2017 World RX of Great Britain

World RX layout of Lydden Hill Race Circuit
2017 World RX of Great Britain
Round 5 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date27–28 May 2017
LocationWootton, Kent
VenueLydden Hill Race Circuit
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Final
FirstNorway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
SecondSweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
ThirdNorway Andreas Bakkerud
Hoonigan Racing Division

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.[1]

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.[2]

Supercar

Heats

The event marked 50 years of rallycross at Lydden Hill
The start of Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 1st 1st 3rd 16
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 15
3 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 5th 5th 7th 1st 14
4 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 3rd 3rd 3rd 8th 13
5 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th 4th 5th 4th 12
6 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 7th 6th 4th 6th 11
7 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 5th 6th 7th 6th 10
8 177 United Kingdom Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 10th 9th 18th 7th 9
9 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 11th 11th 13th 10th 8
10 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 9th 13th 9th 14th 7
11 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 12th 8th 14th 12th 6
12 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 8th 22nd 8th 18th 5
13 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 13th DNF 11th 9th 4
14 100 United Kingdom Guy Wilks LOCO World RX Team Volkswagen Polo 14th 12th 17th 15th 3
15 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta DNF 10th 12th 13th 2
16 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 23rd DNF 10th 11th 1
17 77 Germany René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Citroën DS3 15th 14th 19th 21st
18 87 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 16th 15th 15th DNF
19 66 France Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 19th 17th 20th 17th
20 2 Republic of Ireland Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 20th 16th 16th 22nd
21 10 Hungary "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 17th 20th 22nd 16th
22 69 Poland Martin Kaczmarski Martin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 18th 18th 23rd 19th
23 42 United Kingdom Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett Ford Fiesta 22nd 21st 21st 20th
24 49 Belgium "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 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:11.741 6
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.099 5
3 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.402 4
4 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division +2.129 3
5 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov STARD +4.478 2
6 6 Latvia Janis Baumanis STARD +6.658 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:10.922 6
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.173 5
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.644 4
4 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +3.708 3
5 177 United Kingdom Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria +5.379 2
6 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +6.421 1

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:09.602 8
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +1.690 5
3 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +3.317 3
4 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +6.730 4
5 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +14.156 2
6 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +58.200 1

RX2 International Series

Heats

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 13 France Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 1st 1st 1st 1st 16
2 40 United Kingdom Dan Rooke Dan Rooke 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 15
3 96 Belgium Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder 4th 4th 5th 8th 14
4 11 United States Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE 7th 3rd 3rd 13th 13
5 9 Norway Glenn Haug Glenn Haug 11th 5th 9th 4th 12
6 69 Norway Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 6th 6th 8th 9th 11
7 52 Sweden Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 15th 7th 4th 5th 10
8 56 Norway Thomas Holmen Bard Holmen 10th 10th 11th 3rd 9
9 66 Sweden William Nilsson JC Raceteknik 3rd 8th 15th 10th 8
10 55 Latvia Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies 8th 11th 12th 6th 7
11 12 Sweden Anders Michalak Anders Michalak 5th DNF 6th 14th 6
12 8 Norway Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 12th 9th 7th 15th 5
13 26 Sweden Jessica Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 9th 14th 10th 12th 4
14 19 Sweden Andreas Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 14th 12th 14th 7th 3
15 51 Sweden Sandra Hultgren Sandra Hultgren 13th 13th 13th 11th 2

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 13 France Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:36.091 6
2 96 Belgium Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder +2.147 5
3 52 Sweden Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson +3.987 4
4 66 Sweden William Nilsson JC Raceteknik +4.229 3
5 9 Norway Glenn Haug Glenn Haug +5.496 2
6 12 Sweden Anders Michalak Anders Michalak DNF 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 40 United Kingdom Dan Rooke Dan Rooke 4:39.483 6
2 56 Norway Thomas Holmen Bard Holmen +0.398 5
3 11 Norway Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +1.318 4
4 11 United States Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +1.774 3
5 8 Norway Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion +3.060 2
6 55 Latvia Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies +3.754 1

Final

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Retired Pts
1 13 France Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:37.080 8
2 40 United Kingdom Dan Rooke Dan Rooke +1.098 5
3 56 Norway Thomas Holmen Bard Holmen +1.691 4
4 96 Belgium Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder +2.379 3
5 69 Norway Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +3.368 2
6 52 Sweden Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson +4.642 1

Standings after the event

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

  1. ^ "Solberg triumphs at Lydden Hill". FIA World Rallycross. FIA World Rallycross. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ Ridge, Hal (17 February 2017). "BTCC driver Jordan gets World Rallycross drive for Lydden Hill". Autosport. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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