2016 World RX of Great Britain

File:Lydden Hill - Rallycross.svg]]

{{Infobox World RX event report

| flag = GBR

| round_no = 4

| season_no = 12

| year = 2016

| date = 28–29 May

| location = Wootton, Kent

| circuit = Lydden Hill Race Circuit

| heat1_winner = {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| heat1_team = Petter Solberg World RX Team

| heat2_winner = {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| heat2_team = Petter Solberg World RX Team

| heat3_winner = {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| heat3_team = Petter Solberg World RX Team

| heat4_winner = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud

| heat4_team = Hoonigan Racing Division

| semi1_winner = {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| semi1_team = Petter Solberg World RX Team

| semi2_winner = {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström

| semi2_team = EKS RX

| final_first = {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström

| final_first_team = EKS RX

| final_second = {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| final_second_team = Petter Solberg World RX Team

| final_third = {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen

| final_third_team = Team Peugeot-Hansen

}}

The 2016 World RX of Great Britain was the fourth round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.rallycrossrx.com/result/gbr/2016|title=Results - 2016 World RX of Great Britain|publisher=rallycrossrx.com|accessdate=2 June 2016}}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The event was held at the Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Wootton, Kent.

Supercar

=Heats=

File:-1 Petter Solberg - Citroen DS3 Supercar - World Rallycross 2016 - Lydden Hill (27312392035).jpg]]

File:-71 Kevin Hansen - Peugeot 208 Supercar - World Rallycross 2016 - Lydden Hill (26739003124).jpg]]

File:-6 Janis Baumanis - Ford Fiesta ST Supercar - World Rallycross 2016 - Lydden Hill (27265617931).jpg]]

File:-68 Niclas Grönholm - Ford Fiesta ST Supercar - World Rallycross 2016 - Lydden Hill (26707937963).jpg]]

File:Mattias Ekström - Tanner Foust - Julian Godfrey - World Rallycross 2016 - Lydden Hill (27243272821).jpg, Tanner Foust and Julian Godfrey]]

File:Mattias Ekström (Audi S1 EKS RX quattro) (27235418951).jpg

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Car

! {{Tooltip|Q1|Qualifying 1 Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Q2|Qualifying 2 Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Q3|Qualifying 3 Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Q4|Qualifying 4 Position}}

! Pts

1

| 1

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| Petter Solberg World RX Team

| Citroën DS3

| 1st

| 1st

| 1st

| 2nd

| 16

2

| 13

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud

| Hoonigan Racing Division

| Ford Focus RS

| 4th

| 4th

| 6th

| 1st

| 15

3

| 21

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen

| Team Peugeot-Hansen

| Peugeot 208

| 11th

| 2nd

| 2nd

| 4th

| 14

4

| 5

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström

| EKS RX

| Audi S1

| 2nd

| 3rd

| 3rd

| 18th

| 13

5

| 57

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Toomas Heikkinen

| EKS RX

| Audi S1

| 7th

| 6th

| 7th

| 3rd

| 12

6

| 3

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson

| Volkswagen RX Sweden

| Volkswagen Polo

| 5th

| 10th

| 4th

| 6th

| 11

7

| 71

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Hansen

| Peugeot Hansen Academy

| Peugeot 208

| 8th

| 7th

| 8th

| 7th

| 10

8

| 7

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Timur Timerzyanov

| World RX Team Austria

| Ford Fiesta

| 9th

| 21st

| 5th

| 5th

| 9

9

| 96

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Eriksson

| Olsbergs MSE

| Ford Fiesta ST

| 15th

| 9th

| 13th

| 9th

| 8

10

| 9

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb

| Team Peugeot-Hansen

| Peugeot 208

| 17th

| 5th

| 19th

| 8th

| 7

11

| 92

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Anton Marklund

| Volkswagen RX Sweden

| Volkswagen Polo

| 3rd

| 14th

| 21st

| 13th

| 6

12

| 6

| {{flagicon|LAT}} Jānis Baumanis

| World RX Team Austria

| Ford Fiesta

| 6th

| 20th

| 10th

| 15th

| 5

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 13

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Davy Jeanney

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Peugeot Hansen Academy

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Peugeot 208

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 13th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 9th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 11th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 14

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 43

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Block

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Hoonigan Racing Division

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Ford Focus RS

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 8th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 12th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Robin Larsson

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Larsson Jernberg Motorsport

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Audi A1

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 10th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 10th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 68

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Niclas Grönholm

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Olsbergs MSE

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| | Ford Fiesta ST

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 12th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 11th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 1

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 37

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Guy Wilks

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Guy Wilks

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Ford Fiesta

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 11th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21st

|style="background:#ffcccc;"|

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 55

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|GER}} René Münnich

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| SEAT Ibiza

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 12th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"|

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 33

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Liam Doran

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| JRM Racing

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| BMW MINI Countryman

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 14th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"|

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 51

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Julian Godfrey

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Julian Godfrey

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Ford Fiesta

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21st

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"|

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|LAT}} Reinis Nitišs

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| SEAT Ibiza

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 13th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 12th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 14th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"|

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 34

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Tanner Foust

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Volkswagen RX Sweden

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Volkswagen Polo

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 14th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15th

