2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship

The 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship was the 42nd season of the FIA European Championships for Rallycross Drivers. The season consisted of nine rounds across three categories; Supercar, Super1600 and TouringCar. The season commencing on 1 April with the Spanish round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, and culminating on 1 October in Germany at the Estering.^[1]

Swede Kevin Hansen was the defending Supercar champion, Hungarian Krisztián Szabó was defending Super1600 champion and Norwegian Ben-Philip Gundersen was defending TouringCar champion.

2017 champions were Anton Marklund (Supercar), Krisztián Szabó (Super1600) and Lars Øivind Enerberg (TouringCar).

Calendar

Round	Event	Venue	Dates	Category	Final Winner	Car	Team
1	Euro RX of Barcelona	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1–2 April	Supercar	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen Polo	Marklund Motorsport
1	Euro RX of Barcelona	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1–2 April	TouringCar	Philip Gehrman	Ford Fiesta	Bridgestone Motorsport
2	Euro RX of Portugal	Pista Automóvel de Montalegre	22–23 April	Super1600	Ulrik Linnemann	Peugeot 208	Linnemann Motorsport
3	Euro RX of Belgium	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet	13–14 May	Super1600	Kasparas Navickas	Škoda Fabia	Taurages Automobiliu Klubas VŠĮ
3	Euro RX of Belgium	Circuit Jules Tacheny Mettet	13–14 May	TouringCar	Lars Øivind Enerberg	Ford Fiesta	Lars Øivind Enerberg
4	Euro RX of Great Britain	Lydden Hill Race Circuit	27–28 May	TouringCar	Lars Øivind Enerberg	Ford Fiesta	Lars Øivind Enerberg
5	Euro RX of Norway	Lånkebanen	10–11 June	Supercar	Robin Larsson	Audi A1	Robin Larsson
5	Euro RX of Norway	Lånkebanen	10–11 June	TouringCar	Lars Øivind Enerberg	Ford Fiesta	Lars Øivind Enerberg
6	Euro RX of Sweden	Höljesbanan	1–2 July	Supercar	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen Polo	Marklund Motorsport
6	Euro RX of Sweden	Höljesbanan	1–2 July	Super1600	Artis Baumanis	Škoda Fabia	Volland Racing
7	Euro RX of France	Circuit de Lohéac	2–3 September	Supercar	Thomas Bryntesson	Ford Fiesta	JC Raceteknik
7	Euro RX of France	Circuit de Lohéac	2–3 September	Super1600	Krisztián Szabó	Škoda Fabia	Volland Racing
8	Euro RX of Latvia	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze	16–17 September	Supercar	Anton Marklund	Volkswagen Polo	Marklund Motorsport
8	Euro RX of Latvia	Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze	16–17 September	Super1600	Krisztián Szabó	Škoda Fabia	Volland Racing
9	Euro RX of Germany	Estering	30 September–1 October	Super1600	Kasparas Navickas	Škoda Fabia	Taurages Automobiliu Klubas VŠĮ
9	Euro RX of Germany	Estering	30 September–1 October	TouringCar	Ben-Philip Gundersen	Ford Fiesta	Ben-Philip Gundersen

