2015 World RX of Portugal
# 2015 World RX of Portugal

The 2015 World RX of Portugal was the first round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Automovel de Montalegre in Montalegre, close to the Spanish border.

## Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 17 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 5th | 15 |
| 3 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 18th | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 14th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 8th | 10th | 4th | 2nd | 12 |
| 6 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 5th | 9th | 9th | 4th | 11 |
| 7 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 7th | 4th | 8th | 8th | 10 |
| 8 | 21 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 15th | 6th | 6th | 11th | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | Audi A1 | 4th | 19th | 7th | 6th | 8 |
| 10 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 6th | 7th | 11th | 16th | 7 |
| 11 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 9th | 11th | 13th | 9th | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 10th | 13th | 12th | 14th | 5 |
| 13 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Citroën C4 | 13th | 12th | 16th | 13th | 4 |
| 14 | 76 | Mario Barbosa | Compincar Racing Team | Citroën DS3 | 11th | 14th | 15th | 15th | 3 |
| 15 | 33 | Liam Doran | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 16th | 8th | 20th | 10th | 2 |
| 16 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 12th | 16th | 17th | 12th | 1 |
| 17 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 19th | 20th | 10th | 7th | |
| 18 | 41 | Joaquim Santos | Bompiso Racing Team | Ford Focus | 17th | 17th | 18th | 20th | |
| 19 | 31 | Max Pucher | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 18th | 18th | 19th | 19th | |
| 20 | 55 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 20th | 15th | 21st | 17th | |
| 21 | 77 | Alx Danielsson | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 21st | 21st | 14th | 21st | |

## Semi-finals

### Semi-final 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | 4:27.548 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +0.530 | 5 |
| 3 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | +2.236 | 4 |
| 4 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +2.592 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +4.168 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | +4.606 | 1 |

### Semi-final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | 4:21.081 | 6 |
| 2 | 17 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +0.921 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +3.248 | 4 |
| 4 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | +5.305 | 3 |
| 5 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | +7.524 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | +8.512 | 1 |

## Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | 4:34.242 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | +3.790 | 5 |
| 3 | 17 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +11.687 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +12.925 | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +16.990 | 2 |
| 6 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | DNF | 1 |

## Championship standings after the event

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 27 |
| 1 | Petter Solberg | 27 |
| 3 | Timmy Hansen | 24 |
| 4 | Andreas Bakkerud | 21 |
| 5 | Davy Jeanney | 16 |
