2017 World RX of Belgium

The 2017 World RX of Belgium was the fourth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet in Mettet, Wallonia and also played host to the third round of the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. It also hosted the first round of the 2017 RX2 International Series, the support category of the World Rallycross Championship.[1]

World RX layout of Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
2017 World RX of Belgium
Round 4 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date13–14 May 2017
LocationMettet, Wallonia
VenueCircuit Jules Tacheny Mettet
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final 2Norway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
SecondSweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
ThirdNorway Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden

Supercar

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Heats

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Above the Mettet circuit split
 
Reinis Nitišs leads "M.D.K.", Duval, Kaczmarski and Dubourg
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 1st 1st 1st 16
2 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 2nd 4th 6th 15
3 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 13th 5th 3rd 14
4 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th 15th 8th 2nd 13
5 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 6th 3rd 3rd 16th 12
6 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 11th 4th 9th 4th 11
7 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 9th 10th 6th 7th 10
8 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 5th 11th 2nd 21st 9
9 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 7th 6th 20th 5th 8
10 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 10th 7th 14th 8th 7
11 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 13th 12th 7th 9th 6
12 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 15th 8th 11h 12th 5
13 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 16th 5th 18th 11th 4
14 100   Guy Wilks LOCO World RX Team Volkswagen Polo 12th 21st 13th 10th 3
15 67   François Duval Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 17th 14th 12th 15th 2
16 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 14th 22nd 10th 13th 1
17 49   "M.D.K." M.D.K. Ford Fiesta 18th 16th 17th 17th
18 87   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 20th 19th 15th 14th
19 69   Martin Kaczmarski Martin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 19th 17th 16th 18th
20 36   Guerlain Chicherit Guerlain Chicherit Renault Clio 21st 18th 22nd 20th
21 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 8th 9th DNF DNS
22 66   Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 23rd 24th 21st 19th
23 102   Tamás Kárai Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület Audi A1 24th 23rd 19th DNF
24 10   "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 22nd 20th 23rd DNS

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 4:04.695 6
2 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +1.303 5
3 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +11.476 4
4 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +11.769 3
5 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +15.118 2
6 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +35.780 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:02.467 6
2 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +0.757 5
3 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.108 4
4 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD +6.311 3
5 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX +10.292 2
6 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division DNF 1

Final

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:02.316 8
2 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.924 5
3 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.935 3
4 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX +3.057 4
5 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +11.269 2
6 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division DNF 1

RX2 International Series

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Heats

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Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 1st 1st 2nd 15th 16
2 40   Dan Rooke Dan Rooke 9th 2nd 1st 5th 15
3 55   Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies 13th 3rd 7th 2nd 14
4 12   Anders Michalak Anders Michalak 5th 11th 8th 3rd 13
5 9   Glenn Haug Glenn Haug 2nd 14th 10th 4th 12
6 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 6th DNF 15th 1st 11
7 96   Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder 17th 4th 6th 7th 10
8 11   Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE 11th 12th 3rd 10th 9
9 69   Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 4th 13th 5th 13th 8
10 56   Thomas Holmen Bard Holmen 3rd 10th 11th 14th 7
11 66   William Nilsson JC Raceteknik 12th 9th 4th 16th 6
12 33   Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE 14th 8th 9th 11th 5
13 58   Santosh Berggren A. Berggrens Bilservice Floby 15th 7th DNF 6th 4
14 51   Sandra Hultgren Sandra Hultgren 7th DNF 13th 8th 3
15 19   Andreas Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 16th 6th DNF 9th 2
16 26   Jessica Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 10th 15th 12th 12th 1
17 8   Simon Wågø Syversen Set Promotion 8th 5th 14th DNS

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 4:28.957 6
2 9   Glenn Haug Glenn Haug +4.041 5
3 66   William Nilsson JC Raceteknik +8.042 4
4 96   Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder +9.923 3
5 69   Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +11.018 2
6 12   Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies +22.628 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/retired Pts
1 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:28.337 6
2 40   Dan Rooke Dan Rooke +1.605 5
3 11   Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +9.797 4
4 33   Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE +12.719 3
5 56   Thomas Holmen] Bard Holmen +20.476 2
6 12   Anders Michalak Anders Michalak +38.040 1

Final

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time/retired Pts
1 13   Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:25.169 8
2 40   Dan Rooke Dan Rooke +1.394 5
3 11   Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +5.306 4
4 9   Glenn Haug Glenn Haug +17.966 3
5 52   Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson DNF 2
6 66   William Nilsson JC Raceteknik DNF 1

Standings after the event

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ "Kristoffersson wins in Belgium". FIA World Rallycross. FIA World Rallycross. 14 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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