# 2018 World RX of Latvia

The 2018 World RX of Latvia was the ninth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga.

## Supercar

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### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 2nd | 11th | 2nd | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 7th | 14 |
| 4 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 18th | 1st | 3rd | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | 4th | 3rd | 12th | 4th | 12 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 6th | 4th | 11th | 9th | 11 |
| 7 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 8th | 6th | 10th | 10th | 10 |
| 8 | 51 | Nico Müller | EKS Audi Sport | Audi S1 | 7th | 19th | 5th | 6th | 9 |
| 9 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 9th | 12th | 7th | 11th | 8 |
| 10 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | Peugeot 208 | 15th | 17th | 6th | 5th | 7 |
| 11 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco Team | Hyundai i20 | 10th | 9th | 14th | 12th | 6 |
| 12 | 33 | Liam Doran | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS | 13th | 10th | 17th | 8th | 5 |
| 13 | 44 | Timo Scheider | ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Seat Ibiza | 18th | 7th | 8th | 15th | 4 |
| 14 | 6 | Janis Baumanis | Team Stard | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 8th | 15th | 14th | 3 |
| 15 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 11th | 5th | 13th | 20th | 2 |
| 16 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 20th | 13th | 9th | 17th | 1 |
| 17 | 42 | Oliver Bennett | Oliver Bennett | BMW Mini Cooper | 19th | 16th | 20th | 19th | |
| 18 | 66 | Gregoire Demoustier | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Peugeot 208 | 14th | 20th | 16th | 18th | |
| 19 | 4 | Robin Larsson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 17th | 14th | 19th | 13th | |
| 20 | 32 | Alexander Wurz | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 16th | 15th | 18th | 16th | |

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:59.652 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +3.297 | 5 |
| 3 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | +7.228 | 4 |
| 4 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | GC Kompetition | +9.736 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +12.691 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | GRX Taneco Team | +1 lap | 1 |

#### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | 5:03.401 | 6 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +2.139 | 5 |
| 3 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +4.451 | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | EKS Audi Sport | +6.436 | 3 |
| 5 | 33 | Liam Doran | GC Kompetition | +11.336 | 2 |
| 6 | 51 | Nico Müller | EKS Audi Sport | DNF | 1 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 5:01.530 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 | Mattias Ekström | EKS Audi Sport | +2.306 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot Total | +3.332 | 4 |
| 4 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX Taneco Team | +3.894 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +4.647 | 2 |
| 6 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot Total | +7.386 | 1 |

## Standings after the event

Source
| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 254 | |
| 2 | Mattias Ekström | 181 | +73 |
| 3 | Andreas Bakkerud | 179 | +75 |
| 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 176 | +78 |
| 5 | Petter Solberg | 175 | +79 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.