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Italy RX Entry List 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship Round 10 - Rallycross of Italy Franciacorta, 16-18/10/2015 ENTRY LIST No Driver Nat. Competitor Nat. Car 1 Petter SOLBERG NOR SDRX SWE Citröen DS3 3 Johan KRISTOFFERSSON SWE Volkswagen Team Sweden SWE Volkswagen Polo 4 Robin LARSSON SWE Robin Larsson SWE Audi A1 7 Manfred STOHL AUT World RX Team Austria AUT Ford Fiesta 13 Andreas BAKKERUD NOR OlsbergsMSE AB SWE Ford Fiesta ST 15 Reinis NITISS LVA OlsbergsMSE AB SWE Ford Fiesta ST 17 Davy JEANNEY FRA Team Peugeot-Hansen SWE Peugeot 208 21 Timmy HANSEN SWE Team Peugeot-Hansen SWE Peugeot 208 25 Gianluigi GALLI ITA Gianluigi Galli ITA Kia Rio 31 Max PUCHER AUT World RX Team Austria AUT Ford Fiesta 33 Liam DORAN GBR SDRX SWE Citröen DS3 42 Timur TIMERZYANOV RUS Namus OMSE RUS Ford Fiesta 45 Per Gunnar ANDERSSON SWE Marklund Motorsport SWE Volkswagen Polo 57 Toomas HEIKKINEN FIN Marklund Motorsport SWE Volkswagen Polo 62 Gaëtan SERAZIN FRA Gaëtan Sérazin FRA Peugeot 208 65 Guerlain CHICHERIT FRA JRM Racing GBR BMW Mini 77 René MÜNNICH DEU ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport DEU Audi S3 88 Henning SOLBERG NOR Eklund Motorsport SWE Volkswagen Beetle 92 Anton MARKLUND SWE EKS SWE Audi S1 99 Tord LINNERUD NOR Volkswagen Team Sweden SWE Volkswagen Polo 110 Gianni MORBIDELLI ITA ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport DEU Audi S3 177 Andrew JORDAN GBR EKS SWE Audi S1 Competition numbers in blue = Drivers nominated by Teams for the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams Published on 01.10.2015 FIA Usage Interne 2015 FIA European Rallycross Championship for SuperCars Round 5 - Rallycross of Italy Franciacorta, 16-18/10/2015 ENTRY LIST No Driver Nat. Competitor Nat. Car 2 Oliver O'DONOVAN IRL Oliver O'Donovan IRL Ford Fiesta 8 Peter HEDSTRÖM SWE Peter Hedström SWE Skoda Fabia 12 Riku TAHKO FIN #Minisuomi FIN BMW Mini 16 Tamas Pal KISS HUN Hansen Talent Development SWE Peugeot 208 18 Jonathan PAILLER FRA Jonathan Pailler FRA Peugeot 208 20 Fabien PAILLER FRA Fabien Pailler FRA Peugeot 208 22 Koen PAUWELS BEL Koen Pauwels BEL Ford Focus 24 Tommy RUSTAD NOR HTB-Marklund Motorsport NOR Volkswagen Polo 27 James GRINT GBR Albatec Racing Ltd. GBR Peugeot 208 28 Alexander HVAAL NOR JC Race Teknik SWE Citröen DS3 30 Ole Kristian TEMTE NOR Ole Kristian Temte NOR Citröen C4 47 Ramona KARLSSON SWE Ramona RX SWE Volkswagen Scirocco 48 Lukas WALFRIDSSON SWE Helmia Motorsport SWE Renault Clio 52 Ole Christian VEIBY NOR Volkswagen Team Sweden SWE Volkswagen Polo 60 Joni-Pekka RAJALA FIN Eklund Motorsport SWE Saab 93 72 Philippe MALOIGNE FRA Philippe Maloigne FRA Citröen C4 74 Jérôme GROSSET-JANIN FRA Albatec Racing Ltd. GBR Peugeot 208 83 Robert CZARNECKI POL Robert Czarnecki POL Mitsubishi Lancer 87 Jean-Baptiste DUBOURG FRA Jean-Baptiste Dubourg FRA Citröen C4 102 Tamas KARAI HUN Racing-Com KFT HUN Skoda Fabia 103 Anders BRATEN NOR Knut Ove Borseth NOR Ford Focus Published on 01.10.2015 FIA Usage Interne 2015 FIA European Rallycross Championship for Super1600 Round 7 - Rallycross of Italy Franciacorta, 16-18/10/2015 ENTRY LIST No Driver Nat. Competitor Nat. Car 2 Ulrik LINNEMANN DNK Ulrik Linnemann DNK Peugeot 208 3 Pavel VIMMER CZE Pavel Vimmer CZE Skoda Fabia 5 Ondrej SMETANA CZE LS Racing Czech National Team CZE Ford Fiesta 6 Kasparas NAVICKAS LTU ASK Vilkyciai LTU Skoda Fabia 8 Andreas STEFFEN DEU Andreas Steffen DEU Skoda Fabia 10 Janno LIGUR EST Ligur Racing EST Skoda Fabia 11 Davy VAN DEN BRANDEN BEL OTRT BEL Citröen DS3 15 Gergely MARTON HUN MF-Motorsport KFT. HUN Skoda Fabia 16 Ernestas STAPONKUS LIT ASK Vilkyciai LIT Volkswagen Polo 18 "LUIGI" HUN O.ZS. Racing Team HUN Skoda Fabia 19 Dmitrii BRAGIN RUS TT Motorsport LVA Renault Clio 20 Siim SALURI EST RS Racing Team EST Renault Twingo 23 Krisztian SZABO HUN MGAMS KFT HUN Skoda Fabia 25 Karoliina LEPPIHALME FIN Set Promotion FIN Renault Twingo 38 Mandie AUGUST DEU ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport DEU Skoda Fabia 50 Nikita MISYULYA RUS Nikita Misyulya RUS Skoda Fabia 83 Christian PETRAKOVITS AUT Christian Petrakovits AUT Volkswagen Polo 84 Davide MEDICI ITA Davide Medici ITA Renault Clio 89 Timur SHIGABUTDINOV RUS Set Promotion FIN Renault Clio 92 Andréa DUBOURG FRA Andréa Dubourg FRA Renault Clio 99 Janis BAUMANIS LVA Set Promotion FIN Renault Twingo Published on 01.10.2015 FIA Usage Interne.
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