# 2017 World RX of Portugal

The 2017 World RX of Portugal was the second round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Pista Automóvel de Montalegre in Montalegre, Vila Real.

## Supercar
### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 1st | 1st | 21st | 12th | 14 |
| 4 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 3rd | 5th | 19th | 3rd | 13 |
| 5 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 14th | 8th | 3rd | 5th | 12 |
| 6 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 4th | 11th | 7th | 8th | 11 |
| 7 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 7th | 7th | 8th | 10th | 10 |
| 8 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 9th | 13th | 4th | 9th | 9 |
| 9 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 11th | 4th | 5th | 15th | 8 |
| 10 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 21st | 20th | 6th | 1st | 7 |
| 11 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 17th | 12th | 9th | 4th | 6 |
| 12 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 8th | 15th | 13th | 7th | 5 |
| 13 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | Ford Fiesta | 13th | 10th | 10th | 11th | 4 |
| 14 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 6th | 3rd | 22nd | 14th | 3 |
| 15 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 9th | 12th | 13th | 2 |
| 16 | 100 | Guy Wilks | LOCO Energy World RX | Volkswagen Polo | 10th | 17th | 11th | 17th | 1 |
| 17 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 15th | 16th | 15th | 16th | |
| 18 | 77 | René Münnich | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | SEAT Ibiza | 18th | 14th | 14th | 19th | |
| 19 | 69 | Martin Kaczmarski | Martin Kaczmarski | Ford Fiesta | 16th | 19th | 16th | 18th | |
| 20 | 10 | "Csucsu" | Speedy Motorsport | Kia Rio | 19th | 18th | 17th | 20th | |
| 21 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 20th | 21st | 18th | 21st | |
| 22 | 41 | Joaquim Santos | Bompiso Racing Team | Ford Focus | 22nd | 22nd | 20th | 22nd | |

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 3:57.377 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +1.438 | 5 |
| 3 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | +3.881 | 4 |
| 4 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +5.631 | 3 |
| 5 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | +6.002 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | +7.189 | 1 |

#### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 3:58.543 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +0.739 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.937 | 4 |
| 4 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | +4.787 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | +48.971 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | DNF | 1 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 3:59.345 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +0.567 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +0.909 | 4 |
| 4 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.729 | 3 |
| 5 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | +2.590 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +31.143 | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Mattias Ekström | 58 | |
| 2 | Johan Kristoffersson | 44 | +14 |
| 3 | Petter Solberg | 42 | +16 |
| 4 | Andreas Bakkerud | 30 | +28 |
| 5 | Timo Scheider | 28 | +30 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.