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2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship Round 8 - World RX of France Lohéac, 30 August - 02 September 2018 No. Driver Nat. Competitor Nat. Car 1 Johan KRISTOFFERSSON SWE PSRX Volkswagen Sweden SWE Volkswagen Polo R 2 Oliver O'DONOVAN IRL Oliver O'Donovan IRL Ford Fiesta 4 Robin LARSSON SWE Olsbergs MSE SWE Ford Fiesta 5 Mattias EKSTRÖM SWE EKS Audi Sport SWE Audi S1 6 Janis BAUMANIS LVA Team Stard AUT Ford Fiesta 7 Timur TIMERZYANOV RUS GRX Taneco Team FIN Hyundai i20 9 Sébastien LOEB FRA Team Peugeot Total FRA Peugeot 208 11 Petter SOLBERG NOR PSRX Volkswagen Sweden NOR Volkswagen Polo R 13 Andreas BAKKERUD NOR EKS Audi Sport SWE Audi S1 17 Davy JEANNEY FRA Davy Jeanney FRA Peugeot 208 21 Timmy HANSEN SWE Team Peugeot Total SWE Peugeot 208 24 Tommy RUSTAD NOR Marklund - HTB Racing NOR Volkswagen Polo 29 Emmanuel ANNE FRA Emmanuel Anne FRA Peugeot 208 36 Guerlain CHICHERIT FRA GC Kompetition FRA Renault Mégane RS 42 Oliver BENNETT GBR Oliver Bennett GBR BMW Mini Cooper 44 Timo SCHEIDER DEU ALL-INKL.COM Muennich Motorsport DEU Seat Ibiza 57 Toomas HEIKKINEN FIN MJP Racing Team Austria AUT Ford Fiesta 62 Gaëtan SERAZIN FRA Gaëtan Sérazin FRA Peugeot 208 66 Grégoire DEMOUSTIER BEL Sébastien Loeb Racing FRA Peugeot 208 68 Niclas GRÖNHOLM FIN GRX Taneco Team FIN Hyundai i20 71 Kevin HANSEN SWE Team Peugeot Total FRA Peugeot 208 74 Jérôme GROSSET-JANIN FRA GC Kompetition FRA Renault Mégane RS 84 Hervé "KNAPICK" LEMONNIER FRA Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier FRA Citroën DS3 96 Kevin ERIKSSON SWE Olsbergs MSE SWE Ford Fiesta 177 Andrew JORDAN GBR MJP Racing Team Austria AUT Ford Fiesta Published by the FIA, on 08.08.2018 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship Round 8 - World RX of France Lohéac, 30 August - 02 September 2018 RESERVE LIST No. Driver Nat. Competitor Nat. Car 61 Francis BALOCCHI ** FRA Francis Balocchi FRA Peugeot 208 28 Yann LE JOSSEC FRA Yann Le Jossec FRA Citroën DS3 * The aforementioned drivers are classified according to the selection order (from the 1st selectable driver to the last one). ** Subject to licence status. Published by the FIA, on 08.08.2018.
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