# 2017 World RX of South Africa

The 2017 World RX of South Africa was the twelfth and final round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Killarney Motor Racing Complex in Cape Town, Western Cape.

## Supercar
### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 2nd | 9th | 1st | 2nd | 16 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 1st | 14th | 3rd | 1st | 15 |
| 3 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 8th | 10th | 2nd | 8th | 14 |
| 4 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 6th | 11th | 6th | 4th | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 4th | 5th | 11th | 9th | 12 |
| 6 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 5th | 2nd | 14th | 12th | 11 |
| 7 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 3rd | 15th | 5th | 10th | 10 |
| 8 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 14th | 3rd | 15th | 3rd | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 1st | 16th | 11th | 8 |
| 10 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 7th | 18th | 4th | 5th | 7 |
| 11 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 11th | 4th | 17th | 6th | 6 |
| 12 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 10th | 17th | 8th | 7th | 5 |
| 13 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 9th | 16th | 7th | 16th | 4 |
| 14 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 17th | 7th | 12th | 15th | 3 |
| 15 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | Ford Fiesta | 15th | 12th | 13th | 13th | 2 |
| 16 | 98 | Oliver Eriksson | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 16th | 8th | 10th | 19th | 1 |
| 17 | 77 | René Münnich | Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 21st | 6th | 18th | 14th | |
| 18 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 13th | 20th | 9th | 18th | |
| 19 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 19th | 13th | 21st | 21st | |
| 20 | 124 | Mark Cronje | Albatec Racing | Peugeot 208 | 18th | 21st | 20th | 17th | |
| 21 | 59 | Ashley Haigh-Smith | Olsbergs MSE | Ford Fiesta | 20th | 19th | 19th | 20th | |
| 22 | 10 | "Csucsu" | Speedy Motorsport | Kia Rio | 22nd | 22nd | 22nd | 22nd | |

### Semi-finals
#### Semi-Final 1

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:27.571 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +0.761 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +0.723 | 4 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +1.446 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +3.139 | 2 |
| 6 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +4.261 | 1 |

#### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | 4:26.464 | 6 |
| 2 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | +2.757 | 5 |
| 3 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +21.905 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +25.118 | 3 |
| 5 | 68 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | +32.118 | 2 |
| 6 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | DSQ | |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:23.751 | 8 |
| 2 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +0.918 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | +2.951 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +3.417 | 3 |
| 5 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | +5.438 | 2 |
| 6 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | DNS | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| WC | Johan Kristoffersson | 316 | |
| 2 | Mattias Ekström | 255 | +61 |
| 3 | Petter Solberg | 252 | +64 |
| 4 | Sébastien Loeb | 214 | +102 |
| 5 | Timmy Hansen | 201 | +115 |