The first round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship at Riga had a bit of everything in the Qualifying heats, even though the same well known face was at the top of the standings. Johan Kristoffersson , technically on a part-time effort, came out in first despite three horrendous starts after Q1, with the high competitiveness of the field doing the rest of the job when he wasn’t the dominant force in his Volkswagen Polo KMS 601 RX . Riga RX - Intermediate standings While Johan Kristoffersson got the Intermediate top spot, his Qualifying performance was really far off the dominating consistency that gave him eight World RX titles, mostly because of the starts. While he got everything right in Q1, reaction delays in the following three heats meant he and Ole Christian Veiby had to play catch up with the competition, and while they would succeed in recovering the positions with lap time pace, the total race times took the damage and opened the door for other driv...
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