On Saturday, the fifth stage of the World Rally Cross Championship will take place on Biķernieki track – “Neste World RX of Riga ”, in which Latvians will participate Reinis Nitišs a Jānis Baumanis, as well as other the world’s best motorists in this discipline.
Portal “Delfi” offers live text transmission from the first day of the competition on Biķernieki track.
Neste World RX of Riga competition in rallycross
Competition schedule: 10:30 1st qualification // World RX, 5th stage 1st qualification // Euro RX, Supercar 11:50 2nd qualification // World RX, 5th stage 1st qualification // Projekt E 13:15 Qualification 3 // World RX, Stage 5 Qualification 2 // Euro RX, Supercar 16:00 Semifinals // World RX, Stage 5 Qualification 2 // Projekt E Final // World RX, Stage 5
The competition on the Bikernieki track continues with the European Championship in the “SuperCar” class.
The second qualification will be started by the slowest pilots in the first qualification. Reinis Nitišs will take part in the second trip.
Reinis Nitišs ranks 11th in the overall ranking after the first qualification. The TOP 12 enters the overall rating of four qualifying races in the semi-finals.
Kevin Hansen had a great start in the final first qualifying race. Lithuanian pilot Roks Bačuška went to the joker circle at the end of the first lap. At the end of the second lap, Ekstroms went to the joker’s circle. Hansen went to the penultimate lap in the penultimate lap and managed to keep first place. The extras followed his compatriot closely, but remained second. During the trip, Bačuška turned and finished in fourth place. The winner Hansen has the third fastest time overall. Shaider, on the other hand, was forced to resign due to technical problems.
Timur Timerzyanov took the first place at the start of the third race, but he was followed by last season’s vice-champion Andreas Bakerud, who went to the joker circle at the end of the second lap. Timerjanov went to the last lap of the joker circle and defended the first position. Bakerud was very close to the Russian pilot, losing him only a tenth of a second. This was the slowest first qualifying race so far – Timerzyanov was more than three seconds behind Christopher.
Larson gave a great start in the second race, but he made a mistake in the second corner and fell to the last place. There was a fierce battle between two Swedish pilots – Krostoferson and Timi Hansen. In the penultimate round, Hansen went to the joker round, but Christopher did it in the last round. Christopher managed to keep the first place, setting the fastest time in the first qualification. Second place winner Timmy Hansen also made the trip a little faster than the winner of the previous trip, Gronholm.
Nitišs was significantly slower at the start, but Gronholm took the lead. Approaching the joker’s circle, Marklund turned, whose car had technical problems. Doran entered the joker circle in the first lap, but Nitišs failed to get ahead of the British with his strategy. Gronholm won the race with the result 3: 24.6 minutes. Nitišs was 3.08 seconds slower, finishing third.
The competition has started!
Reinis Nitišs about his goals in this race: “We understand how many trainings have been done and that the car has not been on the start this season. We do not hope for victory, pedestal or top 6. Let’s just drive and try to do everything that can be done.”
Reinis Nitišs will start on the first race, competing with Liam Doran, Anton Marklund and Niklas Gronholm https://twitter.com/FIAWorldRX/status/1306953611973480448
Jānis Baumanis, who announced shortly before the start of the “World RX” championship that he will not be able to spend the full season, will start on the Biķernieki track with a new electric car in the “Project E” class. https://www.delfi.lv/auto/motorusports/baumanis-world-rx-posma-riga-startes-jaunizveidotaja-elektrisko-auto-klase.d?id=52457661
Latvians will not have a full world championship this season, but the two best national rallycross pilots will start on the Biķernieki track. Reinis Nitišs will ride in the “SuperCar” class with the “Škoda Fabia” prepared by the Lithuanian team. https://www.delfi.lv/auto/motorusports/foto-reinis-nitiss-prezente-skoda-spekratu-neste-world-rx-of-riga-posmam.d?id=52474059
The annual rallycross festival is present on the Bikernieki track. This time, there will be twice as many competitions, as two stages of the world champion will be held, thus both qualifications, semi-finals and finals will be held both on Saturday and Sunday. https://www.delfi.lv/auto/motorusports/neste-world-rx-of-riga-pasaules-cempionata-nakama-pieturvieta-ar-latviesiem-ierinda.d?id=52476461
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