2020 World RX of Latvia

The 2020 Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia was the fifth and sixth round of the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga.

World RX layout of Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze
2020 World RX of Latvia
Round 5 of 8 in the
2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date19 September 2020
LocationRiga, Latvia
VenueBiķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Heat 2Finland Niclas Grönholm
GRX Taneco Team
Heat 3Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Semi-final 2Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
SecondSweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
ThirdSweden Timmy Hansen
Team Hansen
2020 World RX of Latvia
Round 6 of 8 in the
2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date20 September 2020
LocationRiga, Latvia
VenueBiķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Heat 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Heat 3Sweden Robin Larsson
KYB Team JC
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
Semi-final 2Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Final
FirstSweden Mattias Ekström
KYB Team JC
SecondSweden Johan Kristoffersson
Kristoffersson Motorsport
ThirdSweden Robin Larsson
KYB Team JC

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, originally planned as a "normal event", later became a double header (two races in a weekend) [1]

Supercar Race 1

Source[2][3]

Heats
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Pts
1 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 4th 1st 3rd 16
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 1st 3rd 6th 15
3 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Audi S1 5th 5th 1st 14
4 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC Audi S1 6th 4th 2nd 13
5 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 2nd 6th 4th 12
6 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 8th 7th 11
7 123 Hungary Kristian Szabo GRX Set Hyundai i20 10th 2nd 13th 10
8 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 7th 16th 5th 9
9 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 9th 14th 8th 8
10 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 8th 9th 16th 7
11 15 Latvia Reinis Nitiss ES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX Team Skoda Fabia 11th 12th 11th 6
12 77 Germany René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 12th 10th 12th 5
13 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 17th 7th 10th 4
14 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GCK Bilstein Renault Mégane RS 16th 11th 9th 3
15 36 France Guerlain Chicherit Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 13th 13th 14th 2
16 14 Lithuania Rokas Baciuska Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 15th 15th 15th 1
17 11 Finland Jani Paasonen Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta 14th 17th DNS

Note : René Münnich withdrawn from semi Final to allow his more experienced teammate Timo Scheider to participate

Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekstrom KYB Team JC 5:04.092 6
2 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +0.148 5
3 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen +2.165 4
4 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy RX Cartel +4.305 3
5 15 Latvia Reinis Nitiss ES Motorsport - Eisega WRX Team +6.741 2
6 123 Hungary Kristian Szabo GRX Set +6.996 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport 5:02.654 6
2 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC +1.511 5
3 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen +2.133 4
4 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport +5.208 3
5 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +5.566 2
6 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy RX Cartel DNF 1

Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport 5:01.073 8
2 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC +3.468 5
3 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen +4.323 4
4 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen +4.633 3
5 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +10.908 2
6 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC +35.316 1

Supercar Race 2

Source[4][5]

Heats
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC Audi S1 1st 1st 6th 16
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Polo 4th 2nd 2nd 15
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Monster Energy RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 6th 3rd 10th 14
4 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 6th 3rd 13
5 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 5th 5th 7th 12
6 44 Germany Timo Scheider ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 7th 7th 8th 11
7 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC Audi S1 2nd 15th 1st 10
8 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team Hyundai i20 11th 4th 14th 9
9 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen Peugeot 208 9th 8th 4th 8
10 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GCK Bilstein Renault Mégane RS 10th 9th 11th 7
11 15 Latvia Reinis Nitiss ES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX Team Skoda Fabia 13th 11th 13th 6
12 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy RX Cartel Renault Mégane RS 12th 13th 9th 5
13 77 Germany René Münnich ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 16th 10th 12th 4
14 123 Hungary Kristian Szabo GRX Set Hyundai i20 8th 16th 5th 3
15 36 France Guerlain Chicherit Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 15th 12th 16th 2
16 11 Finland Jani Paasonen Ferratum Team Ford Fiesta 17th 14th 17th 1
17 14 Lithuania Rokas Baciuska Unkorrupted Renault Clio RS 14th 17th 15th

Semi-finals
Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekstrom KYB Team JC 5:01.505 6
2 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC +2.395 5
3 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +2.791 4
4 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen‡ Team Hansen +3.197 3
5 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov GRX Taneco Team +4.320 2
6 123 Hungary Kristian Szabo GRX Set +5.596 1
Semi-Final 2

(Red Flagged - Only 5 laps)‡

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 21 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport 4:10.779 6
2 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen +2.708 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud‡ Monster Energy RX Cartel +3.727 4
4 92 Sweden Anton Marklund GRX Bilstein +6.299 3
5 33 United Kingdom Liam Doran Monster Energy RX Cartel +6.559 2
DQ 44 Germany Timo Scheider‡ ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport DQ -

‡ [6] The semi-final 2 was red-flagged due to the crash of Andreas Bakkerud. Timo Scheider, who finish the semi-final in third, was declared responsible for the incident and was disqualified. Neither Andreas Bakkerud nor his car was able to resume the competition. As a result, his place in the final was filled by Kevin Hansen.

Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 5 Sweden Mattias Ekström KYB Team JC 5:01.264 8
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson Kristoffersson Motorsport +0.728 5
3 4 Sweden Robin Larsson KYB Team JC +3.388 4
4 1 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Hansen +3.814 3
5 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Taneco Team +4.647 2
6 9 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Hansen +5.075 1

Standings after the event

Source[7]

Pos. Driver Pts Gap
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 166
2 Sweden Mattias Ekström 149 +17
3 Finland Niclas Grönholm 117 +49
4 Sweden Timmy Hansen 111 +55
5 Sweden Robin Larsson 101 +65
6 Sweden Kevin Hansen 96 +70
  • Note: Only the top six positions are included.

References
  1. "World RX resumes 2020 campaign with three double-headers".
  2. "Classifications R1". 30 January 2020.
  3. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia | FIA Results and Statistics".
  4. "Classifications R2". 18 September 2020.
  5. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia | FIA Results and Statistics".
  6. "Bakkerud released from hospital after World RX shunt". 20 September 2020.
  7. "2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia Standings | FIA Results and Statistics".
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