2017 World RX of Germany

The 2017 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.

World RX layout of Estering
2017 World RX of Germany
Round 11 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date30 September–1 October 2017
LocationBuxtehude, Lower Saxony
VenueEstering
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Heat 2Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 3Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Final
FirstSweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
SecondSweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
ThirdFinland Toomas Heikkinen
EKS RX

Heats edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 5th 3rd 1st 1st 16
2 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 1st 2nd 2nd 8th 15
3 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 7th 1st 5th 9th 14
4 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 8th 4th 4th 3rd 13
5 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 2nd 12th 3rd 5th 12
6 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 4th 10th 9th 10th 11
7 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 6th 6th 7th 13th 10
8 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 10th 9th 12th 4th 9
9 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 17th 5th 10th 6th 8
10 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 18th 7th 6th 7th 7
11 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 9th 11th 11th 11th 6
12 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 19th 21st 8th 2nd 5
13 93   Sebastian Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST 3rd 13th 18th 14th 4
14 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 13th 8th 13th 15th 3
15 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 14th 17th 15th 12th 2
16 94   Dieter Depping PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 15th 16th 14th 18th 1
17 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 11th 15th 16th DNF
18 17   Davy Jeanney DA Racing Peugeot 208 12th 22nd 17th 16th
19 77   René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Seat Ibiza 20th 14th 19th 17th
20 10   "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 16th 18th DNF 19th
21 80   Andreas Steffen Andreas Steffen Ford Fiesta 22nd 20th 20th 20th
22 69   Martin Kaczmarski Martin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 21st 19th DNS 21st

Semi-finals edit

Semi-final 1 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 03:45.054 6
2 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +2.378 5
3 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +3.638 4
4 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD +3.887 3
5 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +4.927 2
6 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX +9.850 1

Semi-final 2 edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX 03:42.822 6
2 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.206 5
3 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX +5.296 4
4 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.555 3
5 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +8.751 2
6 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +20.052 1

Final edit

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX 03:41.663 8
2 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.629 5
3 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +3.717 4
4 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +6.868 3
5 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX +8.089 2
6 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +48.239 1

Standings after the event edit

Pos Driver Pts Gap
1   Johan Kristoffersson 286
2   Petter Solberg 234 +52
3   Mattias Ekström 233 +53
4   Sébastien Loeb 204 +82
5   Andreas Bakkerud 179 +107
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

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External links edit

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2017 World RX of Latvia
FIA World Rallycross Championship
2017 season
Next race:
2017 World RX of South Africa
Previous race:
2016 World RX of Germany
World RX of Germany Next race:
2018 World RX of Germany