title: 2017 World RX of Germany
text: # 2017 World RX of Germany
  
  The 2017 World RX of Germany was the eleventh round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Estering in Buxtehude, Lower Saxony.
  
  ## Heats
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 16 |
  | 2 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 8th | 15 |
  | 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 7th | 1st | 5th | 9th | 14 |
  | 4 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 8th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 13 |
  | 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 2nd | 12th | 3rd | 5th | 12 |
  | 6 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 4th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 11 |
  | 7 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 6th | 6th | 7th | 13th | 10 |
  | 8 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 10th | 9th | 12th | 4th | 9 |
  | 9 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 17th | 5th | 10th | 6th | 8 |
  | 10 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 18th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 7 |
  | 11 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 9th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 6 |
  | 12 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | Ford Fiesta | 19th | 21st | 8th | 2nd | 5 |
  | 13 | 93 | Sebastian Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta ST | 3rd | 13th | 18th | 14th | 4 |
  | 14 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 13th | 8th | 13th | 15th | 3 |
  | 15 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 14th | 17th | 15th | 12th | 2 |
  | 16 | 94 | Dieter Depping | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 15th | 16th | 14th | 18th | 1 |
  | 17 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 11th | 15th | 16th | DNF | |
  | 18 | 17 | Davy Jeanney | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 12th | 22nd | 17th | 16th | |
  | 19 | 77 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Seat Ibiza | 20th | 14th | 19th | 17th | |
  | 20 | 10 | "Csucsu" | Speedy Motorsport | Kia Rio | 16th | 18th | DNF | 19th | |
  | 21 | 80 | Andreas Steffen | Andreas Steffen | Ford Fiesta | 22nd | 20th | 20th | 20th | |
  | 22 | 69 | Martin Kaczmarski | Martin Kaczmarski | Ford Fiesta | 21st | 19th | DNS | 21st | |
  
  ## Semi-finals
  
  ### Semi-final 1
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 03:45.054 | 6 |
  | 2 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +2.378 | 5 |
  | 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +3.638 | 4 |
  | 4 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +3.887 | 3 |
  | 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +4.927 | 2 |
  | 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | +9.850 | 1 |
  
  ### Semi-final 2
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 03:42.822 | 6 |
  | 2 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.206 | 5 |
  | 3 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | +5.296 | 4 |
  | 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.555 | 3 |
  | 5 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +8.751 | 2 |
  | 6 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | +20.052 | 1 |
  
  ## Final
  
  | Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 03:41.663 | 8 |
  | 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +2.629 | 5 |
  | 3 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +3.717 | 4 |
  | 4 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +6.868 | 3 |
  | 5 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | +8.089 | 2 |
  | 6 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +48.239 | 1 |
  
  ## Standings after the event
  
  | Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Johan Kristoffersson | 286 | |
  | 2 | Petter Solberg | 234 | +52 |
  | 3 | Mattias Ekström | 233 | +53 |
  | 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 204 | +82 |
  | 5 | Andreas Bakkerud | 179 | +107 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included.
  