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A fourth place finish at the final round allowed Timur Timerzyanov to claim his second consecutive European World Rallycross Championship in Germany on Sunday.

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The ninth round of the European Rallycross Championship proved to be a dramatic finale to the season at the Estering in Germany on Sunday.

In the final, former World Rally champion Petter Solberg saw his race end prematurely with a crash on the first turn.

The Norwegian called for the race to stop, was ignored and got a little angry.

Defending champion Timur Timerzyanov lined up on the grid in the final with a 20-point advantage over Davy Jeanney, with Timmy Hansen three points further back.

Jeanney started badly by forgetting to take his joker lap in the first heat; he finished fourth in the first semi-final.

Timmy Hansen joined the French driver in semi-final one but rolled out of the race on the first lap.

The final was stopped after four laps after Stig-Olov Walfridson became stranded in in the joker section.

Timerzyanov had led the final from the start until the red flag.

However, he was the only one of the four remaining runners who had not taken the joker lap when the race was stopped and was given a time penalty by the stewards, dropping him to fourth in the results.

That meant that Alexander Hvaal was awarded the win.

Despite the fourth place finish Timerzyanov claimed his second consecutive world title after finishing 29 points clear of Jeanney.