The 2020 Neste World RX of Riga-Latvia was the fifth and sixth round of the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, originally planned as a "normal event", later became a double header (two races in a weekend)

Supercar Race 1

Source

Heats

DriverTeamCarPts168 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i204th1st3rd1623 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson MotorsportVolkswagen Polo1st3rd6th1535 Mattias EkströmKYB Team JCAudi S15th5th1st1444 Robin LarssonKYB Team JCAudi S16th4th2nd1351 Timmy HansenTeam HansenPeugeot 2082nd6th4th1269 Kevin HansenTeam HansenPeugeot 2083rd8th7th117123 Kristian SzaboGRX SetHyundai i2010th2nd13th10833 Liam DoranMonster Energy RX CartelRenault Mégane RS7th16th5th9913 Andreas BakkerudMonster Energy RX CartelRenault Mégane RS9th14th8th8107 Timur TimerzyanovGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i208th9th16th71115 Reinis NitissES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX TeamSkoda Fabia11th12th11th61277 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSeat Ibiza12th10th12th51344 Timo ScheiderALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSeat Ibiza17th7th10th41492 Anton MarklundGCK BilsteinRenault Mégane RS16th11th9th31536 Guerlain ChicheritUnkorruptedRenault Clio RS13th13th14th21614 Rokas BaciuskaUnkorruptedRenault Clio RS15th15th15th11711 Jani PaasonenFerratum TeamFord Fiesta14th17th

Note : René Münnich withdrawn from semi Final to allow his more experienced teammate Timo Scheider to participate

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

DriverTeamTimePts15 Mattias EkstromKYB Team JC5:04.0926268 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team +0.148531 Timmy HansenTeam Hansen +2.1654413 Andreas BakkerudMonster Energy RX Cartel +4.3053515 Reinis NitissES Motorsport - Eisega WRX Team +6.74126123 Kristian SzaboGRX Set +6.9961

Semi-Final 2

DriverTeamTimePts13 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport5:02.654624 Robin LarssonKYB Team JC +1.511539 Kevin HansenTeam Hansen +2.1334444 Timo ScheiderALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport +5.208357 Timur TimerzyanovGRX Taneco Team +5.5662633 Liam DoranMonster Energy RX Cartel1

Final DriverTeamTimePts13 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport5:01.073825 Mattias EkströmKYB Team JC +3.468531 Timmy HansenTeam Hansen +4.323449 Kevin HansenTeam Hansen +4.6333568 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team +10.908264 Robin LarssonKYB Team JC +35.3161

Supercar Race 2

Source

Heats

DriverTeamCarPts15 Mattias EkströmKYB Team JCAudi S11st1st6th1623 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson MotorsportVolkswagen Polo4th2nd2nd15313 Andreas BakkerudMonster Energy RX CartelRenault Mégane RS6th3rd10th1441 Timmy HansenTeam HansenPeugeot 2083rd6th3rd13568 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i205th5th7th12644 Timo ScheiderALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSeat Ibiza7th7th8th1174 Robin LarssonKYB Team JCAudi S12nd15th1st1087 Timur TimerzyanovGRX Taneco TeamHyundai i2011th4th14th999 Kevin HansenTeam HansenPeugeot 2089th8th4th81092 Anton MarklundGCK BilsteinRenault Mégane RS10th9th11th71115 Reinis NitissES Motorsport - Eigesa WRX TeamSkoda Fabia13th11th13th61233 Liam DoranMonster Energy RX CartelRenault Mégane RS12th13th9th51377 René MünnichALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportSeat Ibiza16th10th12th414123 Kristian SzaboGRX SetHyundai i208th16th5th31536 Guerlain ChicheritUnkorruptedRenault Clio RS15th12th16th21611 Jani PaasonenFerratum TeamFord Fiesta17th14th17th11714 Rokas BaciuskaUnkorruptedRenault Clio RS14th17th15th

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

DriverTeamTimePts15 Mattias EkstromKYB Team JC5:01.505624 Robin LarssonKYB Team JC +2.3955368 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team +2.791449 Kevin Hansen‡Team Hansen +3.197357 Timur TimerzyanovGRX Taneco Team +4.32026123 Kristian SzaboGRX Set +5.5961

Semi-Final 2 (Red Flagged - Only 5 laps)‡

DriverTeamTimePts121 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport4:10.779621 Timmy HansenTeam Hansen +2.7085313 Andreas Bakkerud‡Monster Energy RX Cartel +3.7274492 Anton MarklundGRX Bilstein +6.2993533 Liam DoranMonster Energy RX Cartel +6.559244 Timo Scheider‡ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport-

‡ The semi-final 2 was red-flagged due to the crash of Andreas Bakkerud. Timo Scheider, who finish the semi-final in third, was declared responsible for the incident and was disqualified. Neither Andreas Bakkerud nor his car was able to resume the competition. As a result, his place in the final was filled by Kevin Hansen.

Final DriverTeamTimePts15 Mattias EkströmKYB Team JC5:01.264823 Johan KristofferssonKristoffersson Motorsport +0.728534 Robin LarssonKYB Team JC +3.388441 Timmy HansenTeam Hansen +3.8143568 Niclas GrönholmGRX Taneco Team +4.647269 Kevin HansenTeam Hansen +5.0751

Standings after the event

Source DriverGap1 Johan Kristoffersson166 2 Mattias Ekström149 +173 Niclas Grönholm117 +494 Timmy Hansen111 +555 Robin Larsson101 +656 Kevin Hansen96 +70

Note: Only the top six positions are included.

References

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