2017 World RX of Great Britain

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]

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

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

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Heats

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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   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 1st 1st 3rd 16
2 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 15
3 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 5th 5th 7th 1st 14
4 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 3rd 3rd 3rd 8th 13
5 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th 4th 5th 4th 12
6 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 7th 6th 4th 6th 11
7 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 5th 6th 7th 6th 10
8 177   Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 10th 9th 18th 7th 9
9 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 11th 11th 13th 10th 8
10 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 9th 13th 9th 14th 7
11 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 12th 8th 14th 12th 6
12 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 8th 22nd 8th 18th 5
13 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 13th DNF 11th 9th 4
14 100   Guy Wilks LOCO World RX Team Volkswagen Polo 14th 12th 17th 15th 3
15 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta DNF 10th 12th 13th 2
16 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 23rd DNF 10th 11th 1
17 77   René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Citroën DS3 15th 14th 19th 21st
18 87   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 16th 15th 15th DNF
19 66   Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 19th 17th 20th 17th
20 2   Oliver O'Donovan Oliver O'Donovan Ford Fiesta 20th 16th 16th 22nd
21 10   "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 17th 20th 22nd 16th
22 69   Martin Kaczmarski Martin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 18th 18th 23rd 19th
23 42   Oliver Bennett Oliver Bennett Ford Fiesta 22nd 21st 21st 20th
24 49   "M.D.K." M.D.K. Ford Fiesta 21st 19th DNF 23rd

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:11.741 6
2 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.099 5
3 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.402 4
4 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division +2.129 3
5 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD +4.478 2
6 6   Janis Baumanis STARD +6.658 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:10.922 6
2 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +2.173 5
3 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.644 4
4 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +3.708 3
5 177   Andrew Jordan MJP Racing Team Austria +5.379 2
6 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +6.421 1

Final

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

RX2 International Series

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Heats

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

Semi-finals

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

Final

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

Standings after the event

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  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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