2015 World RX of Belgium

The 2015 World RX of Belgium was the 3rd round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia.

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.

Heats

World Championship classification Driver Team Car Pts 1 3 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 3rd 15th 1st 1st 16 2 1 Petter Solberg SDRX Citroën DS3 2nd 5th 11th 2nd 15 3 57 Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 8th 2nd 3rd 7th 14 4 10 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 1st 10th 6th 8th 13 5 45 Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 13th 6th 4th 3rd 12 6 13 Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 7th 3rd 10th 6th 11 7 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 35th 1st 2nd 10th 10 8 17 Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 9th 8th 15th 11th 9 9 7 Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 5th 16th 13th 15th 8 10 92 Anton Marklund EKS RX Audi S1 19th 12th 8th 12th 7 11 15 Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 15th 14th 14th 9th 6 12 99 Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 6th 21st 12th 13th 5 13 4 Robin Larsson Larsson Jernberg Racing Team Audi A1 18th 26th 9th 4th 4 14 42 Timur Timerzyanov Namus OMSE Ford Fiesta ST 20th 4th 24th 16th 3 15 33 Liam Doran SDRX Citroën DS3 27th 9th 33rd 17th 2 16 32 Ole-Kristian Nøttveit CircleX Volvo C30 23rd 27th 35th 25th 1 17 31 Max Pucher World RX Team Austria Ford Fiesta 31st 33rd 29th 31st 18 55 Alx Danielsson All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 25th 17th 34th 35th 19 77 René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Audi S3 34th 32nd 27th 32nd European Championship classification 1 24 Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 10th 34th 7th 5th 16 2 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 16th 11th 16th 14th 15 3 67 François Duval François Duval Ford Focus 17th 7th 17th 19th 14 4 52 Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden Volkswagen Polo 4th 30th 5th 27th 13 5 14 Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport Hyundai i20 12th 24th 20th 20th 12 6 60 Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport Saab 9-3 11th 25th 19th 22nd 11 7 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Citroën C4 26th 18th 18th 18th 10 8 20 Fabien Pailler Pailler Competition Peugeot 208 21st 13th 23rd 23rd 9 9 18 Jonathan Pailler Pailler Competition Peugeot 208 22nd 19th 21st 24th 8 10 48 Lukas Walfridson Helmia Motorsport Renault Clio 14th 20th 28th 34th 7 11 22 Koen Pauwels Koen Pauwels Ford Focus 30th 23rd 26th 26th 6 12 102 Tamás Kárai Racing-Com Škoda Fabia 37th 22nd 22nd 21st 5 13 2 Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 32nd 29th 25th 28th 4 14 27 James Grint Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 28th 28th 32nd 30th 3 15 47 Ramona Karlsson Ramona RX Volkswagen Scirocco 24th 36th 30th 29th 2 16 8 Peter Hedström Hedströms Motorsport Škoda Fabia 36th 37th 31st 33rd 1 17 12 Riku Tahko ST Motorsport BMW MINI Countryman 29th 31st 36th 36th 18 68 Ronny Schevenheels OTRT Volkswagen Scirocco 33rd 35th 37th 37th

Semi-finals

World Championship

Semi-final 1 Driver Team Time Pts 1 57 Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport 4:08.158 6 2 13 Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +2.540 5 3 15 Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +4.080 4 4 17 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +9.204 3 5 3 Johan Kristoffersson Volkswagen Team Sweden +25.173 2 6 7 Manfred Stohl World RX Team Austria +35.091 1

Semi-final 2 Driver Team Time Pts 1 45 Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport 4:05.225 6 2 1 Petter Solberg SDRX +0.809 5 3 10 Mattias Ekström EKS RX +0.936 4 4 92 Anton Marklund EKS RX +4.081 3 5 21 Davy Jeanney Team Peugeot-Hansen +4.553 2 6 99 Tord Linnerud Volkswagen Team Sweden +13.388 1

European Championship

Semi-final 1 Driver Team Time Pts 1 67 François Duval François Duval 4:12.108 6 2 14 Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport +2.622 5 3 24 Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport +4.574 4 4 18 Jonathan Pailler Pailler Competition +8.704 3 5 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg +9.844 2 6 22 Koen Pauwels Koen Pauwels DNF 1

Semi-final 2 Driver Team Time Pts 1 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing +4:12.247 6 2 52 Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden +1.587 5 3 102 Tamás Kárai Racing-Com +11.850 4 4 60 Joni-Pekka Rajala Eklund Motorsport +35.759 3 5 20 Fabien Pailler Pailler Competition DNF 2 6 48 Lukas Walfridsson Helmia Motorsport DNF 1

Finals

World Championship Driver Team Time Pts 1 57 Toomas Heikkinen Marklund Motorsport 4:02.117 8 2 1 Petter Solberg SDRX +0.840 5 3 15 Reinis Nitišs Olsbergs MSE +6.705 4 4 45 Per-Gunnar Andersson Marklund Motorsport +7.583 3 5 13 Andreas Bakkerud Olsbergs MSE +27.425 2 6 10 Mattias Ekström EKS RX 1

European Championship Driver Team Time Pts 1 74 Jérôme Grosset-Janin Albatec Racing 4:14.273 8 2 52 Ole Christian Veiby Volkswagen Team Sweden +10.493 5 3 102 Tamás Kárai Racing-Com +12.614 4 4 24 Tommy Rustad HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport DNF 3 5 14 Frode Holte Frode Holte Motorsport DNF 2 6 67 François Duval François Duval DSQ 1

Standings after the event

World Championship standings Pos Driver 1 Petter Solberg 82 2 Johan Kristoffersson 60 3 Toomas Heikkinen 57 4 Andreas Bakkerud 56 5 Timmy Hansen 50

European Championship standings Pos Driver 1 Jérôme Grosset-Janin 29 2 Ole Christian Veiby 23 Tommy Rustad 4 François Duval 21 5 Frode Holte 19

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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