2017 World RX of Great Britain

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World RX layout of Lydden Hill Race Circuit Lydden Hill - Rallycross.svg
World RX layout of Lydden Hill Race Circuit
2017 World RX of Great Britain
Round 5 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date27–28 May 2017
Location Wootton, Kent
Venue Lydden Hill Race Circuit
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final 2 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Final
First Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Second Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Third Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud
Hoonigan Racing Division

The 2017 World RX of Great Britain was the fifth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Lydden Hill Race Circuit in Wootton, Kent and also played host to the fourth round of the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. It also hosted the second round of the 2017 RX2 International Series, the support category of the World Rallycross Championship. [1]

Contents

Timo Scheider was absent due to racing for BMW Motorsport in the 24 Hours Nürburgring. British touring car champion Andrew Jordan replaced Scheider at MJP Racing Team Austria. This was Jordan's third appearance at the World RX of Great Britain, having previously finished third in 2014 and seventh in 2015. [2]

Supercar

Heats

The event marked 50 years of rallycross at Lydden Hill Toomas Heikkinen (Audi S1 EKS RX quattro -57) (34898002106).jpg
The event marked 50 years of rallycross at Lydden Hill
The start of Semi-Final 2 Mattias Ekstrom (Audi S1 EKS RX quattro -1) (34106156584).jpg
The start of Semi-Final 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamCarQ1Q2Q3Q4Pts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st1st1st3rd16
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd2nd2nd2nd15
321 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 5th5th7th1st14
41 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 3rd3rd3rd8th13
513 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th4th5th4th12
69 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 7th6th4th6th11
743 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 5th6th7th6th10
8177 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 10th9th18th7th9
96 Flag of Latvia.svg Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 11th11th13th10th8
1096 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 9th13th9th14th7
117 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 12th8th14th12th6
1257 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 8th22nd8th18th5
1371 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 13thDNF11th9th4
14100 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Wilks LOCO World RX Team Volkswagen Polo 14th12th17th15th3
1568 Flag of Finland.svg Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta DNF10th12th13th2
1615 Flag of Latvia.svg Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 23rdDNF10th11th1
1777 Flag of Germany.svg René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Citroën DS3 15th14th19th21st
1887 Flag of France.svg Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 16th15th15thDNF
1966 Flag of France.svg Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 19th17th20th17th
202 Flag of Ireland.svg Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 20th16th16th22nd
2110 Flag of Hungary.svg "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 17th20th22nd16th
2269 Flag of Poland.svg Martin KaczmarskiMartin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 18th18th23rd19th
2342 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver BennettOliver Bennett Ford Fiesta 22nd21st21st20th
2449 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg "M.D.K." M.D.K. Ford Fiesta 21st19thDNF23rd

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:11.7416
213 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.0995
321 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.4024
443 Flag of the United States.svg Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division +2.1293
57 Flag of Russia.svg Timur Timerzyanov STARD +4.4782
66 Flag of Latvia.svg Janis Baumanis STARD +6.6581
Semi-Final 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:10.9226
29 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.1735
31 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.6444
496 Flag of Sweden.svg Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +3.7083
5177 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria +5.3792
657 Flag of Finland.svg Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +6.4211

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
111 Flag of Norway.svg Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:09.6028
23 Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +1.6905
313 Flag of Norway.svg Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +3.3173
49 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +6.7304
51 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström EKS RX +14.1562
621 Flag of Sweden.svg Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +58.2001

RX2 International Series

Heats

Pos.No.DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Pts
113 Flag of France.svg Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 1st1st1st1st16
240 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan RookeDan Rooke2nd2nd2nd2nd15
396 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume De RidderGuillaume De Ridder4th4th5th8th14
411 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE 7th3rd3rd13th13
59 Flag of Norway.svg Glenn HaugGlenn Haug11th5th9th4th12
669 Flag of Norway.svg Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 6th6th8th9th11
752 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon OlofssonSimon Olofsson15th7th4th5th10
856 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas HolmenBard Holmen10th10th11th3rd9
966 Flag of Sweden.svg William Nilsson JC Raceteknik 3rd8th15th10th8
1055 Flag of Latvia.svg Vasily GryazinSports Racing Technologies8th11th12th6th7
1112 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders MichalakAnders Michalak5thDNF6th14th6
128 Flag of Norway.svg Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 12th9th7th15th5
1326 Flag of Sweden.svg Jessica Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 9th14th10th12th4
1419 Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 14th12th14th7th3
1551 Flag of Sweden.svg Sandra HultgrenSandra Hultgren13th13th13th11th2

Semi-Finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
113 Flag of France.svg Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:36.0916
296 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume De RidderGuillaume De Ridder+2.1475
352 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon OlofssonSimon Olofsson+3.9874
466 Flag of Sweden.svg William Nilsson JC Raceteknik +4.2293
59 Flag of Norway.svg Glenn HaugGlenn Haug+5.4962
612 Flag of Sweden.svg Anders MichalakAnders MichalakDNF1
Semi-Final 2
Pos.No.DriverTeamTimePts
140 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan RookeDan Rooke4:39.4836
256 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas HolmenBard Holmen+0.3985
311 Flag of Norway.svg Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +1.3184
411 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +1.7743
58 Flag of Norway.svg Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion +3.0602
655 Flag of Latvia.svg Vasily GryazinSports Racing Technologies+3.7541

Final

Pos.No.DriverTeamTime/RetiredPts
113 Flag of France.svg Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:37.0808
240 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dan RookeDan Rooke+1.0985
356 Flag of Norway.svg Thomas HolmenBard Holmen+1.6914
496 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Guillaume De RidderGuillaume De Ridder+2.3793
569 Flag of Norway.svg Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +3.3682
652 Flag of Sweden.svg Simon OlofssonSimon Olofsson+4.6421

Standings after the event

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References

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