2017 World RX of Great Britain
# 2017 World RX of Great Britain

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.

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.

## Supercar

### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 16 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 5th | 5th | 7th | 1st | 14 |
| 4 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 12 |
| 6 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 7th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 11 |
| 7 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 10 |
| 8 | 177 | Andrew Jordan | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 10th | 9th | 18th | 7th | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 11th | 11th | 13th | 10th | 8 |
| 10 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 9th | 13th | 9th | 14th | 7 |
| 11 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 8th | 14th | 12th | 6 |
| 12 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 8th | 22nd | 8th | 18th | 5 |
| 13 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 13th | DNF | 11th | 9th | 4 |
| 14 | 100 | Guy Wilks | LOCO World RX Team | Volkswagen Polo | 14th | 12th | 17th | 15th | 3 |
| 15 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | Ford Fiesta | DNF | 10th | 12th | 13th | 2 |
| 16 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 23rd | DNF | 10th | 11th | 1 |
| 17 | 77 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Citroën DS3 | 15th | 14th | 19th | 21st | |
| 18 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 16th | 15th | 15th | DNF | |
| 19 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 19th | 17th | 20th | 17th | |
| 20 | 2 | Oliver O'Donovan | Oliver O'Donovan | Ford Fiesta | 20th | 16th | 16th | 22nd | |
| 21 | 10 | "Csucsu" | Speedy Motorsport | Kia Rio | 17th | 20th | 22nd | 16th | |
| 22 | 69 | Martin Kaczmarski | Martin Kaczmarski | Ford Fiesta | 18th | 18th | 23rd | 19th | |
| 23 | 42 | Oliver Bennett | Oliver Bennett | Ford Fiesta | 22nd | 21st | 21st | 20th | |
| 24 | 49 | "M.D.K." | M.D.K. | Ford Fiesta | 21st | 19th | DNF | 23rd | |

### Semi-finals

**Semi-Final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

**Semi-Final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

## RX2 International Series

### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

### Semi-finals

**Semi-Final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

**Semi-Final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 124 | |
| 2 | Mattias Ekström | 120 | +4 |
| 3 | Petter Solberg | 117 | +7 |
| 4 | Timmy Hansen | 91 | +33 |
| 5 | Sébastien Loeb | 81 | +43 |
| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Cyril Raymond | 55 | |
| 2 | Dan Rooke | 51 | +4 |
| 3 | Simon Olofsson | 39 | +16 |
| 4 | Guillaume De Ridder | 35 | +20 |
| 5 | Glenn Haug | 34 | +21 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included.
