2018 World RX of Sweden

The 2018 World RX of Sweden was the sixth round of the fifth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.^[1] The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland.

Rallycross layout of the Höljesbanan

2018 World RX of Sweden
Round 6 of 12 in the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	29 June–1 July 2018
Location	Höljes, Värmland
Venue	Höljesbanan
Results
Heat winners Heat 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Heat 2 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Heat 3 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Heat 4 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Semi-final winners Semi-final 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Semi-final 2 Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Final First Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Second Andreas Bakkerud EKS Audi Sport Third Jérôme Grosset-Janin GC Kompetition

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo R	1st	1st	3rd	1st	16
2	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo R	6th	2nd	1st	2nd	15
3	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	14
4	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	2nd	4th	4th	10th	13
5	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	Audi S1	4th	5th	5th	4th	12
6	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco	Hyundai i20	7th	6th	6th	5th	11
7	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	5th	7th	16th	6th	10
8	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	Peugeot 208	10th	8th	8th	9th	9
9	6	Jānis Baumanis	Team STARD	Ford Fiesta	8th	10th	7th	15th	8
10	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	11th	9th	13th	8th	7
11	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco	Hyundai i20	15th	11th	11th	7th	6
12	4	Robin Larsson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	9th	12th	9th	14th	5
13	96	Kevin Eriksson	Olsbergs MSE	Ford Fiesta	12th	13th	10th	11th	4
14	36	Guerlain Chicherit	GC Kompetition	Renault Mégane RS	13th	15th	12th	16th	3
15	42	Oliver Bennett	Oliver Bennett	BMW Mini Cooper	16th	14th	14th	13th	2
16	66	Grégoire Demoustier	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Peugeot 208	17th	16th	17th	12th	1
17	44	Timo Scheider	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	14th	17th	15th	17th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	4:14.708	6
2	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	+1.887	5
3	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	+2.695	4
4	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot Total	+3.063	3
5	6	Jānis Baumanis	Team STARD	+6.325	2
6	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX Taneco	+32.282	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	4:20.819	6
2	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	+2.940	5
3	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	GC Kompetition	+6.981	4
4	7	Timur Timerzyanov	GRX Taneco	+13.094	3
5	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	DNF	2
6	4	Robin Larsson	Olsbergs MSE	DNF	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Pts
1	1	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	4:14.969	8
2	13	Andreas Bakkerud	EKS Audi Sport	+2.977	5
3	74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	GC Kompetition	+5.956	4
4	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	DNF	3
5	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot Total	DNF	2
6	5	Mattias Ekström	EKS Audi Sport	+4.2691	1

*^1  — Mattias Ekström finished third but was later penalised for a final lap incident with Timmy Hansen

Standings after the event

Pos	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Johan Kristoffersson	165
2	Andreas Bakkerud	125	+40
3	Petter Solberg	119	+46
4	Sébastien Loeb	117	+48
5	Timmy Hansen	116	+49

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.