2018 World RX of Sweden
# 2018 World RX of Sweden

The 2018 World RX of Sweden was the sixth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.

## Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo R | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo R | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 14 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 10th | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 12 |
| 6 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco | Hyundai i20 | 7th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 11 |
| 7 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 7th | 16th | 6th | 10 |
| 8 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 10th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta | 8th | 10th | 7th | 15th | 8 |
| 10 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 11th | 9th | 13th | 8th | 7 |
| 11 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco | Hyundai i20 | 15th | 11th | 11th | 7th | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 9th | 12th | 9th | 14th | 5 |
| 13 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 13th | 10th | 11th | 4 |
| 14 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 13th | 15th | 12th | 16th | 3 |
| 15 | 42 | Oliver Bennett | Oliver Bennett | BMW Mini Cooper | 16th | 14th | 14th | 13th | 2 |
| 16 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Peugeot 208 | 17th | 16th | 17th | 12th | 1 |
| 17 | 44 | Timo Scheider | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 14th | 17th | 15th | 17th | |

## Semi-finals

### Semi-Final 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:14.708 | 6 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +1.887 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +2.695 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | +3.063 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | Team STARD | +6.325 | 2 |
| 6 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco | +32.282 | 1 |

### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | 4:20.819 | 6 |
| 2 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +2.940 | 5 |
| 3 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | GC Kompetition | +6.981 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco | +13.094 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Olsbergs MSE | DNF | 1 |

## Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:14.969 | 8 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | +2.977 | 5 |
| 3 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | GC Kompetition | +5.956 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | DNF | 3 |
| 5 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +4.269 | 1 |

*^1 — Mattias Ekström finished third but was later penalised for a final lap incident with Timmy Hansen

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 165 | |
| 2 | Andreas Bakkerud | 125 | +40 |
| 3 | Petter Solberg | 119 | +46 |
| 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 117 | +48 |
| 5 | Timmy Hansen | 116 | +49 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included.
