# 2018 World RX of Belgium

The 2018 World RX of Belgium was the third round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia.

## Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 6th | 1st | 7th | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo R | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 2nd | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo R | 1st | 3rd | 11th | 8th | 12 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 7th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 9th | 9th | 9th | 5th | 10 |
| 8 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 8th | 11th | 8th | 6th | 9 |
| 9 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 6th | 15th | 10th | 8 |
| 10 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 13th | 14th | 5th | 9th | 7 |
| 11 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 15th | 12th | 3rd | 13th | 6 |
| 12 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 12th | 7th | 12th | 12th | 5 |
| 13 | 67 | François Duval | Comtoyou Racing | Audi S1 | 14th | 8th | 13th | 11th | 4 |
| 14 | 74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 10th | 15th | 6th | 15th | 3 |
| 15 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Peugeot 208 | 16th | 16th | 14th | 14th | 2 |
| 16 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 11th | 13th | 16th | 16th | 1 |

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:17.270 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +2.198 | 5 |
| 3 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +3.524 | 4 |
| 4 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | +6.366 | 3 |
| 5 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +7.128 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Olsbergs MSE | DNF | 1 |

### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| 1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | 4:10.869 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | +6.464 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +6.795 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +9.551 | 3 |
| 5 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | GC Kompetition | +10.714 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco Team | +19.495 | 1 |

## Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| 1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | 4:05.108 | 8 |
| 2 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +0.447 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +1.802 | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +1.960 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +2.095 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | +3.031 | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 75 | |
| 2 | Petter Solberg | 66 | +9 |
| 3 | Sébastien Loeb | 65 | +10 |
| 4 | Andreas Bakkerud | 61 | +14 |
| 5 | Timmy Hansen | 59 | +16 |
| 5 | Mattias Ekström | 59 | +16 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.