2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
The 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy was the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season consists of twelve rounds, started on 1 April with the Spanish round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and concluded on 12 November at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex in Cape Town, South Africa.
Johan Kristoffersson was the season's Driver's Champion, claiming it at the Neste World RX of Latvia. The Teams' Championship was won by PSRX Volkswagen Sweden.
Calendar
[edit]On 17 October 2016 the provisional 2017 calendar was released. It once again contained twelve rounds; however the Argentine event was discontinued in favour of a new event in South Africa.[1] Half of the rounds were supported by the RX2 category—formerly known as RX Lites.
Entries
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Supercar
[edit]* Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.
RX2 International Series
[edit]- All of the RX2 cars are designed and produced by Avitas Motorsport in cooperation with Olsbergs MSE.
| Permanent Entries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrant | No. | Driver | Rounds | ||
 A. Berggrens Bilservice Floby | 58 | Santosh Berggren | 1,4 | ||
| Anders Michalak | 12 | Anders Michalak | All | ||
 Bard Holmen | 56 | Thomas Holmen | All | ||
| Ben-Philip Gundersen | 2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | 4 | ||
| BPG Motorsport | 43 | Tony Sormbroen | 3 | ||
| Glenn Haug | 9 | Glenn Haug | All | ||
 Guillaume De Ridder | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | All | ||
| Hampus Rådström | 17 | Hampus Rådström | 4 | ||
| Helmia Motorsport | 91 | Jonathan Walfridsson | 3-4 | ||
| JC Raceteknik | 6 | William Nilsson | 4-7 | ||
| 21 | Marcus Höglund | 3-4 | |||
| 66 | William Nilsson | 1-3 | |||
| 69 | Sondre Evjen | All | |||
| Linus Östlund | 18 | Linus Östlund | 4 | ||
| Olsbergs MSE | 11 |  Tanner Whitten | All | ||
| 13 |  Cyril Raymond | All | |||
| 19 | Andreas Bäckman | All | |||
| 26 | Jessica Bäckman | All | |||
| 33 |  Tejas Hirani | 1 | |||
| 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | 5, 7 | |||
| 53 | Cole Keatts | 5 | |||
| Sandra Hultgren | 51 | Sandra Hultgren | 1-6 | ||
 Set Promotion | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | All | ||
| Simon Olofsson | 52 | Simon Olofsson | All | ||
 Sports Racing Technologies | 55 | Vasily Gryazin | All | ||
| Stein Frederic Akre | 98 | Stein Frederic Akre | 3-4, 7 | ||
 Team Färén | 40 | Dan Rooke | All | ||
Championship Standings
[edit]FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers
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| Pos. | Driver | BAR  | POR  | HOC  | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN  | FRA | LAT | GER | RSA  | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 316 |
| 2 | Mattias Ekström | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 255 | |
| 3 | Petter Solberg | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 252 |
| 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 214 |
| 5 | Timmy Hansen | 5 | 4a | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9h | 2 | 2 | 201 |
| 6 | Andreas Bakkerud | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 194 |
| 7 | Toomas Heikkinen | 8 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 125 |
| 8 | Kevin Hansen | 11 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 115 |
| 9 | Ken Block | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7f | 14 | 14 | 8 | 112 |
| 10 | Timo Scheider | 2 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 109 | |
| 11 | Kevin Eriksson | 13 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 101 |
| 12 | Jānis Baumanis | 15 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 98 |
| 13 |  Timur Timerzyanov | 20 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 78 |
| 14 | Reinis Nitišs | 10 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 71 |
| 15 | Guy Wilks | 7 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 21 | ||||
| 16 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | 12 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 17 | ||
| 17 |  Nico Müller | 17 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Sebastian Eriksson | 12 | 13 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Andrew Jordan | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Niclas Grönholm | 17 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 14e | 14 | 12i | 5j | 15k | 4 |
| 21 | Robin Larsson | 13 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 22 | François Duval | 15 | 20 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Oliver Eriksson | 17 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 25 | "Knapick" | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 1 | |||||||
| 26 | Dieter Depping | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 27 | René Münnich | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 |  Martin Kaczmarski | 19 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 0 | |||||||
| 29 | "M.D.K." | 17 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Davy Jeanney | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Gaëtan Sérazin | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 32 | Guerlain Chicherit | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 0 | |||||||
| 33 | Laurent Bouliou | 20 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 34 |  Oliver O'Donovan | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Mark Cronje | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 36 | Andreas Steffen | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 37 | Ashley Haigh-Smith | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Joaquim Santos | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 39 | Oliver Bennett | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 40 |  Tamás Kárai | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 41 | Alister McRae | 24 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 42 | "Csucsu" | 16 | 20 | 22 | 24c | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 17 | 20 | -9 | |
| 43 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | 18 | 19d | 19 | -10 | |||||||||
| 44 | Grégoire Demoustier | 19 | 21b | 22 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 19 | -10 | |||||
| 45 | Emmanuel Anne | 25g | -10 | |||||||||||
| Pos. | Driver | BAR | POR | HOC | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT | GER | RSA | Points |
