne
Venue	Circuit de Lohéac
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Heat 2	Mattias Ekström EKS RX
Heat 3	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden
Heat 4	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi-Final 2	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden
Final
First	Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen RX Sweden
Second	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Third	Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2016 World RX of France was the eighth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Circuit de Lohéac in the Lohéac commune of Bretagne.

Heats

Qualifying 2 Race 5

The circuit split between the regular lap and the Joker lap

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	16
2	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	9th	13th	1st	1st	15
3	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	3rd	2nd	4th	9th	14
4	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	5th	8th	5th	6th	13
5	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	6th	10th	11th	2nd	12
6	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	2nd	6th	14th	7th	11
7	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	4th	4th	10th	13th	10
8	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	7th	12th	12th	4th	9
9	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	10th	9th	8th	10th	8
10	71	Kevin Hansen	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	26th	3rd	7th	8th	7
11	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	12th	15th	15th	5th	6
12	26	Andy Scott	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	17th	20th	6th	12th	5
13	24	Tommy Rustad	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	19th	11th	18th	11th	4
14	68	Niclas Grönholm	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	16th	14th	20th	14th	3
15	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	8th	7th	27th	19th	2
16	55	René Münnich	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	18th	18th	19th	16th	1
17	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	DA Racing	Citroën DS3	13th	26th	3rd	26th
18	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	14th	16th	16th	25th
19	98	Pascal Le Nouvel	Pascal Le Nouvel	Ford Fiesta	24th	28th	9th	15th
20	84	"Knapick"	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier	Citroën DS3	22nd	19th	21st	20th
21	121	Philippe Maloigne	Albatec Racing	Peugeot 208	25th	24th	17th	17th
22	29	Yann Le Jossec	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	11th	17th	25th	27th
23	11	Fredrik Salsten	Fredrik Salsten	Peugeot 208	15th	21st	28th	18th
24	83	Patrick Guillerme	Patrick Guillerme	Peugeot 208	20th	22nd	24th	21st
25	49	"M.D.K."	"M.D.K."	Ford Fiesta	23rd	25th	23rd	22nd
26	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	30th	5th	13th	28th
27	2	Oliver O'Donovan	Oliver O'Donovan	Ford Fiesta	21st	27th	22nd	23rd
28	102	Tamás Kárai	Racing-Com KFT	Audi A1	27th	23rd	26th	24th
29	89	Fabien Chanoine	Fabien Chanoine	Renault Clio	28th	29th	29th	29th
30	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	29th	30th	30th	30th
31	65	Guerlain Chicherit	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	31st	31st	31st	31st

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	3:56.013	6
2	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.807	5
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	+4.262	4
4	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+4.629	3
5	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+27.329	2
Ret	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport		1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	3:55.777	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+3.325	5
3	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	+4.246	4
4	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+4.735	3
5	71	Kevin Hansen	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+5.068	2
6	26	Andy Scott	Albatec Racing	+9.103	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	3:54.670	8
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+3.417	5
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+5.319	4
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+5.812	3
5	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	+6.372	2
Ret	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division		1

Standings after the event

Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Petter Solberg	181
2	Mattias Ekström	176	+5
3	Johan Kristoffersson	158	+23
4	Andreas Bakkerud	157	+24
5	Sébastien Loeb	141	+40

References

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