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd

|style="background:#ffcccc;"|

=Semi-finals=

;Semi-Final 1

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time

! Pts

1

| 1

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| Petter Solberg World RX Team

| 4:18.164

| 6

2

| 21

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen

| Team Peugeot-Hansen

| +1.515

| 5

3

| 71

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Hansen

| Peugeot Hansen Academy

| +3.623

| 4

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 96

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Eriksson

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Olsbergs MSE

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +4.980

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 5

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 57

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Toomas Heikkinen

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| EKS RX

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +5.287

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 6

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 92

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Anton Marklund

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Volkswagen RX Sweden

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +10.088

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 1

;Semi-Final 2

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time/retired

! Pts

1

| 5

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström

| EKS RX

| 4:16.462

| 6

2

| 13

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud

| Hoonigan Racing Division

| +0.515

| 5

3

| 7

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Timur Timerzyanov

| World RX Team Austria

| +3.069

| 4

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 6

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|LAT}} Jānis Baumanis

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| World RX Team Austria

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +3.963

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 5

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 9

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Team Peugeot-Hansen

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +9.929

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 6

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Volkswagen RX Sweden

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 1

=Final=

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time

! Pts

1

| 5

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström

| EKS RX

| 4:17.809

| 8

2

| 1

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| Petter Solberg World RX Team

| +1.142

| 5

3

| 21

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen

| Team Peugeot-Hansen

| +2.624

| 4

4

| 71

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Hansen

| Peugeot Hansen Academy

| +3.815

| 3

5

| 7

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Timur Timerzyanov

| World RX Team Austria

| +28.651

| 2

6

| 13

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud

| Hoonigan Racing Division

| +29.186

| 1

RX Lites

=Heats=

File:FIA World Rallycross Championship, Lydden Hill, 2016 (26793667663).jpg

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! {{Tooltip|Q1|Qualifying 1 Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Q2|Qualifying 2 Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Q3|Qualifying 3 Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Q4|Qualifying 4 Position}}

! Pts

1

| 8

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Simon Wågø Syversen

| Set Promotion

| 5th

| 1st

| 3rd

| 6th

| 16

2

| 13

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Cyril Raymond

| Olsbergs MSE

| 1st

| 8th

| 1st

| 8th

| 15

3

| 52

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Olofsson

| Simon Olofsson

| 4th

| 3rd

| 10th

| 1st

| 14

4

| 99

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Joachim Hvaal

| JC Raceteknik

| 3rd

| 4th

| 6th

| 2nd

| 13

5

| 69

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Sondre Ejven

| JC Raceteknik

| 7th

| 2nd

| 4th

| 4th

| 12

6

| 33

| {{flagicon|KEN}} Tejas Hirani

| Olsbergs MSE

| 6th

| 9th

| 5th

| 3rd

| 11

7

| 40

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dan Rooke

| Olsbergs MSE

| 9th

| 5th

| 8th

| 5th

| 10

8

| 18

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Ali Türkkan

| Toksport WRT

| 10th

| 6th

| 9th

| 7th

| 9

9

| 64

| {{flagicon|UAE}} Saeed Bintouq

| Olsbergs MSE

| 8th

| 7th

| 7th

| 10th

| 8

10

| 16

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Thomas Bryntesson

| JC Raceteknik

| 2nd

| 10th

| 2nd

| 9th

| 7

=Semi-finals=

;Semi-Final 1

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time

! Pts

1

| 52

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Olofsson

| Simon Olofsson

| 4:42.115

| 6

2

| 69

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Sondre Evjen

| JC Raceteknik

| +0.482

| 5

3

| 8

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Simon Wågø Syversen

| Set Promotion

| +1.120

| 4

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 40

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dan Rooke

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Olsbergs MSE

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +1.424

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 5

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 64

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|UAE}} Saeed Bintouq

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Olsbergs MSE

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +2.827

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2

;Semi-Final 2

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time

! Pts

1

| 13

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Cyril Raymond

| OlsbergsMSE

| 4:38.970

| 6

2

| 99

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Joachim Hvaal

| JC Raceteknik

| +1.742

| 5

3

| 16

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Thomas Bryntesson

| JC Raceteknik

| +2.365

| 4

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 33

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|KEN}} Tejas Hirani

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Olsbergs MSE

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +3.257

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3

style="background:#ffcccc;"| 5

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|TUR}} Ali Türkkan

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| Toksport WRT

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| +5.223

|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2

=Final=

class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}}

! Driver

! Team

! Time/retired

! Pts

1

| 13

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Cyril Raymond

| Olsbergs MSE

| 4:41.401

| 8

2

| 16

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Thomas Bryntesson

| JC Raceteknik

| +1.609

| 5

3

| 52

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Olofsson

| Simon Olofsson

| +2.293

| 4

4

| 99

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Joachim Hvaal

| JC Raceteknik

| +3.926

| 3

5

| 8

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Simon Wågø Syversen

| Set Promotion

| +5.452

| 2

6

| 69

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Sondre Evjen

| JC Raceteknik

| {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

| 1

Standings after the event

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Supercar standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Driver

! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

! Gap

1

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström

| align="right"| 105

| align="right"|

2

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg

| align="right"| 100

| align="right"| +5

3

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson

| align="right"| 70

| align="right"| +35

4

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb

| align="right"| 63

| align="right"| +42

5

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Toomas Heikkinen

| align="right"| 60

| align="right"| +45

{{col-2}}

;RX Lites standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{tooltip|Pos|Position}}

! Driver

! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}}

! Gap

1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Cyril Raymond (racing driver)

| align="right"| 75

| align="right"|

2

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Thomas Bryntesson

| align="right"| 72

| align="right"| +3

3

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Joachim Hvaal

| align="right"| 64

| align="right"| +11

4

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Olofsson

| align="right"| 62

| align="right"| +13

5

| {{flagicon|NOR}} Simon Wågø Syversen

| align="right"| 58

| align="right"| +17

{{col-end}}

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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