| 2017 World RX of Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 11 of 12 in the 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 30 September–1 October 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Buxtehude, Lower Saxony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Estering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |  Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 03:45.054 | 6 |
| 2 | 57 |  Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +2.378 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 |  Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +3.638 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 |  Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +3.887 | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +4.927 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | +9.850 | 1 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 03:42.822 | 6 |
| 2 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.206 | 5 |
| 3 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | +5.296 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 |  Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.555 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +8.751 | 2 |
| 6 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | +20.052 | 1 |
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 03:41.663 | 8 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.629 | 5 |
| 3 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +3.717 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +6.868 | 3 |
| 5 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | +8.089 | 2 |
| 6 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +48.239 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 286 | |
| 2 | Petter Solberg | 234 | +52 |
| 3 | Mattias Ekström | 233 | +53 |
| 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 204 | +82 |
| 5 | Andreas Bakkerud | 179 | +107 |
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