The 2017 World RX of Sweden, formally known as the 2017 Swecon World RX of Sweden, for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[1] The event was held at the Höljesbanan in the village of Höljes, Värmland and also hosted round six of the European Rallycross Championship and round four of the RX2 International Series, the main support category for the World Rallycross Championship.
| 2017 World RX of Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Round 7 of 12 in the 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1–2 July 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Höljes, Värmland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Höljesbanan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background edit
Reigning world champion and second in the 2017 standings, Mattias Ekström, was absent from the event due to his commitment in the DTM at the Norisring, held on the same weekend.[2] Swedish rally driver Per-Gunnar Andersson was selected by EKS RX as Ekström's replacement, while Reinis Nitišs was nominated as the point scorer for EKS RX in the Teams' Championship, alongside Toomas Heikkinen.[3]
Olsbergs MSE, who left the Championship in 2016, entered two Ford Fiesta ST's for Sebastian Eriksson and Oliver Eriksson, but were ineligible to score points in the Teams' Championship.[4]
The attendance record was broken for the fourth year in a row, with 45,100 spectators, up from 44,400 in 2016.[5]
Supercar edit
Heats edit
Semi-finals edit
- Semi-Final 1
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 |  Johan Kristoffersson
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PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 04:17.248 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 |  Sébastien Loeb
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Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.296 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen
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Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.487 | 4 |
| 4 | 43 |  Ken Block
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Hoonigan Racing Division | +3.157 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 |  Timur Timerzyanov
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STARD | +5.368 | 2 |
| 6 | 68 |  Niclas Grönholm
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GRX | +5.437 | 1 |
- Semi-Final 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |  Andreas Bakkerud
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Hoonigan Racing Division | 04:17.977 | 6 |
| 2 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson
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MJP Racing Team Austria | +3.155 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 |  Jānis Baumanis
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STARD | +4.075 | 4 |
| 4 | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson
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Olsbergs MSE | +4.631 | 3 |
| 5 | 44 |  Timo Scheider
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MJP Racing Team Austria | +5.129 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Petter Solberg
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PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +5.561 | 1 |
Final edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson
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PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 04:14.579 | 8 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud
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Hoonigan Racing Division | +2.363 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb
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Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.901 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | Timmy Hansen
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Team Peugeot-Hansen | +6.194 | 3 |
| 5 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson
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MJP Racing Team Austria | +6.805 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis
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STARD | +12.650 | 1 |
RX2 International Series edit
Heats edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond
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Olsbergs MSE | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 16 |
| 2 | 40 |  Dan Rooke
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Dan Rooke | 2nd | DNF | 8th | 2nd | 15 |
| 3 | 19 | Andreas Bäckman
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Olsbergs MSE | 12th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 14 |
| 4 | 98 | Stein Fredric Akre
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Stein Fredric Akre | 5th | 17th | 9th | 5th | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | William Nilsson
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JC Raceteknik | 9th | 14th | 3rd | 13th | 12 |
| 6 | 96 |  Guillaume De Ridder
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Guillaume De Ridder | 3rd | 13th | 10th | 15th | 11 |
| 7 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen
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Set Promotion | 17h | 4th | 18th | 3rd | 10 |
| 8 | 21 | Marcus Höglund
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JC Raceteknik | 6th | 10th | 17th | 8th | 9 |
| 9 | 56 | Thomas Holmen
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Bard Holmen | 4th | 8th | 20th | 10th | 8 |
| 10 | 18 | Linus Östlund
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Linus Östlund | 11th | 11th | 2nd | 21st | 7 |
| 11 | 52 | Simon Olofsson
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Simon Olofsson | 15th | 3rd | DNF | 4th | 6 |
| 12 | 9 | Glenn Haug
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Glenn Haug | 8th | 19th | 11th | 6th | 5 |
| 13 | 12 | Anders Michalak
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Anders Michalak | 7th | 12th | 5th | 20th | 4 |
| 14 | 69 | Sondre Evjen
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JC Raceteknik | 13th | 5th | 19th | 12th | 3 |
| 15 | 2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen
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Ben-Philip Gundersen | 10th | 18th | 6th | 16th | 2 |
| 16 | 11 | Tanner Whitten
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Olsbergs MSE | 20th | 2nd | 15th | 18th | 1 |
| 17 | 51 | Sandra Hultgren
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Sandra Hultgren | 14th | 9th | 14th | 17th | |
| 18 | 91 | Jonathan Walfridsson
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Helmia Motorsport | 19th | 7th | 21st | 9th | |
| 19 | 51 | Vasily Gryazin
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Sports Racing Technologies | 16th | DNF | 7th | 11th | |
| 20 | 17 | Hampus Rådström
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Hampus Rådström | 18th | 16th | 16th | 14th | |
| 21 | 58 | Santosh Berggren
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A. Berggrens Bilservice Floby | 22nd | 15th | 13th | DNF | |
| 22 | 26 | Jessica Bäckman
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Olsbergs MSE | 21st | DNF | 12th | 19th |
Semi-finals edit
- Semi-Final 1
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond
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Olsbergs MSE | 4:36.396 | 6 |
| 2 | 6 | William Nilsson
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JC Raceteknik | +1.805 | 5 |
| 3 | 19 | Andreas Bäckman
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Olsbergs MSE | +2.692 | 4 |
| 4 | 56 | Thomas Holmen
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Bard Holmen | +5.795 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen
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Set Promotion | +6.534 | 2 |
| 6 | 52 | Simon Olofsson
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Simon Olofsson | +22.374 | 1 |
- Semi-Final 2
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Dan Rooke
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Dan Rooke | 4:38.753 | 6 |
| 2 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder
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Guillaume De Ridder | +1.437 | 5 |
| 3 | 98 | Stein Fredric Akre
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Stein Fredric Akre | +2.506 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | Linus Östlund
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Linus Östlund | +2.790 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | Glenn Haug
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Glenn Haug | +3.218 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | Marcus Höglund
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JC Raceteknik | DNF | 1 |
Final edit
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Dan Rooke
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Dan Rooke | 4:42.579 | 8 |
| 2 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder
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Guillaume De Ridder | +1.437 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | William Nilsson
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JC Raceteknik | +1.724 | 4 |
| 4 | 19 | Andreas Bäckman
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Olsbergs MSE | +1.979 | 3 |
| 5 | 98 | Stein Fredric Akre
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Stein Fredric Akre | +20.368 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Cyril Raymond
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Olsbergs MSE | +44.991 | 1 |
Standings after the event edit
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References edit
- ^ "Kristoffersson takes epic Holjes RX victory". FIA World Rallycross. 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Ridge, Hal (23 June 2017). "Audi decides Ekstrom must miss Holjes World RX for Norisring DTM". Autosport. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Nitiss nominated point scorer for EKS". FIA World Rallycross. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "OMSE enter two supercars for Holjes RX". FIA World Rallycross. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Sundler, Bengt (2 July 2017). "Nytt publikrekord i Höljes". Nya Wermlands-Tidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 July 2017.