2017 World RX of South Africa

The 2017 World RX of South Africa was the twelfth and final round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex in Cape Town, Western Cape.

World RX layout of Killarney Motor Racing Complex
2017 World RX of South Africa
Round 12 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date11–12 November 2017
LocationCape Town, Western Cape
VenueKillarney Motor Racing Complex
Results
Heat winners
Heat 1Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Heat 2Latvia Jānis Baumanis
STARD
Heat 3Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Semi-final winners
Semi-final 1Sweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-final 2Sweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Final
FirstSweden Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
SecondSweden Timmy Hansen
Team Peugeot-Hansen
ThirdSweden Mattias Ekström
EKS RX

Supercar

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Kevin Hansen, Toomas Heikkinen, Niclas Grönholm and Reinis Nitišs.
 
Sébastien Loeb leads Johan Kristoffersson whilst Mattias Ekström takes the Joker Lap
 
The event featured an all-Swedish podium, with Kristoffersson taking his seventh and final win of the 2017 season

Heats

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Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 9th 1st 2nd 16
2 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 1st 14th 3rd 1st 15
3 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 8th 10th 2nd 8th 14
4 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 6th 11th 6th 4th 13
5 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 4th 5th 11th 9th 12
6 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 5th 2nd 14th 12th 11
7 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 3rd 15th 5th 10th 10
8 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 14th 3rd 15th 3rd 9
9 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 12th 1st 16th 11th 8
10 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 7th 18th 4th 5th 7
11 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 11th 4th 17th 6th 6
12 96   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 10th 17th 8th 7th 5
13 7   Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 9th 16th 7th 16th 4
14 87   Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 17th 7th 12th 15th 3
15 68   Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 15th 12th 13th 13th 2
16 98   Oliver Eriksson Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 16th 8th 10th 19th 1
17 77   René Münnich Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 21st 6th 18th 14th
18 15   Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 13th 20th 9th 18th
19 66   Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 19th 13th 21st 21st
20 124   Mark Cronje Albatec Racing Peugeot 208 18th 21st 20th 17th
21 59   Ashley Haigh-Smith Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta 20th 19th 19th 20th
22 10   "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 22nd 22nd 22nd 22nd

Semi-finals

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Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:27.571 6
2 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.761 5
3 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX +0.723 4
4 13   Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +1.446 3
5 6   Jānis Baumanis STARD +3.139 2
6 57   Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +4.261 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen 4:26.464 6
2 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +2.757 5
3 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +21.905 4
4 9   Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +25.118 3
5 68   Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria +32.118 2
6 43   Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division DSQ

Final

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Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 3   Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 4:23.751 8
2 21   Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.918 5
3 1   Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.951 4
4 11   Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +3.417 3
5 44   Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria +5.438 2
6 71   Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen DNS 1

Standings after the event

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Pos Driver Pts Gap
WC   Johan Kristoffersson 316
2   Mattias Ekström 255 +61
3   Petter Solberg 252 +64
4   Sébastien Loeb 214 +102
5   Timmy Hansen 201 +115

References

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  1. ^ "Results - 2017 World RX of South Africa". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
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