title: 2017 World RX of Sweden
text: # 2017 World RX of Sweden
  
  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. 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.
  
  ## Background
  
  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. 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.
  
  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.
  
  The attendance record was broken for the fourth year in a row, with 45,100 spectators, up from 44,400 in 2016.
  
  ## Supercar
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 16 |
  | 2 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 15 |
  | 3 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 1st | 5th | 6th | 3rd | 14 |
  | 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 13 |
  | 5 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 7th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 12 |
  | 6 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 8th | 2nd | 8th | 5th | 11 |
  | 7 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | Ford Fiesta | 5th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 10 |
  | 8 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 16th | 5th | 7th | 9 |
  | 9 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 6th | 7th | 20th | 12th | 8 |
  | 10 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 10th | 10th | 9th | 18th | 7 |
  | 11 | 17 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 15th | 11th | 13th | 9th | 6 |
  | 12 | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 13th | 14th | 12th | 10th | 5 |
  | 13 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 11th | 9th | 21st | 13th | 4 |
  | 14 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 9th | 20th | 10th | 15th | 3 |
  | 15 | 45 | Per-Gunnar Andersson | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 17th | 15th | 16th | 11th | 2 |
  | 16 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 18th | 17th | 11th | 14th | 1 |
  | 17 | 98 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 16th | 12th | 18th | 16th | |
  | 18 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 14th | 13th | 14th | DNF | |
  | 19 | 60 | Joni-Pekka Rajala | Vaaranmara Racing | Mitsubishi Mirage | 19th | 18th | 15th | 19th | |
  | 20 | 84 | "Knapick" | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | Citroën DS3 | 22nd | 19th | 19th | 20th | |
  | 21 | 100 | Guy Wilks | LOCO World RX Team | Volkswagen Polo | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 17th | |
  | 22 | 10 | "Csucsu" | Speedy Motorsport | Kia Rio | 21st | EXC | 17th | DNF | |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  **Semi-Final 1**
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 04:17.248 | 6 |
  | 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.296 | 5 |
  | 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.487 | 4 |
  | 4 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | +3.157 | 3 |
  | 5 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | +5.368 | 2 |
  | 6 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | +5.437 | 1 |
  
  **Semi-Final 2**
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | 04:17.977 | 6 |
  | 2 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | +3.155 | 5 |
  | 3 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +4.075 | 4 |
  | 4 | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | +4.631 | 3 |
  | 5 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | +5.129 | 2 |
  | 6 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +5.561 | 1 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 04:14.579 | 8 |
  | 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +2.363 | 5 |
  | 3 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.901 | 4 |
  | 4 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +6.194 | 3 |
  | 5 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | +6.805 | 2 |
  | 6 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +12.650 | 1 |
  
  ## RX2 International Series
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 16 |
  | 2 | 40 | Dan Rooke | Dan Rooke | 2nd | DNF | 8th | 2nd | 15 |
  | 3 | 19 | Andreas Bäckman | Olsbergs MSE | 12th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 14 |
  | 4 | 98 | Stein Fredric Akre | Stein Fredric Akre | 5th | 17th | 9th | 5th | 13 |
  | 5 | 6 | William Nilsson | JC Raceteknik | 9th | 14th | 3rd | 13th | 12 |
  | 6 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | Guillaume De Ridder | 3rd | 13th | 10th | 15th | 11 |
  | 7 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | 17h | 4th | 18th | 3rd | 10 |
  | 8 | 21 | Marcus Höglund | JC Raceteknik | 6th | 10th | 17th | 8th | 9 |
  | 9 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Bard Holmen | 4th | 8th | 20th | 10th | 8 |
  | 10 | 18 | Linus Östlund | Linus Östlund | 11th | 11th | 2nd | 21st | 7 |
  | 11 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | 15th | 3rd | DNF | 4th | 6 |
  | 12 | 9 | Glenn Haug | Glenn Haug | 8th | 19th | 11th | 6th | 5 |
  | 13 | 12 | Anders Michalak | Anders Michalak | 7th | 12th | 5th | 20th | 4 |
  | 14 | 69 | Sondre Evjen | JC Raceteknik | 13th | 5th | 19th | 12th | 3 |
  | 15 | 2 | Ben-Philip Gundersen | Ben-Philip Gundersen | 10th | 18th | 6th | 16th | 2 |
  | 16 | 11 | Tanner Whitten | Olsbergs MSE | 20th | 2nd | 15th | 18th | 1 |
  | 17 | 51 | Sandra Hultgren | Sandra Hultgren | 14th | 9th | 14th | 17th | |
  | 18 | 91 | Jonathan Walfridsson | Helmia Motorsport | 19th | 7th | 21st | 9th | |
  | 19 | 51 | Vasily Gryazin | Sports Racing Technologies | 16th | DNF | 7th | 11th | |
  | 20 | 17 | Hampus Rådström | Hampus Rådström | 18th | 16th | 16th | 14th | |
  | 21 | 58 | Santosh Berggren | A. Berggrens Bilservice Floby | 22nd | 15th | 13th | DNF | |
  | 22 | 26 | Jessica Bäckman | Olsbergs MSE | 21st | DNF | 12th | 19th | |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  **Semi-Final 1**
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | 4:36.396 | 6 |
  | 2 | 6 | William Nilsson | JC Raceteknik | +1.805 | 5 |
  | 3 | 19 | Andreas Bäckman | Olsbergs MSE | +2.692 | 4 |
  | 4 | 56 | Thomas Holmen | Bard Holmen | +5.795 | 3 |
  | 5 | 8 | Simon Wågø Syversen | Set Promotion | +6.534 | 2 |
  | 6 | 52 | Simon Olofsson | Simon Olofsson | +22.374 | 1 |
  
  **Semi-Final 2**
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 40 | Dan Rooke | Dan Rooke | 4:38.753 | 6 |
  | 2 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | Guillaume De Ridder | +1.437 | 5 |
  | 3 | 98 | Stein Fredric Akre | Stein Fredric Akre | +2.506 | 4 |
  | 4 | 18 | Linus Östlund | Linus Östlund | +2.790 | 3 |
  | 5 | 9 | Glenn Haug | Glenn Haug | +3.218 | 2 |
  | 6 | 21 | Marcus Höglund | JC Raceteknik | DNF | 1 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 40 | Dan Rooke | Dan Rooke | 4:42.579 | 8 |
  | 2 | 96 | Guillaume De Ridder | Guillaume De Ridder | +1.437 | 5 |
  | 3 | 6 | William Nilsson | JC Raceteknik | +1.724 | 4 |
  | 4 | 19 | Andreas Bäckman | Olsbergs MSE | +1.979 | 3 |
  | 5 | 98 | Stein Fredric Akre | Stein Fredric Akre | +20.368 | 2 |
  | 6 | 13 | Cyril Raymond | Olsbergs MSE | +44.991 | 1 |
  
  ## Standings after the event
  
  | Pos. | Driver | Pts | Gap |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 181 | |
  | 2 | Petter Solberg | 150 | +31 |
  | 3 | Mattias Ekström | 143 | +38 |
  | 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 125 | +56 |
  | 5 | Andreas Bakkerud | 124 | +57 |
  | Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
  | 1 | Cyril Raymond | 108 | |
  | 2 | Dan Rooke | 102 | +6 |
  | 3 | Guillaume De Ridder | 68 | +40 |
  | 4 | Tanner Whitten | 60 | +48 |
  | 5 | Glenn Haug | 59 | +49 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included.
  