2017 World RX of Portugal

The 2017 World RX of Portugal was the second round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in Montalegre, Vila Real.

2017 World RX of Portugal
Round 2 of 12 in the
2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date22–23 April 2017
LocationMontalegre, Vila Real
VenuePista Automóvel de Montalegre
Results
Heat Winners
Heat 1 Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 2 Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 3 Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Heat 4 Andreas Bakkerud
Hoonigan Racing Division
Semi-Final Winners
Semi-Final 1 Petter Solberg
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
Semi-Final 2 Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Final
First Mattias Ekström
EKS RX
Second Sébastien Loeb
Team Peugeot-Hansen
Third Johan Kristoffersson
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden

Supercar
PSRX Volkswagen Sweden drivers Johan Kristoffersson (pictured) and Petter Solberg dominated the heats
Timur Timerzyanov of STARD and Kevin Eriksson of World RX Team Austria
The start of Heat 3 Race 4 featuring Ekström, Kevin Hansen, Nitišs, Scheider and Grönholm
Grégoire Demoustier showed signs of improvement following his debut in the previous event
Defending champion Ekström made it two wins from as many starts in the 2017 season, beating Loeb (left) and Kristoffersson

Heats
Pos. No. Driver Team Car Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Pts
1 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 16
2 1 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 5th 6th 2nd 6th 15
3 3 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 1st 21st 12th 14
4 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 3rd 5th 19th 3rd 13
5 15 Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 14th 8th 3rd 5th 12
6 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 4th 11th 7th 8th 11
7 71 Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 7th 7th 8th 10th 10
8 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 9th 13th 4th 9th 9
9 7 Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 11th 4th 5th 15th 8
10 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 21st 20th 6th 1st 7
11 43 Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 17th 12th 9th 4th 6
12 57 Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 8th 15th 13th 7th 5
13 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 13th 10th 10th 11th 4
14 96 Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 6th 3rd 22nd 14th 3
15 44 Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 12th 9th 12th 13th 2
16 100 Guy Wilks LOCO Energy World RX Volkswagen Polo 10th 17th 11th 17th 1
17 87 Jean-Baptiste Dubourg DA Racing Peugeot 208 15th 16th 15th 16th
18 77 René Münnich All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza 18th 14th 14th 19th
19 69 Martin Kaczmarski Martin Kaczmarski Ford Fiesta 16th 19th 16th 18th
20 10 "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 19th 18th 17th 20th
21 66 Grégoire Demoustier DA Racing Peugeot 208 20th 21st 18th 21st
22 41 Joaquim Santos Bompiso Racing Team Ford Focus 22nd 22nd 20th 22nd

Semi-Finals
Semi-Final 1
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 3:57.377 6
2 3 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +1.438 5
3 15 Reinis Nitišs EKS RX +3.881 4
4 71 Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +5.631 3
5 43 Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division +6.002 2
6 7 Timur Timerzyanov STARD +7.189 1
Semi-Final 2
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1 Mattias Ekström EKS RX 3:58.543 6
2 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.739 5
3 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.937 4
4 57 Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +4.787 3
5 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD +48.971 2
6 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division DNF 1

Final
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Pts
1 1 Mattias Ekström EKS RX 3:59.345 8
2 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +0.567 5
3 3 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +0.909 4
4 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +1.729 3
5 15 Reinis Nitišs EKS RX +2.590 2
6 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden +31.143 1

Standings after the event
Pos Driver Pts Gap
1 Mattias Ekström 58
2 Johan Kristoffersson 44 +14
3 Petter Solberg 42 +16
4 Andreas Bakkerud 30 +28
5 Timo Scheider 28 +30
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References
  1. "Results - 2017 World RX of Portugal". rallycrossrx.com. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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