Estering World Rallycross: Davy Jeanney dominates for Peugeot
Frenchman Davy Jeanney won the German round of World Rallycross Championship at the Estering for the factory-backed Peugeot-Hansen team

He topped the intermediate classification and won the first semi-final to start the final from pole position.
Jeanney made the best start and led from the beginning to the end, outpacing his rivals throughout.
"It's incredible," said Jeanney.
"This weekend has been incredible apart from one mistake in the fourth heat.
"This is my first win in five years, it's very special."
Also starting from the front row in the final, championship leader Petter Solberg was second after Turn 1 ahead of Volkswagen Sweden team-mates Johan Kristoffersson and Tord Linnerud.
While Kristoffersson would wait until the final opportunity to take his joker lap, Solberg did so on lap two and then caught and pressured the VW.
He was joined by Timmy Hansen, who had only been ninth overall after the heats but made it to the final third place in the first semi then took his joker on lap one.
When Kristoffersson finally went through the joker he fell behind Solberg and Hansen, who claimed second and third. The runner-up spot extends Solberg's championship lead.
Norwegian Andreas Bakkerud made a brilliant start from the back row of the final and made an optimistic move around the outside of the first corner, ending up in the gravel trap way off line.
Mattias Ekstrom's EKS team had a torrid weekend. Ekstrom himself didn't make the semi-finals while team-mate Anton Marklund crashed out before the first corner.
Tommy Rustad won the European Championship final, ahead of Jerome Grosset-Janin and Fabien Pailler.
FINAL RESULTS - SIX LAPS:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Gap |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Davy Jeanney | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot | 3m45.662s |
2 | Petter Solberg | SDRX | Citroen | 4.901s |
3 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot | 5.538s |
4 | Johan Kristoffersson | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen | 5.815s |
5 | Tord Linnerud | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen | 11.231s |
6 | Andreas Bakkerud | Olsbergs MSE | Ford | 10.188s |
7 | Reinis Nitiss | Olsbergs MSE | Ford | 6 Laps |
8 | Manfred Stohl | World RX Team Austria | Ford | 6 Laps |
9 | Robin Larsson | Audi | 6 Laps | |
10 | Anton Marklund | EKS | Audi | 6 Laps |
11 | Timur Timerzyanov | Namus OMSE | Ford | 6 Laps |
12 | Rene Munnich | Albatec Racing LTD | Audi | 6 Laps |
13 | Toomas Heikkinen | Motorsport | Volkswagen | 6 Laps |
14 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen | 6 Laps |
15 | Mattias Ekstrom | EKS | Audi | 6 Laps |
16 | Alx Danielsson | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Audi | 6 Laps |
17 | Max Pucher | World RX Team Austria | Ford | 6 Laps |
- | Tommy Rustad | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen | Not classified |
- | Ollie O'Donovan | Ford | Not classified | |
- | James Grint | Albatec Racing LTD | Peugeot | Not classified |
- | Tamas Karai | Racing-Com Kft. | Skoda | Not classified |
- | Peter Hedstrom | Skoda | Not classified | |
- | Ramona Karlsson | Ramona RX | Volkswagen | Not classified |
- | Lukas Walfridson | Helmia Motorsport | Renault | Not classified |
- | Riku Tahko | #Minisuomi | Mini/BMW | Not classified |
- | Mark Flaherty | Ford | Not classified | |
- | Ole-Christian Veiby | Volkswagen Team Sweden | Volkswagen | Not classified |
- | Frode Holte | Frode Holte Motorsport | Hyundai | Not classified |
- | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Marklund Motorsport | Saab | Not classified |
- | Jonathan Pailler | Peugeot | Not classified | |
- | Jerome Grosset-Janin | Per Eklund Motorsport | Peugeot | Not classified |
- | Fabien Pailler | Peugeot | Not classified | |
- | Jorg Jockel | All-Inkl.com Munnich Motorsport | Ford | Not classified |
- | Koen Pauwels | Ford | Not classified | |
- | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | Citroen | Not classified |
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