2017 World RX of Barcelona

The 2017 World RX of Barcelona was the first round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.

Rallycross layout of the Circuit de Catalunya
2017 World RX of Barcelona
Round 1 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date1–2 April 2017
LocationMontmeló, Catalonia
VenueCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2Finland Toomas Heikkinen
EKS RX
Heat 3Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Heat 4Norway Andreas Bakkerud
Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2Sweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Final
FirstSweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
SecondGermany Timo Scheider
MJP Racing Team Austria
ThirdNorway Andreas Bakkerud
Hoonigan Racing Division

Supercar

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Toomas Heikkinen leads Timo Scheider, JB Dubourg and Kevin Hansen
 
World Championship debutant "Csucsu" is chased by Reinis Nitišs
 
Reigning World Champion Mattias Ekström on his way to winning the final
 
Event podium consisting of Scheider (2nd), Ekström (1st) and Bakkerud (3rd)

Heats

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Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 12th 2nd 2nd 5th 16
2 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 4th 15th 1st 4th 15
3 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 17th 6th 3rd 14
4 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 5th 20th 3rd 1st 13
5 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 3rd 18th 4th 2nd 12
6 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 6th 10th 5th 7th 11
7 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 14th 1st 10th 16th 10
8 100   Guy Wilks LOCO Energy RX Team Volkswagen Polo 10th 13th 7th 10th 9
9 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 2nd 19th 11th 11th 8
10 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 17th 3rd 9th 12th 7
11 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 11th 5th 12th 13th 6
12 87   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 13th 12th 13th 15th 5
13 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 8th 14th 15th 9th 4
14 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 9th 9th 21st 8th 3
15 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 7th 11th 19th 14th 2
16 10   "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 18th 6th 14th 18th 1
17 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 19th 8th 16th 17th
18 84   "Knapick" Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier Citroën DS3 16th 7th 18th 19th
19 66   Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 20th 12th 20th 20th
20 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 15th 21st 8th 6th
21 36   Guerlain Chicherit Fors Performance Renault Clio 21st 16th 17th 21st

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:32.988 6
2 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +2.815 5
3 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +5.237 4
4 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division +8.382 3
5 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +14.583 2
6 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX 4:34.563 6
2 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.256 5
3 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.707 4
4 100   Guy Wilks LOCO Energy World RX +5.800 3
5 87   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing +6.753 2
6 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX +7.391 1

Final

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX 4:32.260 8
2 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +0.362 5
3 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.868 4
4 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +2.625 3
5 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +3.251 2
6 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +3.976 1

Standings after the event

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Pos Driver Pts Gap
1   Mattias Ekström 29
2   Timo Scheider 26 +3
3   Andreas Bakkerud 22 +7
4   Johan Kristoffersson 21 +8
5   Petter Solberg 19 +10
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ "Results - 2017 World RX of Barcelona". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 2 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
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