2017 World RX of France

World RX layout of Circuit de Lohéac
2017 World RX of France
Round 9 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date2–3 September 2017
LocationLohéac, Bretagne
VenueCircuit de Lohéac
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2France Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 3Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Heat 4Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
SecondNorway Andreas Bakkerud
Hoonigan Racing Division
ThirdFrance Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot-Hansen

The 2017 World RX of France was the ninth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Lohéac in the Lohéac commune of Bretagne.[1]

Supercar

Heats

Nico Müller became the first Swiss to race in World RX
Reinis Nitišs leads Andreas Bakkerud and Guerlain Chicherit
Timo Scheider is challenged by Nitišs and "Knapick", with JB Dubourg and Müller behind
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 16
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 2nd 1st 4th 2nd 15
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 3rd 6th 1st 5th 14
4 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 5th 10th 2nd 3rd 13
5 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 4th 8th 8th 4th 12
6 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 7th 4th 9th 8th 11
7 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 6th 3rd 5th 15th 10
8 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 13th 7th 6th 7th 9
9 44 Germany Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 9th 15th 11th 6th 8
10 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 17th 5th 7th 12th 7
11 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 12th 11th 10th 10th 6
12 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 8th 14th 13th 9th 5
13 87 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 14th 17th 14th 11th 4
14 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 11th 16th 16th 13th 3
15 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 15th 13th 22nd 13th 2
16 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 10th 12th DNF 16th 1
17 51 Switzerland Nico Müller EKS RX Audi S1 24th 9th 15th 17th
18 40 France Gaëtan Sérazin Gaëtan Sérazin Peugeot 208 16th 18th 18th 21st
19 36 France Guerlain Chicherit Guerlain Chicherit Renault Clio[broken anchor] 19th 19th 19th 22nd
20 84 France "Knapick" Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier Citroën DS3 21st 21st 12th DNF
21 78 France Laurent Bouliou Laurent Bouliou Peugeot 208 20th 23rd 24th 18th
22 10 Hungary "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 22nd 25th 20th 20th
23 66 France Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 23rd 24th 23rd 19th
24 58 United Kingdom Alister McRae LOCO World RX Team Volkswagen Polo 18th 20th 21st DNS
25 21 France Emmanuel Anne Emmanuel Anne Peugeot 208 DNS 22nd 17th 23rd

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 04:08.345 6
2 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.541 5
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +3.386 4
4 44 Germany Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +5.573 3
5 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +12.987 2
6 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division +24.866 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 04:12.656 6
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.335 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.778 4
4 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis STARD +6.466 3
5 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +37.008 2
6 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs EKS RX +39.535 1

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 04:08.408 8
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +3.581 5
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +4.586 4
4 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +7.386 3
5 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +38.690 2
6 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen DNF 1

Standings after the event

Pos. Driver Pts Gap
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 241
2 Norway Petter Solberg 195 +46
3 Sweden Mattias Ekström 180 +61
4 France Sébastien Loeb 169 +72
5 Sweden Timmy Hansen 155 +86
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. ^ Ridge, Hal (3 September 2017). "France WRX: Kristoffersson leads Loeb for fourth straight win". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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