2017 World RX of France

The 2017 World RX of France was the ninth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Lohéac in the Lohéac commune of Bretagne.

World RX layout of Circuit de Lohéac

2017 World RX of France
Round 9 of 12 in the 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship
Date	2–3 September 2017
Location	Lohéac, Bretagne
Venue	Circuit de Lohéac
Results
Heat winners Heat 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Heat 2 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Heat 3 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Heat 4 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Semi-final winners Semi-final 1 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Semi-final 2 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Final First Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Second Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Third Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen

Supercar

Heats

Nico Müller became the first Swiss to race in World RX

Reinis Nitišs leads Andreas Bakkerud and Guerlain Chicherit

Timo Scheider is challenged by Nitišs and "Knapick", with JB Dubourg and Müller behind

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo GTI	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	16
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	15
3	1	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	Audi S1	3rd	6th	1st	5th	14
4	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	5th	10th	2nd	3rd	13
5	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	Volkswagen Polo GTI	4th	8th	8th	4th	12
6	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	7th	4th	9th	8th	11
7	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	Ford Focus RS	6th	3rd	5th	15th	10
8	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	Peugeot 208	13th	7th	6th	7th	9
9	44	Timo Scheider	MJP Racing Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	9th	15th	11th	6th	8
10	6	Janis Baumanis	STARD	Ford Fiesta	17th	5th	7th	12th	7
11	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	Audi S1	12th	11th	10th	10th	6
12	15	Reinis Nitišs	EKS RX	Audi S1	8th	14th	13th	9th	5
13	87	Jean-Baptiste Dubourg	DA Racing	Peugeot 208	14th	17th	14th	11th	4
14	68	Niclas Grönholm	GRX	Ford Fiesta	11th	16th	16th	13th	3
15	7	Timur Timerzyanov	STARD	Ford Fiesta	15th	13th	22nd	13th	2
16	96	Kevin Eriksson	MJP Racing Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	10th	12th	DNF	16th	1
17	51	Nico Müller	EKS RX	Audi S1	24th	9th	15th	17th
18	40	Gaëtan Sérazin	Gaëtan Sérazin	Peugeot 208	16th	18th	18th	21st
19	36	Guerlain Chicherit	Guerlain Chicherit	Renault Clio	19th	19th	19th	22nd
20	84	"Knapick"	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier	Citroën DS3	21st	21st	12th	DNF
21	78	Laurent Bouliou	Laurent Bouliou	Peugeot 208	20th	23rd	24th	18th
22	10	"Csucsu"	Speedy Motorsport	Kia Rio	22nd	25th	20th	20th
23	66	Grégoire Demoustier	DA Racing	Peugeot 208	23rd	24th	23rd	19th
24	58	Alister McRae	LOCO World RX Team	Volkswagen Polo	18th	20th	21st	DNS
25	21	Emmanuel Anne	Emmanuel Anne	Peugeot 208	DNS	22nd	17th	23rd

Semi-finals

Semi-Final 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	04:08.345	6
2	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	+0.541	5
3	1	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+3.386	4
4	44	Timo Scheider	MJP Racing Team Austria	+5.573	3
5	57	Toomas Heikkinen	EKS RX	+12.987	2
6	43	Ken Block	Hoonigan Racing Division	+24.866	1

Semi-Final 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	04:12.656	6
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+0.335	5
3	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+1.778	4
4	6	Jānis Baumanis	STARD	+6.466	3
5	71	Kevin Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+37.008	2
6	15	Reinis Nitišs	EKS RX	+39.535	1

Final

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Pts
1	3	Johan Kristoffersson	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	04:08.408	8
2	9	Sébastien Loeb	Team Peugeot-Hansen	+3.581	5
3	1	Mattias Ekström	EKS RX	+4.586	4
4	13	Andreas Bakkerud	Hoonigan Racing Division	+7.386	3
5	11	Petter Solberg	PSRX Volkswagen Sweden	+38.690	2
6	21	Timmy Hansen	Team Peugeot-Hansen	DNF	1

Standings after the event

Pos.	Driver	Pts	Gap
1	Johan Kristoffersson	241
2	Petter Solberg	195	+46
3	Mattias Ekström	180	+61
4	Sébastien Loeb	169	+72
5	Timmy Hansen	155	+86

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.