2016 World RX of Portugal
# 2016 World RX of Portugal

The 2016 World RX of Portugal was the first round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Automovel de Montalegre in Montalegre.

## Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | Citroën DS3 | 11th | 6th | 1st | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 1st | 3rd | 8th | 7th | 14 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | Audi A1 | 7th | 10th | 2nd | 4th | 12 |
| 6 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 3rd | 2nd | 11th | 12th | 11 |
| 7 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 10 |
| 8 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 9th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 9 |
| 9 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 8th | 14th | 7th | 6th | 8 |
| 10 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 15th | 13th | 5th | 5th | 7 |
| 11 | 33 | Liam Doran | JRM Racing | BMW MINI Countryman | 6th | 17th | 12th | 10th | 6 |
| 12 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 12th | 9th | 14th | 15th | 5 |
| 13 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Peugeot Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 14th | 8th | 13th | 16th | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 13th | 11th | 16th | 14th | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 10th | 12th | 15th | 17th | 2 |
| 16 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 20th | 18th | 10th | 11th | 1 |
| 17 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 16th | 15th | 20th | 13th | |
| 18 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 19th | 16th | 19th | 18th | |
| 19 | 55 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 17th | 20th | 17th | 19th | |
| 20 | 41 | Joaquim Santos | Bompiso Racing Team | Ford Focus | 18th | 19th | 18th | 20th | |

## Semi-finals

### Semi-final 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | 4:09.669 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +0.478 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +1.358 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +1.959 | 3 |
| 5 | 33 | Liam Doran | JRM Racing | +2.413 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | DNF | 1 |

### Semi-final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | 4:07.712 | 6 |
| 2 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +2.353 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +5.135 | 4 |
| 4 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | +5.386 | 3 |
| 5 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +6.254 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | +5.753 | 1 |

## Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | 4:03.992 | 8 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +0.847 | 5 |
| 3 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +2.360 | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +3.775 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +25.306 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +1:31.992 | 1 |

## Championship standings after the event

| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Petter Solberg | 29 | |
| 2 | Robin Larsson | 21 | +8 |
| 2 | Johan Kristoffersson | 21 | +8 |
| 4 | Toomas Heikkinen | 20 | +9 |
| 4 | Andreas Bakkerud | 20 | +9 |
