2017 World RX of France
{{refimprove|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox World RX event report
| flag = FRA
| round_no = 9
| season_no = 12
| year = 2017
| date = 2–3 September
| circuit = Circuit de Lohéac
| heat1_winner = {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson
| heat1_team = PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
| heat2_winner = {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb
| heat2_team = Team Peugeot-Hansen
| heat3_winner = {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström
| heat3_team = EKS RX
| heat4_winner = {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson
| heat4_team = PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
| semi1_winner = {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson
| semi1_team = PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
| semi2_winner = {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen
| semi2_team = Team Peugeot-Hansen
| final_first = {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson
| final_first_team = PSRX Volkswagen Sweden
| final_second = {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud
| final_second_team = Hoonigan Racing Division
| final_third = {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb
| final_third_team = Team Peugeot-Hansen
}}
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.{{cite web|last1=Ridge|first1=Hal|title=France WRX: Kristoffersson leads Loeb for fourth straight win|url=https://www.motorsport.com/world-rx/news/france-wrx-kristoffersson-takes-fourth-straight-win-948901/|publisher=Motorsport.com|accessdate=2 October 2017|date=3 September 2017}}
Supercar
=Heats=
File:Nico Müller (-51 Audi S1 EKS RX quattro) (36140385904).jpg became the first Swiss to race in World RX]]
File:Reinis Nitišs (-15 Audi S1 EKS RX quattro) (36174142463).jpg leads Andreas Bakkerud and Guerlain Chicherit]]
File:Reinis Nitišs (-15 Audi S1 EKS RX quattro) (36190053443).jpg is challenged by Nitišs and "Knapick", with JB Dubourg and Müller behind]]
| class=wikitable style="font-size:95%"
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Car ! {{Tooltip|Q1|Qualifying 1 Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Q2|Qualifying 2 Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Q3|Qualifying 3 Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Q4|Qualifying 4 Position}} ! Pts |
| 1
| 3 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 16 |
|---|
| 2
| 9 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 15 |
| 3
| 1 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 5th | 14 |
| 4
| 21 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen | 5th | 10th | 2nd | 3rd | 13 |
| 5
| 11 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg | 4th | 8th | 8th | 4th | 12 |
| 6
| 13 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud | 7th | 4th | 9th | 8th | 11 |
| 7
| 43 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Block | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 15th | 10 |
| 8
| 71 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Hansen | 13th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 9 |
| 9
| 44 | {{flagicon|GER}} Timo Scheider | 9th | 15th | 11th | 6th | 8 |
| 10
| 6 | {{flagicon|LAT}} Janis Baumanis | STARD | 17th | 5th | 7th | 12th | 7 |
| 11
| 57 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 12th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 6 |
| 12
| 15 | {{flagicon|LAT}} Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 8th | 14th | 13th | 9th | 5 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 13
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 87 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Baptiste Dubourg |style="background:#ffcccc;"| DA Racing |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Peugeot 208 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 14th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 14th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 11th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 14
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 68 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Niclas Grönholm |style="background:#ffcccc;"| GRX |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Ford Fiesta |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 11th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 13th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 7 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Timur Timerzyanov |style="background:#ffcccc;"| STARD |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Ford Fiesta |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 13th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 13th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 96 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Eriksson |style="background:#ffcccc;"| MJP Racing Team Austria |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Ford Fiesta |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 10th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 12th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{abbr|DNF|Did Not Finish}} |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 1 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 51 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|SWI}} Nico Müller |style="background:#ffcccc;"| EKS RX |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Audi S1 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 24th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 9th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 40 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gaëtan Sérazin |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Gaëtan Sérazin |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Peugeot 208 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 16th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21st |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 36 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Guerlain Chicherit |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Guerlain Chicherit |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Renault Clio{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-03|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Renault_Clio#Clio IV (2012–present)|reason= The anchor (Clio IV (2012–present)) has been deleted.}} |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 84 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} "Knapick" |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Citroën DS3 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21st |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21st |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 12th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{abbr|DNF|Did Not Finish}} |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 78 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Bouliou |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Laurent Bouliou |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Peugeot 208 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 23rd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 24th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 10 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|HUN}} "Csucsu" |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Speedy Motorsport |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Kia Rio |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 25th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 23
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 66 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Grégoire Demoustier |style="background:#ffcccc;"| DA Racing |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Peugeot 208 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 23rd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 24th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 23rd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 19th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 24
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 58 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alister McRae |style="background:#ffcccc;"| LOCO World RX Team |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Volkswagen Polo |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 18th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 20th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21st |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}} |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 25
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 21 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Anne |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Emmanuel Anne |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Peugeot 208 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}} |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 22nd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 17th |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 23rd |style="background:#ffcccc;"| |
=Semi-finals=
;Semi-Final 1
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! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Time ! Pts |
| 1
| 3 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson | 04:08.345 | 6 |
|---|
| 2
| 11 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg | +0.541 | 5 |
| 3
| 1 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +3.386 | 4 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 44 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|GER}} Timo Scheider |style="background:#ffcccc;"| MJP Racing Team Austria |style="background:#ffcccc;"| +5.573 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 5
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 57 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Toomas Heikkinen |style="background:#ffcccc;"| EKS RX |style="background:#ffcccc;"| +12.987 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 6
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 43 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Ken Block |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Hoonigan Racing Division |style="background:#ffcccc;"| +24.866 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 1 |
;Semi-Final 2
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! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Time ! Pts |
| 1
| 21 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen | 04:12.656 | 6 |
|---|
| 2
| 9 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | +0.335 | 5 |
| 3
| 13 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud | +1.778 | 4 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 4
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 6 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|LAT}} Jānis Baumanis |style="background:#ffcccc;"| STARD |style="background:#ffcccc;"| +6.466 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 3 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 5
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 71 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kevin Hansen |style="background:#ffcccc;"| Team Peugeot-Hansen |style="background:#ffcccc;"| +37.008 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 2 |
| style="background:#ffcccc;"| 6
|style="background:#ffcccc;"| 15 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| {{flagicon|LAT}} Reinis Nitišs |style="background:#ffcccc;"| EKS RX |style="background:#ffcccc;"| +39.535 |style="background:#ffcccc;"| 1 |
=Final=
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! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|No.|Car Number}} ! Driver ! Team ! Time ! Pts |
| 1
| 3 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson | 04:08.408 | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| 9 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | +3.581 | 5 |
| 3
| 1 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +4.586 | 4 |
| 4
| 13 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Andreas Bakkerud | +7.386 | 3 |
| 5
| 11 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg | +38.690 | 2 |
| 6
| 21 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen | {{abbr|DNF|Did Not Finish}} | 1 |
Standings after the event
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| {{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}
! Driver ! {{tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Gap |
|---|
| 1
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Kristoffersson | align="right"| 241 | align="right"| |
| 2
| {{flagicon|NOR}} Petter Solberg | align="right"| 195 | align="right"| +46 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Ekström | align="right"| 180 | align="right"| +61 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Loeb | align="right"| 169 | align="right"| +72 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|SWE}} Timmy Hansen | align="right"| 155 | align="right"| +86 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
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External links
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