2017 World RX of Canada

The 2017 World RX of Canada was the eighth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Trois-Rivières in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.[1]

World RX layout of Circuit Trois-Rivières
2017 World RX of Canada
Round 8 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date5–6 August 2017
LocationTrois-Rivières, Quebec
VenueCircuit Trois-Rivières
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Finland Toomas Heikkinen
EKS RX
Heat 2Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3Sweden Mattias Ekström
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
SecondNorway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
ThirdFrance Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot-Hansen

Heats edit

 
The race for the first corner with Nitišs, Timmy Hansen, "Csucsu", Bakkerud and Demoustier
 
Ken Block, Timo Scheider and Timur Timerzyanov
 
Niclas Grönholm
 
Solberg gets the jump on team-mate Kristoffersson in the Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 16
2 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 15
3 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 4th 7th 1st 6th 14
4 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 1st 5th 6th 10th 13
5 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 3rd 6th 5th 17th 12
6 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 10th 15th 4th 4th 11
7 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 8th 8th 10th 9th 10
8 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 5th 4th 7th 19th 9
9 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 8th 18th 14th 3rd 8
10 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 17th 9th 10th 7th 7
11 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 13th 8th 11th 11th 6
12 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 11th 7th 13th 12th 5
13 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 7th 20th 12th 6th 4
14 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 12th 11th DNF 9th 3
15 100   Guy Wilks LOCO Energy World RX Volkswagen Polo 14th 12th 15th 14th 2
16 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 20th 17th 9th 13th 1
17 87   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 15th 14th 17th 15th
18 77   René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Citroën DS3 16th 13th 16th 16th
19 10   "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 18th 16th 18th DNF
20 66   Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 18th 19th 19th 19th

Semi-finals edit

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 05:05.170 6
2 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +3.796 5
3 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +4.942 4
4 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.927 3
5 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD +9.567 2
6 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX DNF 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 05:02.028 6
2 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +6.413 5
3 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +7.053 4
4 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division +13.211 3
5 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +13.905 2
6 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD +23.287 1

Final edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 05:02.704 8
2 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +1.072 5
3 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +4.498 4
4 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +8.239 3
5 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +20.847 2
6 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen DNF 1

RX2 International Series edit

Heats edit

 
The start of the RX2 final
Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 1st 11th 2nd 1st 16
2 40   Dan Rooke Dan Rooke 6th 1st 1st 4th 15
3 11   Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE 5th 14th 5th 2nd 14
4 55   Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies 3rd 12th 6th 2nd 13
5 96   Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder 2nd 10th 3rd 15th 12
6 69   Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 4th 13th 4th 6th 11
7 6   William Nilsson JC Raceteknik 10th 4th 8th 8th 10
8 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 8th 2nd DNF 9th 9
9 19   Andreas Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 15th 3rd 7th 10th 8
10 51   Sandra Hultgren Sandra Hultgren 7th 6th 11th 11th 7
11 9   Jessica Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 16th 7th 9th 12th 6
12 53   Cole Keatts Olsbergs MSE 12th 5th 12th 16th 5
13 9   Glenn Haug Glenn Haug 11th 15th 14th 7th 4
14 56   Thomas Holmen Bard Holmen DNF 16th 13th 3rd 3
15 36   Guerlain Chicherit Olsbergs MSE 13th 9th 16th 13th 2
16 8   Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 9th DNF 10th 14th 1
17 12   Anders Michalak Anders Michalak 14th 8th 15th DNF

Semi-finals edit

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 5:28.870 6
2 11   Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +5.169 5
3 96   Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder +9.188 4
4 26   Jessica Bäckman Olsbergs MSE +11.542 3
5 6   William Nilsson JC Raceteknik +11.722 2
6 19   Andreas Bäckman Olsbergs MSE +27.976 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 40   Dan Rooke Dan Rooke 5:27.878 6
2 55   Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies +2.544 5
3 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson +5.263 4
4 69   Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +5.657 3
5 53   Cole Keatts Olsbergs MSE +9.658 2
6 51   Sandra Hultgren Sandra Hultgren +10.184 1

Final edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 5:24.379 8
2 96   Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder +6.859 5
3 11   Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +8.619 4
4 55   Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies +18.609 3
5 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson +21.517 2
6 40   Dan Rooke Dan Rooke DNF 1

Standings after the event edit

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References edit

  1. ^ "Kristoffersson wins #canadarx". FIA World Rallycross. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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