2014 World RX of Portugal

2014 World RX of Portugal
Round 1 of 12 in the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	3-4 May 2014
Location	Montalegre, Portugal
Venue	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1	Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2	Timur Timerzyanov Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 3	Petter Solberg PSRX
Heat 4	Petter Solberg PSRX
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1	Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE
Semi-Final 2	Petter Solberg PSRX
Final
First	Petter Solberg PSRX
Second	Andreas Bakkerud OlsbergsMSE
Third	Reinis Nitišs OlsbergsMSE

The 2014 World RX of Portugal was the opening round of the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship and the first ever round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in the Portuguese border town of Montalegre. Four of the seven stages of the round, including the final, were won by 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg, with the young guns Bakkerud and Nitišs rounding out the podium for OlsbergsMSE.

Heats

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Jacques Villeneuve and Timur Timerzyanov

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	H1	H2	H3	H4	Pts
1	1	Timur Timerzyanov	Team Peugeot-Hansen	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	16
2	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	2nd	16th	1st	1st	15
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	9th	2nd	3rd	4th	14
4	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	4th	4th	4th	7th	13
5	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	8th	3rd	6th	6th	12
6	3	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	5th	14th	5th	2nd	11
7	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	3rd	5th	16th	5th	10
8	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	7th	6th	11th	10th	9
9	12	Alexander Hvaal	PSRX	6th	9th	8th	16th	8
10	47	Ramona Karlsson	Per Eklund Motorsport	15th	12th	10th	9th	7
11	66	Derek Tohill	LD Motorsports World RX	16th	10th	9th	11th	6
12	26	Andy Scott	Albatec Racing	10th	8th	12th	18th	5
13	54	Jos Jansen	JJ Racing	14th	11th	18th	14th	4
14	41	Joaquim Santos	Joaquim Santos	12th	17th	13th	15th	3
15	21	Bohdan Ludwiczak	Now or Never	17th	13th	15th	17th	2
16	6	Alexandre Theuil	Alexandre Theuil	11th	7th	17th	19th	1
17	25	Jacques Villeneuve	Albatec Racing	13th	15th	19th	12th
18	44	Krzysztof Skorupski	Monster Energy World RX	18th	18th	14th	8th
19	33	Liam Doran	Monster Energy World RX	19th	19th	7th	13th

Semi-Finals

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Petter Solberg

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	4:09.108	6
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	+0.438	5
3	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	+1.718	4
4	1	Timur Timerzyanov	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+2.032	3
5	66	Derek Tohill	LD Motorsports World RX	+13.693	2
Ret	12	Alexander Hvaal	PSRX		1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	4:02.685	6
2	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	+2.917	5
3	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	+10.069	4
4	3	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+20.372	3
5	54	Jos Jansen†	JJ Racing	+31.207	2
Ret	47	Ramona Karlsson	Per Eklund Motorsport		1

† Andy Scott was classified overall 12th, however was unable to make the semi-final grid. Jos Jansen was allowed to take his place.

Final

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The podium following the final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX	4:02.081	8
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	OlsbergsMSE	+2.358	5
3	15	Reinis Nitišs	OlsbergsMSE	+3.048	4
4	57	Toomas Heikkinen	Marklund Motorsport	+5.025	3
5	92	Anton Marklund	Marklund Motorsport	+5.901	2
6	22	Koen Pauwels	Koen Pauwels	+10.790	1

Championship standings after the event

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Petter Solberg	29
2	Reinis Nitišs	24
3	Toomas Heikkinen	21
4	Andreas Bakkerud	20
5	Timur Timerzyanov	19

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