# 2015 World RX of Italy

The 2015 World RX of Italy was the twelfth round of the second season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Franciacorta International Circuit in Franciacorta, Lombardy.

## Heats

World Championship classification :
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 9th | 16 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 6th | 3rd | 11th | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 2nd | 1st | 34th | 1st | 14 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 10th | 11th | 3rd | 5th | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | Audi A1 | 9th | 14th | 6th | 3rd | 12 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 15th | 17th | 1st | 8th | 11 |
| 7 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 3rd | 5th | 10th | 18th | 10 |
| 8 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 11th | 8th | 12th | 7th | 9 |
| 9 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 12th | 15th | 4th | 21st | 8 |
| 10 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 17th | 7th | 15th | 15th | 7 |
| 11 | 33 | Liam Doran | SDRX | Citroën DS3 | 34th | 4th | 13th | 4th | 6 |
| 12 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 30th | 9th | 8th | 12th | 5 |
| 13 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 8th | 6th | 36th | 6th | 4 |
| 14 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 21st | 34th | 5th | 11th | 3 |
| 15 | 88 | Henning Solberg | Eklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Beetle | 28th | 13th | 14th | 34th | 2 |
| 16 | 65 | Guerlain Chicherit | JRM Racing | BMW MINI Countryman | 16th | 22nd | 37th | 19th | 1 |
| 17 | 62 | Gaëtan Sérazin | Gaëtan Sérazin | Peugeot 208 | 32nd | 22nd | 19th | 29th | |
| 18 | 31 | Max Pucher | World RX Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 29th | 27th | 31st | 28th | |
| 19 | 110 | Gianni Morbidelli | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 36th | 26th | 28th | 27th | |
| 20 | 77 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | 20th | 33rd | 38th | 37th | |
| 21 | 177 | Andrew Jordan | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 31st | 38th | 39th | 38th | |
| 22 | 25 | Gigi Galli | Gigi Galli | Kia Rio | 40th | 40th | 41st | 40th | |
| European Championship classification ||||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | 4th | 30th | 7th | 13th | 16 |
| 2 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Citroën C4 | 35th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 15 |
| 3 | 28 | Alexander Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | Citroën DS3 | 7th | 12th | 32nd | 14th | 14 |
| 4 | 16 | Tamás Pál Kiss | Hansen Talent Development | Peugeot 208 | 13th | 20th | 18th | 20th | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Peter Hedström | Hedströms Motorsport | Ford Fiesta | 18th | 18th | 16th | 22nd | 12 |
| 6 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 16th | 21st | 33rd | 11 |
| 7 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 14th | 19th | 29th | 17th | 10 |
| 8 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | Saab 9-3 | 22nd | 21st | 25th | 16th | 9 |
| 9 | 48 | Lukas Walfridson | Helmia Motorsport | Renault Clio | 19th | 23rd | 27th | 24th | 8 |
| 10 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Compétition | Peugeot 208 | 27th | 31st | 23rd | 25th | 7 |
| 11 | 72 | Philippe Maloigne | Philippe Maloigne | Citroën C4 | 24th | 28th | 26th | 31st | 6 |
| 12 | 102 | Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | Audi A1 | 41st | 25th | 22nd | 23rd | 5 |
| 13 | 20 | Fabien Pailler | Pailler Compétition | Peugeot 208 | 26th | 36th | 20th | 26th | 4 |
| 14 | 27 | James Grint | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 25th | 24th | 35th | 32nd | 3 |
| 15 | 2 | Oliver O'Donovan | Oliver O'Donovan | Ford Fiesta | 23rd | 35th | 17th | 35th | 2 |
| 16 | 103 | Anders Bråten | Kjør For Livet | Ford Fiesta | 33rd | 37th | 24th | 30th | 1 |
| 17 | 30 | Ole Kristian Temte | Ole Kristian Temte | Citroën C4 | 38th | 32nd | 30th | 36th | |
| 18 | 83 | Robert Czarnecki | Robert Czarnecki | Mitsubishi Lancer | 37th | 41st | 33rd | 41st | |
| 19 | 12 | Riku Tahko | ST Motorsport | BMW MINI Countryman | 39th | 39th | 40th | 39th | |

## Semi-finals
### World Championship
#### Semi-final 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | 4:45.665 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | +2.994 | 5 |
| 3 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | +5.285 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Larsson Jernberg Racing Team | +7.919 | 3 |
| 5 | 33 | Liam Doran | SDRX | +8.568 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +41.632 | 1 |

#### Semi-final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | 4:50.816 | 6 |
| 2 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | +1.527 | 5 |
| 3 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | +4.308 | 4 |
| 4 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | Olsbergs MSE | +5.765 | 3 |
| 5 | 99 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +43.115 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | DNF | 1 |

### European Championship
#### Semi-final 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | 4:51.271 | 6 |
| 2 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +4.232 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | Peter Hedström | Hedströms Motorsport | +4.941 | 4 |
| 4 | 72 | Philippe Maloigne | Philippe Maloigne | +13.868 | 3 |
| 5 | 28 | Alexander Hvaal | JC Raceteknik | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 48 | Lukas Walfridsson | Helmia Motorsport | EX | 0 |

#### Semi-final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 16 | Tamás Pál Kiss | Hansen Talent Development | 4:52.372 | 6 |
| 2 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | +0.734 | 5 |
| 3 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +2.545 | 4 |
| 4 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Eklund Motorsport | +3.937 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | Jonathan Pailler | Pailler Compétition | +8.325 | 2 |
| 6 | 102 | Tamás Kárai | Racing-Com | DNF | 1 |

## Finals
### World Championship

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | 4:45.216 | 8 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +1.951 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | +4.081 | 4 |
| 4 | 92 | Anton Marklund | EKS RX | +12.874 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | +24.021 | 2 |
| 6 | 42 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | +31.426 | 1 |

### European Championship

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/retired | Pts |
| 1 | 24 | Tommy Rustad | HTB Racing-Marklund Motorsport | 4:49.561 | 8 |
| 2 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | +1.523 | 5 |
| 3 | 52 | Ole Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | +7.219 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | Peter Hedström | Hedströms Motorsport | +9.564 | 3 |
| 5 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | Albatec Racing | DNF | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | Tamás Pál Kiss | Hansen Talent Development | DNS | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| 1 | Petter Solberg | 279 |
| 2 | Timmy Hansen | 253 |
| 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | 228 |
| 4 | Andreas Bakkerud | 215 |
| 5 | Davy Jeanney | 189 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| 1 | Tommy Rustad | 135 |
| 2 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | 117 |
| 3 | Ole Christian Veiby | 86 |
| 3 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | 86 |
| 5 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | 77 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.