2017 World RX of South Africa

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World RX layout of Killarney Motor Racing Complex
2017 World RX of South Africa
Round 12 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date11–12 November 2017
LocationCape Town, Western Cape
VenueKillarney Motor Racing Complex
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2Latvia Jānis Baumanis
STARD
Heat 3Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
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
SecondSweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
ThirdSweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX

The 2017 World RX of South Africa was the twelfth and final round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex in Cape Town, Western Cape.

Supercar[edit]

Kevin Hansen, Toomas Heikkinen, Niclas Grönholm and Reinis Nitišs.
Sébastien Loeb leads Johan Kristoffersson whilst Mattias Ekström takes the Joker Lap
The event featured an all-Swedish podium, with Kristoffersson taking his seventh and final win of the 2017 season

Heats[edit]

Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 9th 1st 2nd 16
2 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 1st 14th 3rd 1st 15
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 8th 10th 2nd 8th 14
4 44 Germany Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 6th 11th 6th 4th 13
5 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th 5th 11th 9th 12
6 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 5th 2nd 14th 12th 11
7 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 3rd 15th 5th 10th 10
8 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 14th 3rd 15th 3rd 9
9 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 12th 1st 16th 11th 8
10 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 7th 18th 4th 5th 7
11 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 11th 4th 17th 6th 6
12 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 10th 17th 8th 7th 5
13 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 9th 16th 7th 16th 4
14 87 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 17th 7th 12th 15th 3
15 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 15th 12th 13th 13th 2
16 98 Sweden Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 16th 8th 10th 19th 1
17 77 Germany René Münnich Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 21st 6th 18th 14th
18 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 13th 20th 9th 18th
19 66 France Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 19th 13th 21st 21st
20 124 South Africa Mark Cronje Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 18th 21st 20th 17th
21 59 South Africa Ashley Haigh-Smith Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 20th 19th 19th 20th
22 10 Hungary "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 22nd 22nd 22nd 22nd

Semi-finals[edit]

Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:27.571 6
2 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.761 5
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +0.723 4
4 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.446 3
5 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis STARD +3.139 2
6 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +4.261 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 4:26.464 6
2 44 Germany Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +2.757 5
3 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +21.905 4
4 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +25.118 3
5 68 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +32.118 2
6 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division DSQ

Final[edit]

Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:23.751 8
2 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.918 5
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.951 4
4 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +3.417 3
5 44 Germany Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +5.438 2
6 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen DNS 1

Standings after the event[edit]

Pos Driver Pts Gap
1 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson 316
2 Sweden Mattias Ekström 255 +61
3 Norway Petter Solberg 252 +64
4 France Sébastien Loeb 214 +102
5 Sweden Timmy Hansen 201 +115

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results - 2017 World RX of South Africa". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.[permanent dead link]

External links[edit]

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