# 2017 World RX of Barcelona

The 2017 World RX of Barcelona was the first round of the fourth season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia.

## Supercar
### Heats

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Car | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Pts |
| 1 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 12th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 16 |
| 2 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 4th | 15th | 1st | 4th | 15 |
| 3 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 1st | 17th | 6th | 3rd | 14 |
| 4 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 5th | 20th | 3rd | 1st | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | Volkswagen Polo GTI | 3rd | 18th | 4th | 2nd | 12 |
| 6 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 6th | 10th | 5th | 7th | 11 |
| 7 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 14th | 1st | 10th | 16th | 10 |
| 8 | 100 | Guy Wilks | LOCO Energy RX Team | Volkswagen Polo | 10th | 13th | 7th | 10th | 9 |
| 9 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | Ford Focus RS | 2nd | 19th | 11th | 11th | 8 |
| 10 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | Audi S1 | 17th | 3rd | 9th | 12th | 7 |
| 11 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 11th | 5th | 12th | 13th | 6 |
| 12 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 13th | 12th | 13th | 15th | 5 |
| 13 | 96 | Kevin Eriksson | MJP Racing Team Austria | Ford Fiesta | 8th | 14th | 15th | 9th | 4 |
| 14 | 9 | Sébastien Loeb | Team Peugeot-Hansen | Peugeot 208 | 9th | 9th | 21st | 8th | 3 |
| 15 | 6 | Jānis Baumanis | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 7th | 11th | 19th | 14th | 2 |
| 16 | 10 | "Csucsu" | Speedy Motorsport | Kia Rio | 18th | 6th | 14th | 18th | 1 |
| 17 | 68 | Niclas Grönholm | GRX | Ford Fiesta | 19th | 8th | 16th | 17th | |
| 18 | 84 | "Knapick" | Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier | Citroën DS3 | 16th | 7th | 18th | 19th | |
| 19 | 66 | Grégoire Demoustier | DA Racing | Peugeot 208 | 20th | 12th | 20th | 20th | |
| 20 | 7 | Timur Timerzyanov | STARD | Ford Fiesta | 15th | 21st | 8th | 6th | |
| 21 | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | Fors Performance | Renault Clio | 21st | 16th | 17th | 21st | |

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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | 4:32.988 | 6 |
| 2 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | +2.815 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +5.237 | 4 |
| 4 | 43 | Ken Block | Hoonigan Racing Division | +8.382 | 3 |
| 5 | 71 | Kevin Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +14.583 | 2 |
| 6 | 57 | Toomas Heikkinen | EKS RX | | 1 |

#### Semi-Final 2

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 4:34.563 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +1.256 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +1.707 | 4 |
| 4 | 100 | Guy Wilks | LOCO Energy World RX | +5.800 | 3 |
| 5 | 87 | Jean-Baptiste Dubourg | DA Racing | +6.753 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Reinis Nitišs | EKS RX | +7.391 | 1 |

### Final

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Mattias Ekström | EKS RX | 4:32.260 | 8 |
| 2 | 44 | Timo Scheider | MJP Racing Team Austria | +0.362 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 | Andreas Bakkerud | Hoonigan Racing Division | +1.868 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | Petter Solberg | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +2.625 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | Timmy Hansen | Team Peugeot-Hansen | +3.251 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | Johan Kristoffersson | PSRX Volkswagen Sweden | +3.976 | 1 |

## Standings after the event

| Pos | Driver | Pts | Gap |
| 1 | Mattias Ekström | 29 | |
| 2 | Timo Scheider | 26 | +3 |
| 3 | Andreas Bakkerud | 22 | +7 |
| 4 | Johan Kristoffersson | 21 | +8 |
| 5 | Petter Solberg | 19 | +10 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.