2016 World RX of Norway

2016 World RX of Norway
Round 5 of 12 in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	11–12 June 2016
Location	Hell, Nord-Trøndelag
Venue	Lånkebanen
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Heat 2	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Heat 3	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Heat 4	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi-Final 2	Timur Timerzyanov World RX Team Austria
Final
First	Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division
Second	Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen
Third	Mattias Ekström EKS RX

The 2016 World RX of Norway was the fifth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship^[1] and the fourth round of the forty-first season of the FIA European Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Lånkebanen near Hell, Nord-Trøndelag.

It was a historic win for home driver Andreas Bakkerud, who became the first driver to win all four qualifying heats, their semi-final and the final in one weekend.

Heats

Topi Heikkinen being chased by Johan Kristoffersson and Davy Jeanney

Andreas Bakkerud became the first person to win all 4 heats, their semi-final and the final in one weekend

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	1st	1st	1st	1st	16
2	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	3rd	2nd	3rd	6th	15
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	7th	3rd	2nd	4th	14
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	Citroën DS3	4th	6th	4th	2nd	13
5	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	2nd	4th	5th	10th	12
6	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	5th	9th	7th	3rd	11
7	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	8th	8th	6th	5th	10
8	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	6th	5th	9th	14th	9
9	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	9th	11th	8th	8th	8
10	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport	Audi A1	13th	7th	12th	12th	7
11	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	12th	14th	11th	9th	6
12	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	Peugeot 208	10th	12th	13th	11th	5
13	96	Kevin Eriksson	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	16th	10th	10th	13th	4
14	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus	11th	13th	14th	18th	3
15	92	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen RX Sweden	Volkswagen Polo	18th	15th	18th	7th	2
16	68	Niclas Grönholm	OlsbergsMSE	Ford Fiesta	15th	17th	15th	16th	1
17	33	Liam Doran	JRM Racing	BMW MINI Countryman	14th	18th	16th	15th
18	77	René Münnich	Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	17th	16th	17th	17th

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	3:56.255	6
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.545	5
3	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.127	4
4	3	Johan Kristoffersson	Volkswagen RX Sweden	+2.975	3
5	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+5.704	2
6	15	Reinis Nitišs	Münnich Motorsport	+13.372	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	3:55.235	6
2	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+1.282	5
3	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.789	4
4	17	Davy Jeanney	Peugeot Hansen Academy	+4.577	3
5	6	Jānis Baumanis	World RX Team Austria	+10.929	2
Ret	4	Robin Larsson	Larsson Jernberg Motorsport		1

Finals

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	3:58.641	8
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+1.075	5
3	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+2.479	4
4	1	Petter Solberg	Petter Solberg World RX Team	+3.153	3
5	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+4.511	2
6	7	Timur Timerzyanov	World RX Team Austria	+7.221	1

Standings after the event

Pos	Pilot	Pts	Gap
1	Mattias Ekström	125
2	Petter Solberg	120	+5
3	Sébastien Loeb	83	+42
	Johan Kristoffersson
5	Andreas Bakkerud	81	+44

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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