Highlights from World Rallycross 2 event in UK after main event cancelled due to fire

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Finland's Tommy Hallman took the World Rallycross RX2e race at Lydden Hill in the UK at the weekend. However the RX1e race was cancelled due to a fire meaning Johan Kristoffersson couldn't extend his championship lead.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:02 Away they go.

00:14 Oh, and it looks like the Flying Finhal

00:16 is finally getting the hang of the launch.

00:18 Made a much better start that time around.

00:20 Victor Vax tries to go around the outside.

00:22 Arlen Kotlinski made a move to the inside.

00:24 Oh, and they're side by side in turn one.

00:26 Haumann's gone and clear.

00:28 Schuckwist is in the position he needs to be.

00:30 He doesn't really need to worry about Tommy Haumann

00:32 because he's only doing a couple of rounds this season.

00:34 It's ranked.

00:35 And Anderson, his fight really is against.

00:37 He needs to manage the result this weekend

00:39 against the regular competitors.

00:41 Oh, wall out of shape there.

00:43 Schuckwist down into the first corner.

00:45 Has he broken the left rear?

00:46 Looks like it.

00:46 Oh, he's gone right into the wall.

00:48 That is game over, it looks like, for Ezek Schuckwist.

00:53 Semi-final one.

00:54 Tommy Haumann gets back to his winning ways

00:56 in a very impressive time.

00:58 Victor Frank second, Pablo Suarez third.

01:02 Green and we're racing.

01:04 Olli Henry Steinschel is level pegging with Nils Andersen.

01:07 But the Swede takes full advantage of pole position.

01:11 Diving into the inside line, Nils Andersen is out in front.

01:14 Vettel gets squeezed into the tire stack on the inside.

01:17 Look at the damage to Vettel's car.

01:18 That's really going to happen for him in this race.

01:21 If that comes off and gets stuck under a front wheel

01:23 or something, look at the damage to the Latvian's car.

01:27 That's what Hal was referring to there.

01:29 Vettel's jokers this time around.

01:30 Like Tommy Haumann, Vettel's is another joker in the pack,

01:33 not doing the full season.

01:34 So he can take points off people,

01:36 but it doesn't really matter if he wins overall.

01:39 Like Haumann, if he wins-- oh, he's run wide there

01:41 on the grass, Roberts.

01:42 Katie Munnings is into the joker lap

01:46 with the two leaders on the fifth and final round.

01:48 Oh, Vettel's is coming close here.

01:51 Katie Munnings' dream of a place in the final could be over.

01:54 And yes, he's got it.

01:55 I wonder if Munnings has got a problem.

01:57 Vettel actually had a lot of understeer there coming back

01:59 onto the main track.

02:01 Nils Andersen now smashing this all the way

02:03 to the chequered flag.

02:06 Five laps is the name of the game.

02:08 No joker on the first lap.

02:10 It's a better start from Haumann.

02:14 And it looks like the Finnholz top position.

02:16 Andersen is forced to go around the outside.

02:18 Victor French tucks in behind the Finnish leader.

02:21 Oh, Vettel's has had a massive moment on the jump landing.

02:24 I think the rear suspension might have broken on that car.

02:28 Oh, and has something gone wrong for Nils Andersen?

02:31 Or is that just a lock up?

02:32 No, rear suspension's collapsed for Nils Andersen.

02:34 Oh, no.

02:36 Tommy Hallman's only with us for two races.

02:38 He's not a championship contender.

02:40 But Victor Franks will take the biggest of the three

02:44 main protagonists here today.

02:46 Yeah, Nils Andersen will only collect 11 points now

02:49 in comparison to Victor Franks claiming 16.

02:54 Tommy Hallman's now looking to wrap this up.

02:56 Tommy Hallman takes top position.

02:59 What a debut for the Finnish driver.

03:01 Victor Franks with his eye on the title

03:04 picks up some valuable points.

03:07 Yeah, what a weekend.

03:08 It's such a nice track.

03:09 And luckily, we had so much crowd in here this weekend.

03:11 It's been a pleasure to drive and so enjoyable car to drive.

03:14 It's so, so incredible.

03:16 I mean, big thanks to the team, set promotion, QEV.

03:19 Big thanks to all of my sponsors, Booktable and all of them.

03:22 So it's just so happy.

03:24 The championship standings after three rounds.

03:27 And the defending champ, Victor Franks,

03:29 takes Belgium and his team to the top of the table.

03:32 Nils Andersen is second.

03:33 Isak Jokvic drops from first to third

03:36 with Mikaela Arlenkot-Olinsky for Suarez.

03:39 Five and jumping up a spot, Oli Henry-Steinsholt

03:43 into sixth position.

03:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]

03:49 (dramatic music)

03:52 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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