2018 World RX of Portugal

The 2018 World RX of Portugal was the second round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in Montalegre, Vila Real.

World RX layout of Pista Automóvel de Montalegre

2018 World RX of Portugal
Round 2 of 12 in the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	27–29 April 2018
Location	Montalegre, Vila Real
Venue	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre
Results
Heat winners Heat 1 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Heat 2 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Heat 3 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Heat 4 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Semi-final winners Semi-final 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Semi-final 2 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot Total Final First Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Second Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot Total Third Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	5th	5th	1st	1st	16
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	1st	2nd	6th	2nd	15
3	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	2nd	3rd	7th	3rd	14
4	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	6th	1st	4th	6th	13
5	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo R	3rd	6th	2nd	4th	12
6	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo R	10th	4th	3rd	2nd	11
7	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	11th	8th	5th	9th	10
8	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	7th	9th	9th	12th	9
9	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	8th	7th	8th	14th	8
10	6	Jānis Baumanis	STARD	Ford Fiesta	12th	10th	10th	8th	7
11	36	Guerlain Chicherit	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	4th	11th	15th	10th	6
12	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	Hyundai i20	9th	13th	12th	7th	5
13	4	Robin Larsson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	13th	12th	13th	11th	4
14	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	15th	14th	11th	16th	3
15	66	Grégoire Demoustier	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Peugeot 208	14th	15th	17th	13th	2
16	42	Oliver Bennett	Oliver Bennett	MINI Cooper	18th	17th	16th	15th	1
17	41	Joaquim Santos	Bompiso Racing Team	Ford Focus	16th	16th	18th	18th
18	75	Mário Barbosa	Mário Barbosa	Citroën DS3	17th	18th	14th	17th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	3:59.048	6
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	+1.570	5
3	36	Guerlain Chicherit	GC Kompetition	+3.332	4
4	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	+3.832	3
5	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco Team	+4.141	2
6	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	DNF	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	4:14.812	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	+0.398	5
3	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	+0.774	4
4	6	Jānis Baumanis	STARD	+4.957	3
5	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	+5.455	2
6	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco Team	+10.491	1

Final

2018 World RX of Portugal winner Johan Kristoffersson

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	4:16.859	8
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	+2.253	5
3	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	+3.938	4
4	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	+6.642	3
5	36	Guerlain Chicherit	GC Kompetition	+9.566	2
6	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	+21.244	1

Standings after the event

Pos	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Johan Kristoffersson	53
2	Andreas Bakkerud	44	+9
3	Petter Solberg	43	+10
4	Sébastien Loeb	39	+14
5	Mattias Ekström	36	+17
	Timmy Hansen

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.