2016 World RX of Hockenheim
# 2016 World RX of Hockenheim

The 2016 World RX of Hockenheim was the second round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, alongside the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

## Supercar

### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 16 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 4th | 1st | 5th | 13th | 15 |
| 3 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 13th | 7th | 12th | 1st | 14 |
| 4 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 16th | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | Citroën DS3 | 5th | 10th | 1st | DNF | 11 |
| 7 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 9th | 14th | 3rd | 7th | 10 |
| 8 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 6th | 9th | 13th | 9th | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | Audi A1 | 17th | 11th | 7th | 5th | 8 |
| 10 | 33 | Liam Doran | JRM Racing | BMW MINI Countryman | 9th | 14th | 11th | 4th | 7 |
| 11 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | DNF | 6th | 15th | 2nd | 6 |
| 12 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 15th | 13th | 8th | 11th | 5 |
| 13 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 7th | 8th | DNF | 15th | 4 |
| 14 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 10th | 17th | 16th | 12th | 3 |
| 15 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 16th | 16th | 10th | 14th | 2 |
| 16 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | DA Racing | Citroën DS3 | 18th | 19th | 14th | 10th | 1 |
| 17 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 16th | 16th | 9th | DNF | |
| 18 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Peugeot Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 8th | 12th | DNS | 3rd | |
| 19 | 55 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | DNF | DNS | DNF | DNS | |
| 20 | 31 | Max Pucher | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | |
| DSQ | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 2nd | 2nd | DNF | EX | |

* Timmy Hansen was excluded from Q4 and later disqualified from the whole event due to his car being underweight.

### Semi-finals

**Semi-Final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +0.470 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +4.138 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.891 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | +9.714 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +26.081 | 1 |

**Semi-Final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 33 | Liam Doran | JRM Racing | | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | +0.922 | 5 |
| 3 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | +1.323 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +3.024 | 3 |
| 5 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | +18.573 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | +28.651 | 1 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | | 8 |
| 2 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +2.547 | 5 |
| 3 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | +3.827 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | +4.785 | 3 |
| 5 | 33 | Liam Doran | JRM Racing | +10.587 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +34.781 | 1 |

## RX Lites

### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 1st | 1st | 8th | 6th | 15 |
| 3 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 14 |
| 4 | 75 | Patrick Simon | Olsbergs MSE | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | 6th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 12 |
| 6 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 3rd | 9th | 6th | 4th | 11 |
| 7 | 47 | Alexander Westlund | Alexander Westlund | 8th | 7th | 4th | 8th | 10 |
| 8 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | 9th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 9 |
| 9 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 7th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 8 |

### Semi-finals

**Semi-Final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 6:02.867 | 6 |
| 2 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +3.038 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +5.306 | 4 |
| 4 | 47 | Alexander Westlund | Alexander Westlund | +10.448 | 3 |
| 5 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | +19.182 | 2 |

**Semi-Final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 75 | Patrick Simon | Olsbergs MSE | 6:09.574 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | +5.980 | 5 |
| 3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +42.402 | 4 |
| 4 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | DNF | 3 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 5:47.007 | 8 |
| 2 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | +1.786 | 5 |
| 3 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +11.752 | 4 |
| 4 | 47 | Alexander Westlund‡ | Alexander Westlund | +12.378 | 3 |
| 5 | 75 | Patrick Simon | Olsbergs MSE | +14.033 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | DNF | 1 |

‡Olofsson could not make the final and as a result the stewards permitted Westlund to replace him.

## Standings after the event

| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mattias Ekström | 48 | |
| 1 | Petter Solberg | 48 | |
| 3 | Toomas Heikkinen | 45 | +3 |
| 4 | Johan Kristoffersson | 39 | +9 |
| 5 | Robin Larsson | 34 | +14 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Thomas Bryntesson | 30 | |
| 2 | Cyril Raymond | 25 | +5 |
| 3 | Joachim Hvaal | 23 | +7 |
| 4 | Patrick Simon | 21 | +9 |
| 5 | Simon Wågø Syversen | 17 | +13 |

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