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Round 5 of 12 in the 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 27–28 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Wootton, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venue | Lydden Hill Race Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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]
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:11.741 | 6 |
2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +1.099 | 5 |
3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.402 | 4 |
4 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | +2.129 | 3 |
5 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | +4.478 | 2 |
6 | 6 | Janis Baumanis | STARD | +6.658 | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:10.922 | 6 |
2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.173 | 5 |
3 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +2.644 | 4 |
4 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | +3.708 | 3 |
5 | 177 | Andrew Jordan | MJP Racing Team Austria | +5.379 | 2 |
6 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +6.421 | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
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1 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:09.602 | 8 |
2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +1.690 | 5 |
3 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +3.317 | 3 |
4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +6.730 | 4 |
5 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +14.156 | 2 |
6 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +58.200 | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
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1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 16 |
2 | 40 | Dan Rooke | Dan Rooke | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 15 |
3 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | Guillaume De Ridder | 4th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 14 |
4 | 11 | Tanner Whitten | Olsbergs MSE | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 13th | 13 |
5 | 9 | Glenn Haug | Glenn Haug | 11th | 5th | 9th | 4th | 12 |
6 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 6th | 6th | 8th | 9th | 11 |
7 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 15th | 7th | 4th | 5th | 10 |
8 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Bard Holmen | 10th | 10th | 11th | 3rd | 9 |
9 | 66 | William Nilsson | JC Raceteknik | 3rd | 8th | 15th | 10th | 8 |
10 | 55 | Vasily Gryazin | Sports Racing Technologies | 8th | 11th | 12th | 6th | 7 |
11 | 12 | Anders Michalak | Anders Michalak | 5th | DNF | 6th | 14th | 6 |
12 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | 12th | 9th | 7th | 15th | 5 |
13 | 26 | Jessica Bäckman | Olsbergs MSE | 9th | 14th | 10th | 12th | 4 |
14 | 19 | Andreas Bäckman | Olsbergs MSE | 14th | 12th | 14th | 7th | 3 |
15 | 51 | Sandra Hultgren | Sandra Hultgren | 13th | 13th | 13th | 11th | 2 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
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1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 4:36.091 | 6 |
2 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | Guillaume De Ridder | +2.147 | 5 |
3 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +3.987 | 4 |
4 | 66 | William Nilsson | JC Raceteknik | +4.229 | 3 |
5 | 9 | Glenn Haug | Glenn Haug | +5.496 | 2 |
6 | 12 | Anders Michalak | Anders Michalak | DNF | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
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1 | 40 | Dan Rooke | Dan Rooke | 4:39.483 | 6 |
2 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Bard Holmen | +0.398 | 5 |
3 | 11 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | +1.318 | 4 |
4 | 11 | Tanner Whitten | Olsbergs MSE | +1.774 | 3 |
5 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +3.060 | 2 |
6 | 55 | Vasily Gryazin | Sports Racing Technologies | +3.754 | 1 |
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
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1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 4:37.080 | 8 |
2 | 40 | Dan Rooke | Dan Rooke | +1.098 | 5 |
3 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Bard Holmen | +1.691 | 4 |
4 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | Guillaume De Ridder | +2.379 | 3 |
5 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | +3.368 | 2 |
6 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +4.642 | 1 |
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