# 2018 World RX of Norway

The 2018 World RX of Norway was the fifth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Lånkebanen near Hell, Nord-Trøndelag.

## Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo R | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo R | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 8th | 14 |
| 4 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 7th | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 12 |
| 6 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 9th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 11 |
| 7 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 2nd | 3rd | 23rd | 6th | 10 |
| 8 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 11th | 9th | 10th | 10th | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 10th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 8th | 2nd | 14th | 22nd | 7 |
| 11 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 13th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 20th | 9th | 7th | 5 |
| 13 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | Marklund - HTB Racing | Volkswagen Polo | 17th | 12th | 13th | 9th | 4 |
| 14 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 21st | 11th | 11th | 14th | 3 |
| 15 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 20th | 14th | 17th | 11th | 2 |
| 16 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Team STARD | Ford Fiesta | 14th | 15th | 16th | 18th | 1 |
| 17 | 77 | René Münnich | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 15th | 21st | 15th | 15th | |
| 18 | 32 | Alex Wurz | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 18th | 19th | 18th | 16th | |
| 19 | 64 | Kjetil Larsen | Kjetil Larsen | Volkswagen Polo | 19th | 17th | 19th | 17th | |
| 20 | 42 | Oliver Bennett | Oliver Bennett | BMW Mini Cooper | 16th | 18th | 20th | 20th | |
| 21 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 4th | 22nd | 7th | 23rd | |
| 22 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Peugeot 208 | 23rd | 16th | 21st | 19th | |
| 23 | 31 | Max Pucher | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 22nd | 23rd | 22nd | 21st | |

## Semi-finals
### Semi-Final 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 3:56.105 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | +1.906 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +2.539 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | +2.925 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Olsbergs MSE | +4.108 | 2 |
| 6 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Marklund Motorsport | +5.471 | 1 |

### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| 1 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | 3:57.405 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +0.469 | 5 |
| 3 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +0.988 | 4 |
| 4 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | +1.770 | 3 |
| 5 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | +3.476 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | Team STARD | +3.871 | 1 |

## Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 3:54.906 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +0.788 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +2.516 | 4 |
| 4 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +3.665 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +9.302 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | +11.257 | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 135 | |
| 2 | Sébastien Loeb | 104 | +31 |
| 3 | Petter Solberg | 102 | +33 |
| 4 | Andreas Bakkerud | 101 | +34 |
| 5 | Mattias Ekström | 97 | +38 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.