Entry list

Supercar

Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Audi	Robin Larsson	Audi A1	4	Robin Larsson	All
	Kárai Motorsport Sportegyesület	Audi A1	102	Tamás Kárai	All
	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Audi S3	38	Mandie August	1–3
Citroën
	Ole Kristian Temte	Citroën C4	30	Ole Kristian Temte	All
	Firmin Cadeddu	Citroën C4	62	Firmin Cadeddu	1–2, 4
	DA Racing^[2]	Citroën DS3	22	Andréa Dubourg	All
	Tore Kristoffersen		32	Tore Kristoffersen	All
	Hervé "Knapick" Lemonnier^[3]		74	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	All
	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport		77	René Münnich	2–3
Ford	Oliver O'Donovan	Ford Fiesta	2	Oliver O'Donovan	All
	Tikkri Motorsport		23	Mart Tikkerbär	2, 5
	Ari-Pekka Niemi		37	Ari-Pekka Niemi	3
	"M.D.K"		49	"M.D.K"	All
	Mats Öhman		54	Mats Öhman	2–4
	Baltijos Sportas Klaipedos m. TSK		55	Paulius Pleskovas	2–5
	Stein Egil Jenssen		61	Stein Egil Jenssen	3
	Hedströms Motorsport^[4]		63	Joachim Hvaal	All
	Martin Kaczmarski		69	Martin Kaczmarski	1–2, 5
	Andreas Steffen		80	Andreas Steffen	1-4
	JC Raceteknik^[5]		90	Thomas Bryntesson	All
	JC Raceteknik^[5]		91	Ola Frøshaug	All
	Valdur Reinsalu\|Reinsalu Sport		95	Andri Õun	All
	Derek Tohill		111	Derek Tohill	All
	Knut-Ove Børseth	Ford Focus	70	Knut-Ove Børseth	2
Mini	#MiniSuomi	Mini Countryman	12	Riku Tahko	All
Mitsubishi	James Grint	Mitsubishi Mirage	27	James Grint	4
Peugeot	Pailler Compétition	Peugeot 208	18	Jonathan Pailler	4
	Pailler Compétition		20	Fabien Pailler	4
	Albatec Racing^[6]		14	Jere Kalliokoski	All
			24	Tommy Rustad	All
			121	Philippe Maloigne	1
	Nabil Karam		35	Nabil Karam	4
	Speedbox Racing Team		47	Tamás Pál Kiss	All
	Rodolphe Audran		56	Rodolphe Audran	4
	Patrick Guillerme		83	Patrick Guillerme	1, 4
Renault	David Olivier	Renault Logan	85	David Olivier	4
SEAT	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	38	Mandie August	4–5
SEAT	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Seat Ibiza	77	René Münnich	1, 4–5
Volkswagen	Marklund Motorsport^[7]	Volkswagen Polo	19	Magda Andersson	All
	Marklund Motorsport^[7]		92	Anton Marklund	All
	Hedströms Motorsport^[8]		8	Peter Hedström	All
	Hedströms Motorsport^[8]		53	Alexander Hvaal	All
	Oud-Turnhout Rally Team		28	Jochen Coox	3
	Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	39	Philip Gehrman	3, 5
	Eklund Motorsport	Volkswagen Beetle	73	Henning Solberg	1–3
Volvo	Tom Daniel Tånevik	Volvo C30	16	Tom Daniel Tånevik	All

