# 2016 World RX of Argentina

The 2016 World RX of Argentina was the twelfth and final round of the third season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Autódromo Municipal Juan Manuel Fangio in Rosario, Santa Fe.

## Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | Citroën DS3 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 13th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 3rd | 8th | 6th | 5th | 12 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 11th | 7th | 7th | 10th | 11 |
| 7 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 8th | 5th | 5th | 16th | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | Audi A1 | 9th | 13th | 10th | 6th | 9 |
| 9 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 10th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 8 |
| 10 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 7th | 12th | 12th | 11th | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 5th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 6 |
| 12 | 44 | Timo Scheider | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 14th | 6th | 8th | 15th | 5 |
| 13 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 15th | 14th | 9th | 7th | 4 |
| 14 | 77 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 12th | 9th | 15th | 14th | 3 |
| 15 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 6th | 16th | 16th | 13th | 2 |
| 16 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 16th | 15th | 13th | 8th | 1 |
| 17 | 94 | Nick Jones | JRM Racing | BMW MINI Countryman | 17th | 17th | 17th | 17th | |

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | 3:56.182 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +2.476 | 5 |
| 3 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +4.513 | 4 |
| 4 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | World RX Team Austria | +7.767 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Petter Solberg | Petter Solberg World RX Team | +1:24.635 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | World RX Team Austria | DNF | 1 |

### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | 3:52.872 | 6 |
| 2 | 44 | Timo Scheider | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | +2.523 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +5.003 | 4 |
| 4 | 92 | Anton Marklund | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +5.883 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +6.404 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +11.004 | 1 |

## Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | 3:48.219 | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen RX Sweden | +1.991 | 5 |
| 3 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +3.823 | 4 |
| 4 | 44 | Timo Scheider | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | +4.818 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +6.263 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Motorsport | +11.559 | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| WC | Mattias Ekström | 272 | |
| 2 | Johan Kristoffersson | 240 | +32 |
| 3 | Andreas Bakkerud | 239 | +33 |
| 4 | Petter Solberg | 239 | +33 |
| 5 | Sébastien Loeb | 209 | +63 |