2015 World RX of Barcelona
# 2015 World RX of Barcelona

The 2015 World RX of Barcelona was the tenth round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.

Reigning champion and championship leader Petter Solberg took his third victory of the season, to extend his championship lead to 35 points over Timmy Hansen. Hansen, who had finished as top qualifier for the fourth meeting in succession – including two heat wins – also won a semi-final but could only finish third in the final, behind compatriot Johan Kristoffersson.

In the supporting round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, Kristoffersson's teammate Ole Christian Veiby took his first victory after on-the-road winner Tommy Rustad, the championship leader, was disqualified after a breach of the championship regulations. Veiby finished ahead of compatriot Alexander Hvaal with Joni-Pekka Rajala of Finland completing the podium.

## Heats

World Championship classification :

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 1st | 6th | 6th | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 5th | 15 |
| 3 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 14 |
| 4 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 3rd | 21st | 7th | 3rd | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | Audi A1 | 6th | 16th | 4th | 7th | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 10th | 1st | 32nd | 2nd | 11 |
| 7 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 7th | 3rd | 17th | 10th | 10 |
| 8 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 15th | 7th | 9th | 6th | 9 |
| 9 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 5th | 9th | 15th | 11th | 8 |
| 10 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 13th | 20th | 10th | 13th | 7 |
| 11 | 34 | Tanner Foust | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 38th | 4th | 2nd | 12th | 6 |
| 12 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 16th | 10th | 19th | 22nd | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 18th | 33rd | 11th | 8th | 4 |
| 14 | 88 | Henning Solberg | Eklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Beetle | 28th | 19th | 23rd | 17th | 3 |
| 15 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 26th | 18th | 25th | 23rd | 2 |
| 16 | 44 | Timo Scheider | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 39th | 11th | 24th | 18th | 1 |
| 17 | 55 | Alx Danielsson | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 20th | 37th | 8th | 26th | |
| 18 | 33 | Liam Doran | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 35th | 13th | 14th | 37th | |
| 19 | 31 | Max Pucher | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 25th | 27th | 29th | 34th | |
| 20 | 84 | "Knapick" | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | Citroën DS3 | 32nd | 32nd | 18th | 35th | |
| 21 | 79 | Christophe Jouet | Christophe Jouet | Citroën DS3 | 27th | 38th | 40th | 40th | |
| 22 | 49 | Mark Flaherty | Mark Flaherty | Ford Focus | 34th | 39th | 41st | 41st | |
| European Championship classification ||||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 9th | 8th | 12th | 9th | 16 |
| 2 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 8th | 36th | 3rd | 14th | 15 |
| 3 | 11 | Fredrik Salsten | Hansen Talent Development | Peugeot 208 | 11th | 29th | 13th | 15th | 14 |
| 4 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 21st | 15th | 16th | 20th | 13 |
| 5 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | Saab 9-3 | 12th | 12th | 20th | 33rd | 12 |
| 6 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | Pailler Compétition | Peugeot 208 | 14th | 25th | 27th | 21st | 11 |
| 7 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Compétition | Peugeot 208 | 19th | 24th | 30th | 19th | 10 |
| 8 | 102 | Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | Škoda Fabia | 17th | 17th | 35th | 25th | 9 |
| 9 | 28 | Alexander Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | Citroën DS3 | 23rd | 22nd | 21st | 31st | 8 |
| 10 | 8 | Peter Hedström | Hedströms Motorsport | Ford Fiesta | 24th | 30th | 31st | 16th | 7 |
| 11 | 72 | Philippe Maloigne | Philippe Maloigne | Citroën C4 | 29th | 26th | 22nd | 27th | 6 |
| 12 | 2 | Oliver O'Donovan | Oliver O'Donovan | Ford Fiesta | 31st | 23rd | 26th | 36th | 5 |
| 13 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Citroën C4 | 22nd | 14th | 36th | 38th | 4 |
| 14 | 48 | Lukas Walfridson | Helmia Motorsport | Renault Clio | 30th | 28th | 37th | 24th | 3 |
| 15 | 12 | Riku Tahko | ST Motorsport | BMW MINI Countryman | 36th | 31st | 34th | 30th | 2 |
| 16 | 80 | Christian Giarolo | Christian Giarolo | Ford Fiesta | 33rd | 34th | 38th | 32nd | 1 |
| 17 | 27 | James Grint | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 37th | 40th | 28th | 29th | |
| 18 | 22 | Koen Pauwels | Koen Pauwels | Ford Fiesta | 41st | 41st | 33rd | 28th | |
| 19 | 47 | Ramona Karlsson | Ramona RX | Volkswagen Scirocco | 40th | 35th | 39th | 39th | |
| 20 | 14 | Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | Hyundai i20 | 42nd | 42nd | 42nd | 42nd | |

## Semi-finals

### World Championship

**Semi-final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 4:49.381 | 6 |
| 2 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | +2.066 | 5 |
| 3 | 34 | Tanner Foust | Marklund Motorsport | +4.128 | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +4.727 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +5.192 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +5.697 | 1 |

**Semi-final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | 4:45.863 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | +4.415 | 5 |
| 3 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +6.287 | 4 |
| 4 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | +6.985 | 3 |
| 5 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | +8.059 | 2 |
| 6 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +14.633 | 1 |

### European Championship

**Semi-final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | 3:16.772 | 6 |
| 2 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | +2.293 | 5 |
| 3 | 28 | Alexander Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +4.467 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Compétition | +6.574 | 3 |
| 5 | 72 | Philippe Maloigne | Philippe Maloigne | +8.539 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Fredrik Salsten | Hansen Talent Development | DNF | 1 |

**Semi-final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | 4:55.233 | 6 |
| 2 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | +0.772 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | Oliver O'Donovan | Oliver O'Donovan | +6.507 | 4 |
| 4 | 102 | Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | +11.451 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | Pailler Compétition | +48.169 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Peter Hedström | Hedströms Motorsport | EX | 0 |

## Finals

### World Championship

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | 4:51.051 | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +2.673 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.858 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.744 | 3 |
| 5 | 34 | Tanner Foust | Marklund Motorsport | +5.959 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | DNF | 1 |

### European Championship

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | 4:53.230 | 8 |
| 2 | 28 | Alexander Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +2.342 | 5 |
| 3 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | +4.071 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Oliver O'Donovan | Oliver O'Donovan | +5.479 | 3 |
| 5 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | | 2 |
| 6 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | DSQ | 0 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Petter Solberg | 243 |
| 2 | Timmy Hansen | 208 |
| 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | 182 |
| 4 | Davy Jeanney | 166 |
| 5 | Andreas Bakkerud | 163 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| 1 | Tommy Rustad | 105 |
| 2 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | 99 |
| 3 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | 74 |
| 4 | Ole Christian Veiby | 67 |
| 5 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | 53 |

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