Super1600

Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Alfa Romeo	Tedak Racing	Alfa Romeo MiTo	43	Davide Medici	4
	Tedak Racing		45	Max Vercelli	2
	Luciano Visintin		69	Luciano Visintin	4
Citroën	Hélder Ribeiro	Citroën C2	22	Hélder Ribeiro	1
	Damien Meunier		25	Damien Meunier	4
	Nuno Araújo		26	Nuno Araújo	1
	Jimmy Terpereau		37	Jimmy Terpereau	1–5
	Marius Bermingrud		51	Marius Bermingrud	6
	Maximilien Eveno		75	Maximilien Eveno	4
	Ada Marie Hvaal		97	Ada Marie Hvaal	2–3
	Oud-Turnhout Rally Team	Citroën DS3	13	Davy van den Branden	2
	Antonio Sousa	Citroën DS3	28	Antonio Sousa	1
Ford	LS Racing Czech National Team	Ford Fiesta	5	Ondřej Smetana	All
	Schomaker-Racing		72	Sven Seeliger	2, 6
	Marió Barbosa		76	Marió Barbosa	1–2, 4
	Marió Texeira		77	Marió Texeira	1
	Reinsalu Sport	Ford Ka	29	Arvo Kask	3, 5
Opel	Lars Christian Lote Rosland	Opel Corsa	80	Lars-Christian Rosland	All
Peugeot	Jihocesky Autocklub V ACR	Peugeot 207	30	Marcel Suchý	3–6
	Linnemann Motorsport	Peugeot 208	2	Ulrik Linnemann	All
	Linnemann Motorsport		12	Daniel Nielsen	6
	Espen Isaksætre		8	Espen Isaksætre	3, 5
	Emmanuel Martin		39	Emmanuel Martin	4
	Grégory Fosse		40	Grégory Fosse	4
	Veverka Czech National Team		66	Václav Veverka	All
	Rudolf Schafer		73	Rudolf Schafer	1–2, 4
Renault	Anthony Jan	Renault Clio	35	Anthony Jan	4
	Marcel Snoeijers	Renault Mégane	50	Marcel Snoeijers	5–6
	Set Promotion	Renault Twingo	11	Jussi-Petteri Leppihalme	All
			46	Mārtiņš Lapiņš	5
			89	Timur Shigaboutdinov	All
	RS Racing Team		20	Siim Saluri	All
	TT Motorsport		33	Arnis Odiņš	3, 5–6
	TT Motorsport		34	Juris Spikis	2–3, 5–6
	Enzo Libner		36	Enzo Libner	4
Škoda	Diana Czech National Team	Škoda Fabia	3	Pavel Vimmer	All
	Taurages Automobiliu Klubas VŠĮ		6	Kasparas Navickas	All
	Zdeněk Kučera		9	Zdeněk Kučera	All
	Ligur Racing		10	Janno Ligur	All
	Volland Racing		14	Rokas Baciuska	4–5
			15	Gergely Marton	All
			17	Artis Baumanis	All
			23	Krisztián Szabó	All
	Josef Šusta		16	Josef Šusta	All
	Speedy Motorsport		18	Zsolt Szíjj	1–3
	Patrice Durand		27	Patrice Durand	4
	Reinsalu Sport		47	Andre Krug	4–5
	Nyirád Motorsport		48	Attila Mózer	5
Suzuki	Julien Hardonnière	Suzuki Swift	41	Julien Hardonnière	4
Suzuki	TQS Hungary	Suzuki Swift	52	Marcell Kovács	6
Volkswagen	Anders Bjørland Hansen	Volkswagen Polo	4	Anders Bjørland Hansen	1–5
	Edijs Ošs		49	Edijs Ošs	5
	Nationale Renstal Trommelke Vzw		94	Nick Vanalken	2

TouringCar

Constructor	Entrant	Car	No.	Driver	Round
BMW	Ralf Evers	BMW E87	28	Ralf Evers	5
Citroën	Camilla Antonsen	Citroën DS3	15	Camilla Antonsen	4
Citroën	Fredrik Salsten	Citroën DS3	17	Fredrik Salsten	5
Ford	Ben-Philip Gundersen	Ford Fiesta	1	Ben-Philip Gundersen	All
	David Nordgård		2	David Nordgård	All
	Anders Nymoen Bråten		3	Anders Nymoen Bråten	All
	Fredrik R. Magnussen		12	Fredrik R. Magnussen	4
	Trommelke		77	Steve Volders	All
	Mandy Kasse		88	Mandy Kasse	2–3
	Lars Øivind Enerberg		90	Lars Øivind Enerberg	All
	Bridgestone Motorsport		95	Philip Gehrman	All
	Kai Arne Homme	Ford Focus	78	Kai Arne Homme	1–2, 4
Mazda	Per Magne Røyrås	Mazda RX-8	5	Per Magne Røyrås	All
	Sivert Svardal		9	Sivert Svardal	4
	Steinar Stokke		11	Steinar Stokke	All
Opel	Petter Brauten	Opel Corsa	86	Petter Brauten	1–2, 4
Škoda	Bridgestone Motorsport	Škoda Fabia	4	Kjetil Larsen	All
Škoda	Ecurie N.E.W. Racing	Škoda Fabia	22	Florent Hontoir	2
Toyota	Sören Hedlund	Toyota Auris	83	Sören Hedlund	5
Volvo	OTRT	Volvo C30	14	Danny de Beuckelaer	2

Championship Standings

(key)

