2015 World RX of Argentina

Summary

The 2015 World RX of Argentina was the final round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio in Rosario, Santa Fe, over one day following the declaration of unsafe track conditions on the first scheduled day of competition. This led to the first World Championship event to be held over only three heats. Petter Solberg secured his second consecutive title having only needed to advance to the semi-finals to achieve it.

World RX layout of Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio
2015 World RX of Argentina
Round 13 of 13 in the
2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date28–29 November 2015
LocationRosario, Santa Fe
VenueAutódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Norway Andreas Bakkerud
Olsbergs MSE
Heat 2Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 3Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 4cancelled
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Robin Larsson
Larsson Jernberg Racing Team
Semi-final 2Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Final
FirstSweden Robin Larsson
Larsson Jernberg Racing Team
SecondSweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
ThirdNorway Petter Solberg
SDRX
Anton Marklund and Kevin Hansen
Event winner Larsson leads Ekström, Kristoffersson, Timerzyanov and Bryntesson

Heats edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Car H1 H2 H3 Pts
1 13   Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 1st 2nd 4th 16
2 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 13th 1st 1st 15
3 4   Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 3rd 3rd 9th 14
4 1   Petter Solberg SDRX Citroën DS3 4th 12th 2nd 13
5 10   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 8th 5th 11th 12
6 199   Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 12th 8th 6th 11
7 98   Kevin Hansen Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 9th 10th 7th 10
8 17   Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 2nd 9th 18th 9
9 52   Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 19th 6th 3rd 8
10 92   Anton Marklund EKS RX Audi S1 6th 7th 15th 7
11 57   Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 14th 4th 12th 6
12 7   Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 5th 18th 8th 5
13 3   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 10th 11th 13th 4
14 15   Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 7th 13th 17th 3
15 33   Liam Doran SDRX Citroën DS3 16th 17th 5th 2
16 100   Thomas Bryntesson Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 15th 15th 10th 1
17 42   Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE Ford Fiesta ST 11th 14th 16th
18 77   René Münnich Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 17th 16th 14th
19 110   Gianni Morbidelli Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 18th 19th 19th

Note - Heat 4 was cancelled as a result of the one-day format.

Semi-finals edit

Semi-final 1 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 4   Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team 3:57.133 6
2 10   Mattias Ekström EKS RX +3.277 5
3 98   Kevin Hansen Olsbergs MSE +4.865 4
4 57   Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport +8.399 3
5 3   Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden DNF 2
6 13   Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE DNF 1

Semi-final 2 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 4:03.510 6
2 1   Petter Solberg SDRX +2.018 5
3 199   Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria +4.221 4
4 17   Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.462 3
5 7   Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria +6.827 2
6 92   Anton Marklund EKS RX DNF 1

Final edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 4   Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team 4:16.346 8
2 10   Mattias Ekström EKS RX +0.453 5
3 1   Petter Solberg SDRX +5.241 4
4 199   Jānis Baumanis World RX Team Austria +6.696 3
5 98   Kevin Hansen Olsbergs MSE DNF 2
6 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen DNF 1

Championship standings after the event edit

Pos. Driver Points
1   Petter Solberg 301
2   Timmy Hansen 275
3   Johan Kristoffersson 234
4   Andreas Bakkerud 232
5   Davy Jeanney 201
  Mattias Ekström

References edit

  1. ^ "Results - 2015 World RX of Argentina". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links edit

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