a Ten championship points deducted for use of an unregistered tyre in Q3.[25]
b Ten championship points deducted for sealing an additional turbo after scrutineering.[25]
c Ten championship points deducted for sealing an additional turbo after scrutineering.[26]
d Ten championship points deducted for use of a third turbocharger in the competition.[27]
e Fifteen championship points deducted for use of a fourth engine seal.[28]
f Five championship points deducted for receiving his third reprimand in the championship.[29]
g Ten championship points deducted for presenting a turbocharger for sealing after initial scrutineering.[29]
h Fifteen championship points deducted for use of a fourth engine in the championship.[30]
i Ten championship points deducted for use of a new turbo seal after initial scrutineering.[30]
j Fifteen championship points deducted for use of more than three engine seals in the season.[31]
k Ten championship points deducted for use of a seventh turbocharger in the season.[32]
FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams
[edit]| Pos. | Team | No. | Drivers | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | 544 |
| 11 | Petter Solberg | |||
| 94 | Dieter Depping | |||
| 2 | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | 415 |
| 21 | Timmy Hansen | |||
| 3 | EKS RX | 1 | Mattias Ekström | 380 |
| 15 | Reinis Nitišs | |||
| 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | |||
| 4 | Hoonigan Racing Division | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | 306 |
| 43 | Ken Block | |||
| 5 |  MJP Racing Team Austria | 44 | Timo Scheider | 221 |
| 96 | Kevin Eriksson | |||
| 177 | Andrew Jordan | |||
| 6 | STARD | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | 176 |
| 7 | Timur Timerzyanov |
RX2 International Series
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| Pos. | Driver | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | RSA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyril Raymond | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 198 |
| 2 | Dan Rooke | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 154 |
| 3 | Guillaume De Ridder | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 138 |
| 4 | Tanner Whitten | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 105 |
| 5 | William Nilsson | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 98 |
| 6 | Simon Olofsson | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 98 |
| 7 | Vasily Gryazin | 7 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 94 |
| 8 | Sondre Evjen | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 93 |
| 9 | Glenn Haug | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 76 |
| 10 | Andreas Bäckman | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 69 |
| 11 | Thomas Holmen | 11 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 67 |
| 12 | Simon Wågø Syversen | 17 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 47 |
| 13 | Anders Michalak | 8 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 45 |
| 14 | Stein Frederic Akre | 19 | 5 | 14 | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Jessica Bäckman | 16 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 21 |
| 16 | Sandra Hultgren | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 19 | |
| 17 | Marcus Höglund | 10 | 9 | 18 | |||||
| 18 | Linus Östlund | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| 19 | Tejas Hirani | 12 | 8 | ||||||
| 20 | Guerlain Chicherit | 15 | 12 | 8 | |||||
| 21 | Cole Keatts | 12 | 7 | ||||||
| 22 | Santosh Berggren | 13 | 21 | 4 | |||||
| 23 | Tony Sormbroen | 13 | 4 | ||||||
| 24 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | 15 | 2 | ||||||
| 25 | Jonathan Walfridsson | 17 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| 26 | Hampus Rådström | 20 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "WORLD RX 2017 CALENDAR". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- ^ "EKS TO RECEIVE AUDI SPORT BACKING IN WORLD RX". fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Ekstrom to skip WRX for Norisring DTM race". Motorsport News. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ Ridge, Hal (9 August 2017). "DTM driver Nico Muller part of four-car EKS Audi Loheac entry". Autosport. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "2017 Entry List" (PDF). www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Gronholm joins father's team for second World RX season". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Timo Scheider - MJPPRESS Release // MJP Racing Team... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Jordan to make World Rallycross return at Lydden Hill". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Stohl's World RX team signs Timerzyanov, Baumanis for 2017". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "RX Team Hungary enters World RX with Kia Rio". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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- ^ Zurli, Tommaso (27 September 2017). "Davy Jeanney to replace JB Dubourg at Estering". The Checkered Flag.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Ridge, Hal (13 September 2017). "Ex-WRC driver Francois Duval gets call-up for next World RX event". Autosport. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "Team Peugeot-Hansen announce three-car entry for 2017". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Wilks to enter World RX full-time in 2017 with Volkswagen". motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ Ridge, Hal (23 August 2017). "Alister McRae to make World Rallycross debut in Franc". Autosport. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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- ^ "Chicherit to pilot Renault Clio in six World RX 2017 rounds". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Victory for Ekstrom in Portugal". FIA World Rallycross. 23 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Kristoffersson wins in Belgium". FIA World Rallycross. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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- ^ "Kristoffersson wins #Canadarx". FIA World Rallycross. 6 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Kristoffersson takes four wins in a row". FIA World Rallycross. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion". FIA World Rallycross. 17 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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