2017 World RX of Latvia
# 2017 World RX of Latvia

The 2017 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga. Johan Kristoffersson secured the drivers' title, after winning the event. Kristoffersson's closest rival for the title, teammate Petter Solberg, was involved in a first lap crash with Jānis Baumanis in semi-final 2. The semi-final was red-flagged as Solberg was taken to a hospital in Riga. At the hospital it was determined that he had broken two ribs and his left collarbone.

## Supercar

### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 1st | 6th | 1st | 5th | 16 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 10th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 3rd | 4th | 10th | 2nd | 14 |
| 4 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 2nd | 16th | 2nd | 3rd | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 7th | 2nd | 8th | 4th | 12 |
| 6 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 5th | 1st | 7th | 12th | 11 |
| 7 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 4th | 5th | 11th | 6th | 10 |
| 8 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 6th | 11th | 4th | 9th | 9 |
| 9 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 8th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 8 |
| 10 | 51 | Nico Müller | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 9th | 12th | 6th | 11th | 7 |
| 11 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | Ford Fiesta | 14th | 9th | 15th | 10th | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 13th | 8th | 14th | 15th | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 10th | 13th | 16th | 4 |
| 14 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 11th | 13th | 16th | 13th | 3 |
| 15 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 16th | DNS | 5th | 7th | 2 |
| 16 | 84 | "Knapick" | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | Citroën DS3 | 20th | 15th | 20th | 18th | 1 |
| 17 | 10 | "Csucsu" | Speedy Motorsport | Kia Rio | 19th | 14th | 19th | DNF | |
| 18 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 15th | DNS | 12th | 14th | |
| 19 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Vaaranmaa Racing | Mitsubishi Mirage | 18th | DSQ | 18th | 17th | |
| 20 | 67 | François Duval | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 17th | DSQ | 17th | DNF | |

### Semi-finals

**Semi-Final 1**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 05:05.006 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +2.285 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +4.641 | 4 |
| 4 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | +7.185 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +7.931 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | +8.687 | 1 |

**Semi-Final 2**

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 05:08.446 | 6 |
| 2 | 51 | Nico Müller | EKS RX | +4.442 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +5.329 | 4 |
| 4 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +6.604 | 3 |
| 5 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +01.04.714 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | DNF | 1 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time/Retired | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 05:06.673 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +2.365 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +3.919 | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +4.534 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +10.053 | 2 |
| 6 | 51 | Nico Müller | EKS RX | +20.976 | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 271 | |
| 2 | Petter Solberg | 209 | +62 |
| 3 | Mattias Ekström | 204 | +67 |
| 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 194 | +77 |
| 5 | Andreas Bakkerud | 165 | +106 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included.
