Kristoffersson beats Loeb in the snow of Montalegre

Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen) becomes the best winner in World RX by winning his second consecutive final in Montalegre (Portugal), becoming the only driver in the discipline with 11 successes. The reigning world champion spent the race in the lead while waiting for the last lap to take his joker lap even though the event was contested in heavy snow.

The snow has descended on Montalegre for the Final and that grandstand is packed! What awesome fans!#WorldRX #MontalegreRX pic.twitter.com/pyUDjpl7jr

— FIA World Rallycross (@FIAWorldRX) April 29th

The Swede previously took advantage of the duel between the two EKS Audi Sport drivers Andreas Bakkerud and Mattias Ekström in his semi-final to have a good position on the grid for the last event of the weekend. The former champion of DTM failed at the gates of the final by being beaten by Guerlain Chicherit (Renault) who qualified the Mégane RS RX on the last grid of the meeting from its second participation.

The GCK principal finished fifth behind former driver Hoonigan ahead of Timmy Hansen (Peugeot ) who nevertheless started on pole. The Peugeot driver lost everything by spinning after winning his semi-final ahead of his teammate Sébastien Loeb who ended the weekend by once again taking second place.

Petter Solberg (Volkswagen) completed the podium after narrowly qualifying for the final by taking advantage of the duel between Janis Baumanis (Ford) and Kevin Eriksson (Ford).

Discover the report of the World RX in Montalegre in issue 2163 of AUTOhebdo, available from Monday evening in digital version on all platforms, and from this Thursday on newsstands.