Supercar

Pos.	Driver	BAR	NOR	SWE	FRA	LAT	Points
1	Anton Marklund	1	2	1	4^b	1	129
2	Thomas Bryntesson	7	7	7	1	6	101
3	Tamás Pál Kiss	2	5	32	2	3	90
4	Robin Larsson	8	1	8	14	2	88
5	Tommy Rustad	9	6	9	6	4	86
6	Alexander Hvaal	10	3	5	8	10^c	61
7	Derek Tohill	5	10	11	5	8	59
8	Peter Hedström	29	4	2	17	12	50
9	Jérôme Grosset-Janin	11	8	18	10	7	45
10	Ola Frøshaug	13	9	4	16	9	40
11	René Münnich	4	19	3	13	17	38
12	Oliver O'Donovan	3	13	16	12	13	33
13	Jere Kalliokoski	15	11	10	15	15	25
14	Henning Solberg	6	12	14			23
15	Firmin Cadeddu	17	18		3		21
16	Magda Andersson	28	15	12	9	19	19
17	Tamás Kárai	23	23	22	25	5	16
18	Mats Ӧhman		24	6	26		11
19	Philip Gehrman			19		11	8
20	Patrick Guillerme	24			11		7
21	Martin Kaczmarski	12	24			24	7
22	Andréa Dubourg	16	16	13	21	25	6
23	Riku Tahko	14	21	21	33	14	6
24	Jonathan Pailler				7^a		4
25	Knut-Ove Børseth		14				3
26	"M.D.K"	18	28	15	23	27	2
27	Tom-Daniel Tånevik	21	26	31	18	16	1
28	Joachim Hvaal	20	20	17	19	23	0
29	Mandie August	25	22	23	22	18	0
30	Philippe Maloigne	19					0
31	Paulius Pleskovas		29	24	31	20	0
32	Stein-Egil Jenssen			20			0
33	David Olivier				20		0
34	Tore Kristoffersen	26	30	25	29	21	0
35	Andreas Steffen	22	25	28	24		0
36	Andri Õun	27	27	26	30	22	0
37	Mart Tikkerbär		32			26	0
38	Jochen Coox			27			0
39	Ole-Kristian Temte	30	31	30	32	28	0
40	Ari-Pekka Niemi			29			0
41	Rodolphe Audran				34		0
42	James Grint				35		0
43	Fabien Pailler				27^a		-10
44	Nabil Karam				28^a		-10
Pos.	Driver	BAR	NOR	SWE	FRA	LAT	Points

^a Loss of ten championship points for presenting a turbocharger for sealing after initial scrutineering.^[9]
^b Loss of five championship points for receiving his third reprimand of the season.^[9]
^c Loss of ten championship points – stewards decision No.10.^[10]

Super1600

Pos.	Driver	POR	BEL	SWE	FRA	LAT	GER	Points
1	Krisztián Szabó	2	8	2	1	1	6	137
2	Artis Baumanis	3	5	1	5	8	3	127
3	Jussi-Petteri Leppihalme	6	3	5	9	3	2	121
4	Kasparas Navickas	4	1	8	24	7	1	110
5	Ulrik Linnemann	1	6	11	3	12	9	93
6	Janno Ligur	8	2	3	11	4	4	92
7	Timur Shigaboutdinov	5	4	4	8	9	12	88
8	Josef Šusta	19	11	9	7	13	5	58
9	Gergely Marton	11	14	6	4	6	15	54
10	Ondřej Smetana	7	9	12	15	11	7	53
11	Rokas Baciuska				6	2		44
12	Václav Veverka	12	12	14	31	15	8	30
13	Jimmy Terpereau	13	7	10	18	18		29
14	Maximilien Eveno				2			26
15	Juris Spikis		10	19		5	13	25
16	Pavel Vimmer	9	20	17	12	20	11	25
17	Siim Saluri	10	13	21	16	21	10	24
18	Espen Isaksætre			7		17		16
19	Arnis Odiņš			15		10		13
20	Enzo Libner				10			10
21	Anders Bjørland Hansen	21	15	13	14	16		10
22	Julien Hardonnière				13			4
23	Zdeněk Kučera	14	19	24	23	19	18	3
24	Sven Seelinger		18				14	3
25	Mārtiņš Lapiņš					14		3
26	Rudolf Schafer	15	16		22			3
27	Lars-Christian Rosland	20	17	16	19	25	19	1
28	Zsolt Szíjj	16	24	18				1
29	Marcell Kovács						16	1
30	Mário Barbosa	17	21		21			0
31	Damien Meunier				17			0
32	Mário Teixeira	18						0
33	Ada Marie Hvaal		25	20				0
34	Marius Bermingrud						20	0
35	Patrice Durand				20			0
36	Marcel Snoeijers					27	21	0
37	Arvo Kask			22		22		0
38	Marcel Suchý			23	27	26	22	0
39	Nuno Araújo	22						0
40	Davy Van Den Branden		22					0
41	Andre Krug				26	23		0
42	Hélder Ribeiro	23						0
43	Daniel Nielsen						23	0
44	Nick Vanalken		23					0
45	Edijs Ošs					24		0
46	Antonio Sousa	24						0
47	Davide Medici				25			0
48	Max Vercelli		26					0
49	Attila Mózer					28		0
50	Grégory Fosse				28			0
51	Anthony Jan				29			0
52	Luciano Visintin				30			0
53	Emmanuel Martin				32			0
Pos.	Driver	POR	BEL	SWE	FRA	LAT	GER	Points

