2017 World RX of Latvia


The 2017 World RX of Latvia was the tenth round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga. Johan Kristoffersson secured the drivers' title, after winning the event. Kristoffersson's closest rival for the title, teammate Petter Solberg, was involved in a first lap crash with Jānis Baumanis in Semi-Final 2. The Semi-Final was red-flagged as Solberg was taken to a hospital in Riga. At the hospital it was determined that he had broken two ribs and his left collarbone.

Supercar

Heats

Semi-Finals

;Semi-Final 1
DriverTeamTimePts
13 Johan KristofferssonPSRX Volkswagen Sweden05:05.0066
21 Mattias EkströmEKS RX+2.2855
313 Andreas BakkerudHoonigan Racing Division+4.6414
468 Niclas GrönholmGRX+7.1853
521 Timmy HansenTeam Peugeot-Hansen+7.9312
615 Reinis NitišsEKS RX+8.6871

;Semi-Final 2
DriverTeamTimePts
19 Sébastien LoebTeam Peugeot-Hansen05:08.4466
251 Nico MüllerEKS RX+4.4425
36 Jānis BaumanisSTARD+5.3294
471 Kevin HansenTeam Peugeot-Hansen+6.6043
557 Toomas HeikkinenEKS RX+01.04.7142
611 Petter SolbergPSRX Volkswagen Sweden1

Final

Standings after the event

DriverGap
1 Johan Kristoffersson271
2 Petter Solberg209+62
3 Mattias Ekström204+67
4 Sébastien Loeb194+77
5 Andreas Bakkerud165+106