2015 World RX of Germany
# 2015 World RX of Germany

The 2015 World RX of Germany was the fifth round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.

It was the first event win for Frenchman Davy Jeanney.

## Heats

World Championship classification :

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 27th | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 15 |
| 3 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 14 |
| 4 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 6th | 2nd | 7th | 11th | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 2nd | 27th | 10th | 7th | 12 |
| 6 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 23rd | 13th | 6th | 4th | 11 |
| 7 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 13th | 21st | 5th | 8th | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | Audi A1 | 8th | 9th | 4th | 28th | 9 |
| 9 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 31st | 13th | 13th | 8 |
| 10 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 4th | 11th | 34th | 10th | 7 |
| 11 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 33rd | 10th | 9th | 16th | 6 |
| 12 | 77 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 18th | 14th | 26th | 14th | 5 |
| 13 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 34th | 15th | 11th | 9th | 4 |
| 14 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 25th | 6th | 32nd | 17th | 3 |
| 15 | 10 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 32nd | 34th | 17th | 3rd | 2 |
| 16 | 55 | Alx Danielsson | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 30th | 17th | 29th | 18th | 1 |
| 17 | 31 | Max Pucher | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 27th | 23rd | 35th | 29th | |
| European Championship classification ||||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 16 |
| 2 | 74 | Jerome Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 11th | 7th | 12th | 5th | 15 |
| 3 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 16th | 12th | 20th | 15th | 14 |
| 4 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Citroën C4 | 14th | 7th | 23rd | 22nd | 13 |
| 5 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | Saab 9-3 | 29th | 16th | 16th | 12th | 12 |
| 6 | 14 | Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | Hyundai i20 | 15th | 8th | 14th | 31st | 11 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | Pailler Compétition | Peugeot 208 | 31st | 20th | 15th | 20th | 10 |
| 8 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Compétition | Peugeot 208 | 21st | 18th | 19th | 30th | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | Oliver O'Donovan | Oliver O'Donovan | Ford Fiesta | 17th | 30th | 24th | 21st | 8 |
| 10 | 27 | James Grint | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 22nd | 25th | 22nd | 23rd | 7 |
| 11 | 8 | Peter Hedström | Hedströms Motorsport | Škoda Fabia | 9th | 32nd | 31st | 19th | 6 |
| 12 | 22 | Koen Pauwels | Koen Pauwels | Ford Fiesta | 19th | 26th | 27th | 24th | 5 |
| 13 | 49 | Mark Flaherty | Mark Flaherty | Ford Fiesta | 24th | 22nd | 30th | 25th | 4 |
| 14 | 47 | Ramona Karlsson | Ramona RX | Volkswagen Scirocco | 12th | 33rd | 21st | 33rd | 3 |
| 15 | 12 | Riku Tahko | ST Motorsport | BMW MINI Countryman | 26th | 28th | 28th | 26th | 2 |
| 16 | 102 | Tamas Karai | Racing-Com | Škoda Fabia | 20th | 29th | 25th | 34th | 1 |
| 17 | 48 | Lukas Walfridsson | Helmia Motorsport | Renault Clio | 35th | 19th | 17th | 32nd | |
| 18 | 86 | Jörg Jockel | ADAC Team Hansa | Ford Fiesta | 28th | 35th | 33rd | 35th | |

## Semi-finals

### World Championship

**Semi-final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 3:45.665 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +1.219 | 5 |
| 3 | 17 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.141 | 4 |
| 4 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | +2.812 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | DNF | 1 |

**Semi-final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | 3:49.052 | 6 |
| 2 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +0.390 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +0.752 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | +1.782 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | +20.504 | 2 |
| 6 | 77 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | DNF | 1 |

### European Championship

**Semi-final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | 3:50.439 | 6 |
| 2 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | Pailler Compétition | +2.642 | 5 |
| 3 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | +4.561 | 4 |
| 4 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +6.186 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Oliver O'Donovan | Oliver O'Donovan | +10.048 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | Peter Hedström | Hedströms Motorsport | +23.213 | 1 |

**Semi-final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | 3:46.628 | 6 |
| 2 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +0.709 | 5 |
| 3 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Compétition | +5.401 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | +5.824 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | Koen Pauwels | Koen Pauwels | +10.526 | 2 |
| 6 | 27 | James Grint | Albatec Racing | +23.636 | 1 |

## Finals

### World Championship

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 3:45.662 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | +4.901 | 5 |
| 3 | 17 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.538 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +5.815 | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | +10.188 | 2 |
| 6 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +11.231 | 1 |

### European Championship

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | 3:45.706 | 8 |
| 2 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | +1.317 | 5 |
| 3 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | Pailler Compétition | +10.960 | 4 |
| 4 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +11.114 | 3 |
| 5 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | +12.687 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Compétition | DNF | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Petter Solberg | 138 |
| 2 | Johan Kristoffersson | 103 |
| 3 | Andreas Bakkerud | 88 |
| 4 | Timmy Hansen | 79 |
| 5 | Davy Jeanney | 77 |
| 5 | Reinis Nitišs | 77 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| 1 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | 55 |
| 2 | Tommy Rustad | 53 |
| 3 | Ole Christian Veiby | 40 |
| 4 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | 32 |
| 5 | Fabien Pailler | 30 |
| 5 | Frode Holte | 30 |

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