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2017 World RX of Belgium

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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

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]

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 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 1st 1st 1st 16
2 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 2nd 4th 6th 15
3 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 13th 5th 3rd 14
4 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th 15th 8th 2nd 13
5 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 6th 3rd 3rd 16th 12
6 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 11th 4th 9th 4th 11
7 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 9th 10th 6th 7th 10
8 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 5th 11th 2nd 21st 9
9 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 7th 6th 20th 5th 8
10 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 10th 7th 14th 8th 7
11 44 Germany Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 13th 12th 7th 9th 6
12 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 15th 8th 11h 12th 5
13 15 Latvia Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 16th 5th 18th 11th 4
14 100 United Kingdom Guy Wilks LOCO World RX Team Volkswagen Polo 12th 21st 13th 10th 3
15 67 Belgium François Duval Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 17th 14th 12th 15th 2
16 6 Latvia Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 14th 22nd 10th 13th 1
17 49 Belgium "M.D.K." M.D.K. Ford Fiesta 18th 16th 17th 17th
18 87 France Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 20th 19th 15th 14th
19 69 Poland Martin Kaczmarski Martin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 19th 17th 16th 18th
20 36 France Guerlain Chicherit Guerlain Chicherit Renault Clio 21st 18th 22nd 20th
21 71 Sweden Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 8th 9th DNF DNS
22 66 France Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 23rd 24th 21st 19th
23 102 Hungary Tamás Kárai Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület Audi A1 24th 23rd 19th DNF
24 10 Hungary "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 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 4:04.695 6
2 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +1.303 5
3 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +11.476 4
4 57 Finland Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +11.769 3
5 44 Germany Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +15.118 2
6 9 France Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +35.780 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:02.467 6
2 13 Norway Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +0.757 5
3 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.108 4
4 7 Russia Timur Timerzyanov STARD +6.311 3
5 68 Finland Niclas Grönholm GRX +10.292 2
6 43 United States Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division DNF 1

Final

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3 Sweden Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:02.316 8
2 21 Sweden Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.924 5
3 11 Norway Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.935 3
4 1 Sweden Mattias Ekström EKS RX +3.057 4
5 96 Sweden Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +11.269 2
6 13 Norway 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 Sweden Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 1st 1st 2nd 15th 16
2 40 United Kingdom Dan Rooke Dan Rooke 9th 2nd 1st 5th 15
3 55 Latvia Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies 13th 3rd 7th 2nd 14
4 12 Sweden Anders Michalak Anders Michalak 5th 11th 8th 3rd 13
5 9 Norway Glenn Haug Glenn Haug 2nd 14th 10th 4th 12
6 13 France Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 6th DNF 15th 1st 11
7 96 Belgium Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder 17th 4th 6th 7th 10
8 11 United States Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE 11th 12th 3rd 10th 9
9 69 Norway Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik 4th 13th 5th 13th 8
10 56 Norway Thomas Holmen Bard Holmen 3rd 10th 11th 14th 7
11 66 Sweden William Nilsson JC Raceteknik 12th 9th 4th 16th 6
12 33 Kenya Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE 14th 8th 9th 11th 5
13 58 Sweden Santosh Berggren A. Berggrens Bilservice Floby 15th 7th DNF 6th 4
14 51 Sweden Sandra Hultgren Sandra Hultgren 7th DNF 13th 8th 3
15 19 Sweden Andreas Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 16th 6th DNF 9th 2
16 26 Sweden Jessica Bäckman Olsbergs MSE 10th 15th 12th 12th 1
17 8 Norway 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 Sweden Simon Olofsson Simon Olofsson 4:28.957 6
2 9 Norway Glenn Haug Glenn Haug +4.041 5
3 66 Sweden William Nilsson JC Raceteknik +8.042 4
4 96 Belgium Guillaume De Ridder Guillaume De Ridder +9.923 3
5 69 Norway Sondre Evjen JC Raceteknik +11.018 2
6 12 Latvia Vasily Gryazin Sports Racing Technologies +22.628 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time/retired Pts
1 13 France Cyril Raymond Olsbergs MSE 4:28.337 6
2 40 United Kingdom Dan Rooke Dan Rooke +1.605 5
3 11 United States Tanner Whitten Olsbergs MSE +9.797 4
4 33 Kenya Tejas Hirani Olsbergs MSE +12.719 3
5 56 Norway Thomas Holmen] Bard Holmen +20.476 2
6 12 Sweden Anders Michalak Anders Michalak +38.040 1

Final

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