2022 World RX of Germany
# 2022 World RX of Germany

The 2022 World RX of Germany was the tenth and final round of the ninth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Nürburgring, Nürburg.Johan Kristoffersson concluded a dominant 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship campaign with an eighth victory from ten rounds at World RX of Germany (13 November).

## World RX1 Championship

Source

### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 1st | 4th | 1st |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | Peugeot 208 RX1e | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd |
| 3 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | Peugeot 208 RX1e | 5th | 1st | 4th |
| 4 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Kristoffersson Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 3rd | 2nd | DNF |
| 5 | 12 | Klara Andersson | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | PWR RX1e | 7th | 5th | 3rd |
| 6 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | PWR RX1e | 4th | DNF | 5th |
| 7 | 17 | Gustav Bergström | Gustav Bergström | Volkswagen Polo RX1e | 6th | DNF | 6th |
| 8 | 92 | Anton Marklund | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza RX1e | 8th | DSQ | 7th |
| 9 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | Guerlain Chicherit | Lancia Delta Evo-e RX | DNF | DNS | DNS |

### Progression

**Race 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | 2:51.331 |
| 2 | 12 | Klara Andersson | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | + 0.329 |
| 3 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | + 0.705 |
| 4 | 17 | Gustav Bergström | Gustav Bergström | + 2.274 |

**Race 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | 2:49.102 |
| 2 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | + 1.751 |
| 3 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Kristoffersson Motorsport | + 1.829 |
| 4 | 92 | Anton Marklund | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | + 4.531 |
| 5 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | Guerlain Chicherit | + 7.675 |

### Semi-finals

**Semi-Final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | 2:48.785 | |
| 2 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | + 2.048 | |
| 3* | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | + 3.831 | |
| 4(8) | 92 | Anton Marklund | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | + 8.515 | 8 |

**Semi-Final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | 2:49.706 | |
| 2 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Kristoffersson Motorsport | + 2.753 | |
| 3* | 12 | Klara Andersson | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | + 3.934 | |
| 4(7) | 17 | Gustav Bergström | Gustav Bergström | + 5.761 | 9 |
| 5(9) | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | Guerlain Chicherit | DNF | 7 |

* Note: Klara Andersson progressed to the Final race as one of two placed trird Semi-Finals drivers with better result in Progression Round, but withdrawn to allow her teammate Niclas Grönholm to participate for top-5 battle in general classification.

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | Kristoffersson Motorsport | 2:46.942 | 20 |
| 2 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | Construction Equipment Dealer Team | + 2.275 | 16 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | + 2.852 | 13 |
| 4 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Kristoffersson Motorsport | + 4.709 | 12 |
| DSQ* | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Hansen World RX Team | + 1.669 | 11 |

* Note: Kevin Hansen originally finished second, but later he was disqualified from the final due to a technical infringement.

## Standings after the event

Source

| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - |
| WC | Johan Kristoffersson | 182 | |
| 2 | Timmy Hansen | 136 | +46 |
| 3 | Niclas Grönholm | 130 | +52 |
| 4 | Ole Christian Veiby | 124 | +58 |
| 5 | Kevin Hansen | 123 | +59 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included.
