2017 World RX of Belgium

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World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet Circuito Jules Tacheny.svg
World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
2017 World RX of Belgium
Round 4 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date13–14 May 2017
Location Mettet, Wallonia
Venue Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-Final 2 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Final
First Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Second Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Third Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden

The 2017 World RX of Belgium was the fourth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the third round of the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. It also hosted the first round of the 2017 RX2 International Series, the support category of the World Rallycross Championship. [1]

Contents

Supercar

Heats

Above the Mettet circuit split Mattias Ekstrom (Audi S1 EKS RX quattro), Mettet RX (34518302512).jpg
Above the Mettet circuit split
Reinis Nitiss leads "M.D.K.", Duval, Kaczmarski and Dubourg Reinis Nitiss (Audi S1 EKS RX quattro -15) (34505786441).jpg
Reinis Nitišs leads "M.D.K.", Duval, Kaczmarski and Dubourg
Pos.No.DriverTeamCarQ1Q2Q3Q4Pts
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd1st1st1st16
211 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st2nd4th6th15
321 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd13th5th3rd14
413 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th15th8th2nd13
59 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 6th3rd3rd16th12
643 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 11th4th9th4th11
757 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 9th10th6th7th10
81 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 5th11th2nd21st9
996 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 7th6th20th5th8
107 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 10th7th14th8th7
1144 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 13th12th7th9th6
1268 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 15th8th11h12th5
1315 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 16th5th18th11th4
14100 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Wilks LOCO World RX Team Volkswagen Polo 12th21st13th10th3
1567 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg François Duval Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 17th14th12th15th2
166 Flag of Latvia.svg Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 14th22nd10th13th1
1749 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg "M.D.K." M.D.K. Ford Fiesta 18th16th17th17th
1887 Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 20th19th15th14th
1969 Flag of Poland.svg Martin KaczmarskiMartin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 19th17th16th18th
2036 Flag of France.svg Guerlain Chicherit Guerlain Chicherit Renault Clio 21st18th22nd20th
2171 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 8th9thDNFDNS
2266 Flag of France.svg Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 23rd24th21st19th
23102 Flag of Hungary.svg Tamás KáraiKárai Motorsport Sportegyesület Audi A1 24th23rd19thDNF
2410 Flag of Hungary.svg "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 22nd20th23rdDNS

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
121 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 4:04.6956
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +1.3035
396 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +11.4764
457 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +11.7693
544 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +15.1182
69 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +35.7801
Semi-Final 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:02.4676
213 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +0.7575
31 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.1084
47 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov STARD +6.3113
568 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX +10.2922
643 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division DNF1

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:02.3168
221 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.9245
311 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.9353
41 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS RX +3.0574
596 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +11.2692
613 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division DNF1

RX2 International Series

Heats

Pos.No.DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Pts
152 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon OlofssonSimon Olofsson1st1st2nd15th16
240 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan RookeDan Rooke9th2nd1st5th15
355 Flag of Latvia.svg Vasily GryazinSports Racing Technologies13th3rd7th2nd14
412 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders MichalakAnders Michalak5th11th8th3rd13
59 Flag of Norway.svg Glenn HaugGlenn Haug2nd14th10th4th12
613 Flag of France.svg Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 6thDNF15th1st11
796 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume De RidderGuillaume De Ridder17th4th6th7th10
811 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE 11th12th3rd10th9
969 Flag of Norway.svg Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 4th13th5th13th8
1056 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas HolmenBard Holmen3rd10th11th14th7
1166 Flag of Sweden.svg William Nilsson JC Raceteknik 12th9th4th16th6
1233 Flag of Kenya.svg Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE 14th8th9th11th5
1358 Flag of Sweden.svg Santosh BerggrenA. Berggrens Bilservice Floby15th7thDNF6th4
1451 Flag of Sweden.svg Sandra HultgrenSandra Hultgren7thDNF13th8th3
1519 Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 16th6thDNF9th2
1626 Flag of Sweden.svg Jessica Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 10th15th12th12th1
178 Flag of Norway.svg Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 8th5th14thDNS

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
152 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon OlofssonSimon Olofsson4:28.9576
29 Flag of Norway.svg Glenn HaugGlenn Haug+4.0415
366 Flag of Sweden.svg William Nilsson JC Raceteknik +8.0424
496 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume De RidderGuillaume De Ridder+9.9233
569 Flag of Norway.svg Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +11.0182
612 Flag of Latvia.svg Vasily GryazinSports Racing Technologies+22.6281
Semi-Final 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
113 Flag of France.svg Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:28.3376
240 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan RookeDan Rooke+1.6055
311 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +9.7974
433 Flag of Kenya.svg Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE +12.7193
556 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas Holmen]Bard Holmen+20.4762
612 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders MichalakAnders Michalak+38.0401

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
113 Flag of France.svg Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:25.1698
240 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan RookeDan Rooke+1.3945
311 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +5.3064
49 Flag of Norway.svg Glenn HaugGlenn Haug+17.9663
552 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon OlofssonSimon OlofssonDNF2
666 Flag of Sweden.svg William Nilsson JC Raceteknik DNF1

Standings after the event

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References

  1. "Kristoffersson wins in Belgium". FIA World Rallycross. FIA World Rallycross. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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