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.

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Calendar

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.

Rnd.	Event	Dates	Venue	Class	Winner	Team	Report
1	World RX of Barcelona	1–2 April	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
2	World RX of Portugal	22–23 April	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre, Montalegre	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
3	World RX of Hockenheim	5–7 May	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
4	World RX of Belgium	13–14 May	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
4	World RX of Belgium	13–14 May	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet, Mettet	RX2	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report
5	World RX of Great Britain	27–28 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	Supercar	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
5	World RX of Great Britain	27–28 May	Lydden Hill Race Circuit, Wootton	RX2	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report
6	World RX of Norway	10–11 June	Lånkebanen, Hell	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
6	World RX of Norway	10–11 June	Lånkebanen, Hell	RX2	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report
7	World RX of Sweden	1–2 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
7	World RX of Sweden	1–2 July	Höljesbanan, Höljes	RX2	Dan Rooke	Team Faren	Report
8	World RX of Canada	5–6 August	Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
8	World RX of Canada	5–6 August	Circuit Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières	RX2	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report
9	World RX of France	2–3 September	Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
9	World RX of France	2–3 September	Circuit de Lohéac, Lohéac	RX2	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report
10	World RX of Latvia	16–17 September	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, Riga	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
11	World RX of Germany	30 September–1 October	Estering, Buxtehude	Supercar	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Report
12	World RX of South Africa	11–12 November	Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town	Supercar	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Report
12	World RX of South Africa	11–12 November	Killarney Motor Racing Complex, Cape Town	RX2	Cyril Raymond	Olsbergs MSE	Report

Entries

Supercar

Permanent Entries

Constructor

Entrant

Car

Driver

Rounds

EKS RX^[2]

1-6, 8-12

All

Per-Gunnar Andersson^[3]

Nico Müller^[4]

9-10

Toomas Heikkinen

All

Ford

Hoonigan Racing Division^[5]

Ford Focus RS

Andreas Bakkerud

All

Ken Block

All

GRX^[6]

Ford Fiesta

Niclas Grönholm

All

MJP Racing Team Austria^[7]

Timo Scheider

1-4, 6-12

Kevin Eriksson

All

MJP Pirtek Racing

177

Andrew Jordan^[8]

STARD^[9]

Jānis Baumanis

All

Timur Timerzyanov

All

Kia

Speedy Motorsport^[10]

All

DA Racing^[11]

Davy Jeanney^[12]

1-2, 4-5, 8-9, 12

François Duval^[13]

Jean-Baptiste Dubourg

1-9, 12

Team Peugeot-Hansen^[14]

All

All

All

LOCO World RX Team^[15]

Volkswagen Polo

Alister McRae^[16]

100

Guy Wilks

1-8

PSRX Volkswagen Sweden^[17]

Volkswagen Polo GTI

Johan Kristoffersson

All

Petter Solberg

All

Dieter Depping^[18]

Non-permanent entries
Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Audi	Robin Larsson	Audi A1	4	Robin Larsson	3
Audi	Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület	Audi A1	102	Tamás Kárai	4
Citroën	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport^[19]	Citroën DS3	77	René Münnich	5, 8
Citroën	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier^[20]	Citroën DS3	84	"Knapick"	1, 6-7, 9-10
Ford	Oliver O'Donovan^[21]	Ford Fiesta	2	Oliver O'Donovan	5
	Oliver Bennett		42	Oliver Bennett	5
	M.D.K.		49	"M.D.K."	4-5
	Martin Kaczmarski		69	Martin Kaczmarski	2-5, 11
	Andreas Steffen		80	Andreas Steffen	11
	Olsbergs MSE^[22]		59	Ashley Haigh-Smith	12
			93	Sebastian Eriksson	7, 11
			98	Oliver Eriksson	7, 12
	Bompiso Racing Team	Ford Focus	41	Joaquim Santos	2
Mitsubishi	Vaaranmara Racing	Mitsubishi Mirage	60	Joni-Pekka Rajala	6-7, 10
Peugeot	Emmanuel Anne	Peugeot 208	21	Emmanuel Anne	9
	Gaëtan Sérazin		40	Gaëtan Sérazin	9
	Albatec Racing^[23]		67	François Duval	4
	Albatec Racing^[23]		124	Mark Cronje	12
	Laurent Bouliou		78	Laurent Bouliou	6, 9
Renault	Guerlain Chicherit^[24]	Renault Clio	36	Guerlain Chicherit	1, 3-4, 6, 9
SEAT	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport^[19]	Seat Ibiza Cupra	77	René Münnich	2-3, 11-12

* Entries in grey denote one-car teams which are ineligible to score teams championship points.

RX2 International Series

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

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

(key)

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	4^a	3	2	6	5	4	6	6	9^h	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	7^f	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	14^e	14	12ⁱ	5^j	15^k	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	24^c	21	22	22	19	22	17	20		-9
43	Joni-Pekka Rajala						18	19^d			19			-10
44	Grégoire Demoustier	19	21^b		22	19			20	23			19	-10
45	Emmanuel Anne									25^g				-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

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
2	Team Peugeot-Hansen	21	Timmy Hansen	415
3	EKS RX	1	Mattias Ekström	380
		15	Reinis Nitišs
		57	Toomas Heikkinen
4	Hoonigan Racing Division	13	Andreas Bakkerud	306
4	Hoonigan Racing Division	43	Ken Block	306
5	MJP Racing Team Austria	44	Timo Scheider	221
		96	Kevin Eriksson
		177	Andrew Jordan
6	STARD	6	Jānis Baumanis	176
6	STARD	7	Timur Timerzyanov	176

RX2 International Series

(key)

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

^ "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.
^ "DA Racing to enter World Rallycross full-time in 2017". www.daracing.fr. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ 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.
^ "Solberg enters Volkswagen tie-up for 2017 World RX campaign". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
^ Ridge, Hal (16 August 2017). "Solberg's VW Rallycross squad adds third Polo for Germany round". Autosport. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Ridge, Hal (24 May 2017). "Munnich to switch to Solberg's former WRX car". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "BARCELONA RX ENTRIES REVEALED". fiwworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^ "O'DONOVAN ANNOUNCES 2017 RALLYCROSS PROGRAMME". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
^ "OMSE enter two Supercars for Holjes RX". FIA World Rallycross. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ Ridge, Hal (24 April 2017). "Ex-WRC star Duval returns to World Rallycross for home round". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "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.
^ "Kristoffersson takes epic Holjes RX victory". FIA World Rallycross. 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ "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.
^ "Ekstrom wins Germany RX for EKS". FIA World Rallycross. 1 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Kristoffersson wins first ever RX event in Africa". FIA World Rallycross. 12 November 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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Calendar

Entries

Supercar

RX2 International Series

Championship Standings

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Drivers

FIA World Rallycross Championship for Teams

RX2 International Series

References

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