TouringCar

Pos.	Driver	BAR	BEL	GBR	NOR	GER	Points
1	Lars Øivind Enerberg	6	1	1	1	7	123
2	Anders Nymoen Bråten	4	2	5	8	3	107
3	Philip Gehrman	1	3	8	2	4	104
4	Steve Volders	8	5	2	6	5	91
5	David Nordgård	3	12	6	4	2	86
6	Kjetil Larsen	5	9	3	9	6	82
7	Ben-Phillip Gundersen	10	7	4	7	1	79
8	Steinar Stokke	9	4	7	5	9	60
9	Per Magne Røyrås	2	13	9	10	12	49
10	Fredrik R. Magnussen				3		23
11	Mandy Kasse		6	10			22
12	Kai Arne Homme	7	14		13		21
13	Danny De Beuckelaer		8				12
14	Fredrik Salsten					8	10
15	Sören Hedlund					10	9
16	Petter Brauten	DSQ	10		14		8
17	Florent Hontoir		11				8
18	Ralf Evers					11	8
19	Camilla Antonsen				11		8
20	Sivert Svardal				12		7
Pos.	Driver	BAR	BEL	GBR	NOR	GER	Points

References

^ "WORLD RX ANNOUNCES DRAFT 2017 CALENDAR". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "Championnats du monde et d'Europe pour le Team DA". www.daracing.fr. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ "GROSSET JANIN SWITCHES EURO RX TEAM". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
^ "HVAAL BROTHERS AND HEDSTROM JOIN FORCES". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ "BRYNTESSON GRADUATES TO SUPERCAR". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^ "RUSTAD REMAINS WITH ALBATEC FOR EURO RX". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "ANDERSSON CONFIRMED FOR EURO RX IN 2017". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
^ "HVAAL BROTHERS AND HEDSTROM JOIN FORCES". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kristoffersson takes four wins in a row". FIA World Rallycross. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ "Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion". FIA World Rallycross. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[1] "WORLD RX ANNOUNCES DRAFT 2017 CALENDAR". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.

[2] "Championnats du monde et d'Europe pour le Team DA". www.daracing.fr. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[3] "GROSSET JANIN SWITCHES EURO RX TEAM". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 27 February 2017.

[4] "HVAAL BROTHERS AND HEDSTROM JOIN FORCES". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[5] "BRYNTESSON GRADUATES TO SUPERCAR". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 24 January 2017.

[6] "RUSTAD REMAINS WITH ALBATEC FOR EURO RX". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[7] "ANDERSSON CONFIRMED FOR EURO RX IN 2017". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.

[8] "HVAAL BROTHERS AND HEDSTROM JOIN FORCES". www.fiaworldrallycross.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[FRA2017-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Kristoffersson takes four wins in a row". FIA World Rallycross. 3 September 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[10] "Kristoffersson is crowned new World RX champion". FIA World Rallycross. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

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