# 2016 World RX of Belgium

The 2016 World RX of Belgium was the third round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the second round of the 2016 FIA European Rallycross Championship.

## Supercar
### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 9th | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | Citroën DS3 | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 15 |
| 3 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 1st | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 14 |
| 4 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 13 |
| 5 | 67 | François Duval | Ecurie Bayard ASBL | Ford Fiesta | 6th | 11th | 7th | 4th | 12 |
| 6 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 12th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 11 |
| 7 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 8th | 6th | 8th | 14th | 10 |
| 8 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 5th | 9th | 13th | 10th | 9 |
| 9 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 7th | 2nd | 18th | 13th | 8 |
| 10 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 13th | 10th | 10th | 7th | 7 |
| 11 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | Peugeot 208 | 9th | 15th | 6th | 12th | 6 |
| 12 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 10th | 12th | 15th | 6th | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | Audi A1 | 17th | 8th | 9th | 16th | 4 |
| 14 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 19th | 13th | 17th | 3rd | 3 |
| 15 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 14th | 16th | 12th | 15th | 2 |
| 16 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 16th | 14th | 11th | 17th | 1 |
| 17 | 33 | Liam Doran | JRM Racing | BMW MINI Countryman | 11th | 18th | 16th | 18th | |
| 18 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 18th | 19th | 19th | 11th | |
| 19 | 55 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 15th | 17th | 14th | 19th | |

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 4:02.278 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.737 | 5 |
| 3 | 67 | François Duval | Ecurie Bayard ASBL | +7.884 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | +23.056 | 3 |
| 5 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Peugeot Hansen Academy | DNF | 2 |
| | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | EX | 0 |

#### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | 4:00.869 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +1.157 | 5 |
| 3 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +5.112 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.950 | 3 |
| 5 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | +14.568 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | +16.468 | 1 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 3:58.967 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.526 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | +3.189 | 3 |
| 4 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +10.868 | 4 |
| 5 | 67 | François Duval | Ecurie Bayard ASBL | +18.972 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | DNF | 1 |

## RX Lites
### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 7th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 6th | 1st | 5th | 5th | 15 |
| 3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 4th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 14 |
| 4 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | 1st | 4th | 9th | 6th | 13 |
| 5 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 7th | 12 |
| 6 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | 9th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 11 |
| 7 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 4th | 10 |
| 8 | 26 | Gosselin Regis | Icepol Racing Team | 5th | 8th | 2nd | 9th | 9 |
| 9 | 47 | Alexander Westlund | Alexander Westlund | 8th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 8 |

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 4:18.959 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | +0.163 | 5 |
| 3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +1.083 | 4 |
| 4 | 33 | Tejas Hirani | Olsbergs MSE | +8.287 | 3 |
| 5 | 47 | Alexander Westlund | Alexander Westlund | +10.250 | 2 |

#### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 4:21.505 | 6 |
| 2 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +0.649 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +4.274 | 4 |
| 4 | 26 | Gosselin Regis | Icepol Racing Team | DNF | 3 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| 1 | 16 | Thomas Bryntesson | JC Raceteknik | 4:19.061 | 8 |
| 2 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +1.506 | 5 |
| 3 | 99 | Joachim Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | +2.324 | 4 |
| 4 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | +18.669 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | DNF | 2 |
| | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | EX | 0 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Pilot | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Mattias Ekström | 78 | |
| 2 | Petter Solberg | 73 | +5 |
| 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | 58 | +20 |
| 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 54 | +24 |
| 5 | Toomas Heikkinen | 46 | +32 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Thomas Bryntesson | 56 | |
| 2 | Cyril Raymond | 46 | +10 |
| 3 | Joachim Hvaal | 43 | +13 |
| 4 | Simon Olofsson | 38 | +18 |
| 5 | Simon Wågø Syversen | 36 | +20 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.