Victory record for Kristoffersson in Riga

Another exemplary weekend from Johan Kristoffersson in Riga. The PSRX driver who won in the final ahead of Mattias Ekström and Sébastien Loeb is fast approaching a second title by signing a record of victories with an 8th success this year.

Published on 16/09/2018 à 15:30

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Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen) further disgusted the competition by winning the final in Riga (Latvia) as he did last year. The leader of the Championship scored his 6th consecutive victory in Riga (Latvia), his 8th of the season in 9 rounds and thus improves the record of success in a season in World RX while there are still 3 events remaining on the calendar!

As usual, the reigning world champion remained untouchable throughout the weekend, leaving only Q3 to the drivers Peugeot Timmy Hansen and Sébastien Loeb. The Swede then proceeded to dominate his semi-final before winning in the last race with more than 2 seconds ahead of Mattias Ekström (Audi), while Sébastien Loeb offered himself his 6th podium of the year . Niclas Grönholm (Hyundai) and the Peugeots of Timmy and Kevin Hansen completed the rankings for the last race after a good group shot from the 208 WRXs in the semi-final.

The surprise came from the elimination of Petter Solberg (Volkswagen) and Andreas Bakkerud (Audi) in the semi-final. The three-time world champion failed in 5th place behind Guerlain Chicherit (Renault) after finishing in the wall at the start following contact with the GCK boss-driver, while the EKS driver narrowly missed qualifying for the final by finishing ahead of Liam Doran (Renault) and Nico Müller (Audi).