The 2017 World RX of Sweden, formally known as the 2017 Swecon World RX of Sweden, for sponsorship reasons, was the seventh round of the fourth season of the

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. The event was held at the

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in the village of

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and also hosted round six of the

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and round four of the RX2 International Series, the main support category for the World Rallycross Championship.

Background

Reigning world champion and second in the 2017 standings,

Mattias Ekström Mattias Ekström (born 14 July 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi from 2001 until his retirement in 2018, and has been competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championshi ...

, was absent from the event due to his commitment in the DTM at the

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, held on the same weekend. Swedish rally driver Per-Gunnar Andersson was selected by EKS RX as Ekström's replacement, while

Reinis Nitišs Reinis Nitišs (born 16 December 1995) is a rallycross driver from Jēkabpils, Latvia. He is the winner of the Super1600 division in the European Rallycross Championship in 2013 and is the youngest event winner in FIA World Rallycross Championship ...

was nominated as the point scorer for EKS RX in the Teams' Championship, alongside

Toomas Heikkinen Toomas "Topi" Heikkinen (born 27 March 1991) is a rallycross and ice-racing driver from Finland. He won the Finnish Rallycross Championship in 2010 and the Global Rallycross Championship in 2013. He currently competes in the FIA World Rallycro ...

Olsbergs MSE Olsbergs MSE, which also competes under the title OMSE, is an auto racing team founded by Swedish former rally champion Andréas Eriksson as Motorsport Evolution (MSE) in 2005. In 2008 it ran under the name ''Ford Team RS Europe'', while in 2009 ...

, who left the Championship in 2016, entered two

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's for

Sebastian Eriksson Sebastian Anders Fredrik Eriksson (born 31 January 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Club career On 23 January 2020, Eriksson joined Italian club Genoa. On 24 August 2020, ...

and Oliver Eriksson, but were ineligible to score points in the Teams' Championship. The attendance record was broken for the fourth year in a row, with 45,100 spectators, up from 44,400 in 2016.

Supercar

Heats

Semi-finals

;Semi-Final 1 ;Semi-Final 2

Final

RX2 International Series

Heats

Semi-finals

;Semi-Final 1 ;Semi-Final 2

Final

Standings after the event

;Supercar standings ;RX2 standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links

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