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.
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Heats Driver Team Car Pts 1 3 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 1st 6th 1st 5th 16 2 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 10th 3rd 3rd 1st 15 3 1 Mattias Ekström EKS RX Audi S1 3rd 4th 10th 2nd 14 4 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden Volkswagen Polo GTI 2nd 16th 2nd 3rd 13 5 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 7th 2nd 8th 4th 12 6 57 Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX Audi S1 5th 1st 7th 12th 11 7 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 4th 5th 11th 6th 10 8 71 Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen Peugeot 208 6th 11th 4th 9th 9 9 15 Reinis Nitišs EKS RX Audi S1 8th 7th 9th 8th 8 10 51 Nico Müller EKS RX Audi S1 9th 12th 6th 11th 7 11 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX Ford Fiesta 14th 9th 15th 10th 6 12 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD Ford Fiesta 13th 8th 14th 15th 5 13 7 Timur Timerzyanov STARD Ford Fiesta 12th 10th 13th 16th 4 14 43 Ken Block Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS 11th 13th 16th 13th 3 15 44 Timo Scheider MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 16th 5th 7th 2 16 84 "Knapick" Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier Citroën DS3 20th 15th 20th 18th 1 17 10 "Csucsu" Speedy Motorsport Kia Rio 19th 14th 19th 18 96 Kevin Eriksson MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta 15th 12th 14th 19 60 Joni-Pekka Rajala Vaaranmaa Racing Mitsubishi Mirage 18th 18th 17th 20 67 François Duval DA Racing Peugeot 208 17th 17th
Semi-finals Semi-final 1 Driver Team Time Pts 1 3 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 05:05.006 6 2 1 Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.285 5 3 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +4.641 4 4 68 Niclas Grönholm GRX +7.185 3 5 21 Timmy Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +7.931 2 6 15 Reinis Nitišs EKS RX +8.687 1
Semi-final 2 Driver Team Time Pts 1 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen 05:08.446 6 2 51 Nico Müller EKS RX +4.442 5 3 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD +5.329 4 4 71 Kevin Hansen Team Peugeot-Hansen +6.604 3 5 57 Toomas Heikkinen EKS RX +01.04.714 2 6 11 Petter Solberg PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 1
Final Driver Team Time/Retired Pts 1 3 Johan Kristoffersson PSRX Volkswagen Sweden 05:06.673 8 2 1 Mattias Ekström EKS RX +2.365 5 3 9 Sébastien Loeb Team Peugeot-Hansen +3.919 4 4 13 Andreas Bakkerud Hoonigan Racing Division +4.534 3 5 6 Jānis Baumanis STARD +10.053 2 6 51 Nico Müller EKS RX +20.976 1
Standings after the event
Driver Gap Johan Kristoffersson 271 2 Petter Solberg 209 +62 3 Mattias Ekström 204 +67 4 Sébastien Loeb 194 +77 5 Andreas Bakkerud 165 +106 Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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