The 2015 World RX of Belgium was the 3rd round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia.
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Round 3 of 13 in the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 16–17 May 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Mettet, Wallonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venue | Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marklund Motorsport driver Toomas Heikkinen became the third different winner in the 2015 season, having won his semi-final as well. Second place went to defending champion, and championship leader Petter Solberg (SDRX), while the podium was completed by Reinis Nitišs, driving for the OlsbergsMSE team.
In the supporting round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, Albatec Racing driver Jérôme Grosset-Janin took the victory, to take the lead in the drivers' championship. Ole Christian Veiby came in second, followed by Grosset-Janin, and Tamás Kárai completed the podium as the lone finisher.
The infamous incident of the damper on Alx Danielsson's Audi S3 punching open the bonnet occurred during practice.[2]
Heats
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Semi-finals
editWorld Championship
editSemi-final 1
editPos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 57 | ![]() | Marklund Motorsport | 4:08.158 | 6 |
2 | 13 | ![]() | Olsbergs MSE | +2.540 | 5 |
3 | 15 | ![]() | Olsbergs MSE | +4.080 | 4 |
4 | 17 | ![]() | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +9.204 | 3 |
5 | 3 | ![]() | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +25.173 | 2 |
6 | 7 | ![]() | World RX Team Austria | +35.091 | 1 |
Semi-final 2
editPos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 45 | ![]() | Marklund Motorsport | 4:05.225 | 6 |
2 | 1 | ![]() | SDRX | +0.809 | 5 |
3 | 10 | ![]() | EKS RX | +0.936 | 4 |
4 | 92 | ![]() | EKS RX | +4.081 | 3 |
5 | 21 | ![]() | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +4.553 | 2 |
6 | 99 | ![]() | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +13.388 | 1 |
European Championship
editSemi-final 1
editPos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 67 | ![]() | François Duval | 4:12.108 | 6 |
2 | 14 | ![]() | Frode Holte Motorsport | +2.622 | 5 |
3 | 24 | ![]() | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | +4.574 | 4 |
4 | 18 | ![]() | Pailler Competition | +8.704 | 3 |
5 | 87 | ![]() | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +9.844 | 2 |
6 | 22 | ![]() | Koen Pauwels | DNF | 1 |
Semi-final 2
editPos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 74 | ![]() | Albatec Racing | +4:12.247 | 6 |
2 | 52 | ![]() | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +1.587 | 5 |
3 | 102 | ![]() | Racing-Com | +11.850 | 4 |
4 | 60 | ![]() | Eklund Motorsport | +35.759 | 3 |
5 | 20 | ![]() | Pailler Competition | DNF | 2 |
6 | 48 | ![]() | Helmia Motorsport | DNF | 1 |
Finals
editWorld Championship
editPos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 57 | ![]() | Marklund Motorsport | 4:02.117 | 8 |
2 | 1 | ![]() | SDRX | +0.840 | 5 |
3 | 15 | ![]() | Olsbergs MSE | +6.705 | 4 |
4 | 45 | ![]() | Marklund Motorsport | +7.583 | 3 |
5 | 13 | ![]() | Olsbergs MSE | +27.425 | 2 |
6 | 10 | ![]() | EKS RX | 1 |
European Championship
editPos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 74 | ![]() | Albatec Racing | 4:14.273 | 8 |
2 | 52 | ![]() | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +10.493 | 5 |
3 | 102 | ![]() | Racing-Com | +12.614 | 4 |
4 | 24 | ![]() | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | DNF | 3 |
5 | 14 | ![]() | Frode Holte Motorsport | DNF | 2 |
6 | 67 | ![]() | François Duval | DSQ | 1 |
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "Results – 2015 World RX of Belgium". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Alx Danielsson Damper Accident: Mettet RX. FIA World Rallycross Championship. YouTube. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
External links
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