It looked as if Petter ‘Hollywood’ Solberg would be able to win his second WorldRX round after Portugal. But in sight of the chequered flag it was Toomas ‘Topi’ Heikkinen, Timmy Hansen and Johan Kristoffersson who eventually all passed the Citroën driver, that limped to the finish with broken rear suspension of his DS3 SuperCar.
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WRX: Marklund leads Mettet
Three VW Polo Mk5 drivers are on top of the overnight point standings at the end of Day 1 of WorldRX Belgium at Mettet after Anton Marklund and Johan Kristoffersson have each won a qualifying heat. However, due to a tie Toomas Heikkinen has to share third place with Audi A1 campaigner Robin Larsson.
Gallery: Rd5 WRX Sweden #2
Round 5 of the inaugural FIA World Rallycross Championship was hosted at Höljes in Sweden. The event at the famous Höljesbanan in the Finnwoods was attended by a record crowd of 34,400 spectators. Here is our second gallery from Höljes, all pictures captured by ERC24′s camera wizard JKR.
Gallery: Rd5 WRX Sweden #1
Round 5 of the inaugural FIA World Rallycross Championship was hosted at Höljes in Sweden. The event at the famous Höljes Motorstadion in the so-called Finnwoods was attended by a record crowd of 34,400 spectators. Here is our first gallery from the event, all pictures captured by ERC24’s camera wizard JKR.
WRX: From scratch to victory
Swede Mattias Ekström finished Day 2 of the ‘Magic Weekend’ at Höljes in great style, claiming a convincing victory over the two Norwegians Andreas Bakkerud and Petter Solberg while championship leader Latvian Reinis Nitišs finished fourth.
WRX: ‘TT’ leads ‘Eki’ & ‘Hollywood’
Day 1 of the ‘Magic Weekend’ at Höljes in Värmland ended with the overnight standings topped by reigning European champion Timur Timerzyanov, ahead of homeboy Mattias Ekström and Petter Solberg.
CEZ/FRC: Weekend in pics
With a FIA Central European Zone Rallycross Championship series round featuring at the Austrian Nordring and the French Rallycross Championship having its annual event at the Circuit de Lavaré the past weekend offered some nice pictures.