2017 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship
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The 2017 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship season is the 15th season of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. Pablo Quintanilla won his second world title.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2017 season featured five rallies.[1]

Round Dates Rally name
1 1–6 April United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
2 17–22 April Qatar Qatar Cross-Country Rally
3 12–18 August Chile Atacama Rally
4 25–31 August Argentina Desafio Ruta 40
5 4–10 October Morocco Rallye OiLibya du Maroc

Results

Round Rally name Podium finishers
Rank Rider Bike Time
1 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge[2] 1 United Kingdom Sam Sunderland KTM 450 Rally 18:14:32
2 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna FR450 18:20:46
3 Austria Matthias Walkner KTM 450 Rally 18:22:48
2 Qatar Qatar Cross-Country Rally[2] 1 United Kingdom Sam Sunderland KTM 450 Rally 15:50:18
2 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda CRF 450 Rally 15:58:00
3 Austria Matthias Walkner KTM 450 Rally 16:03:29
3 Chile Atacama Rally[2] 1 Chile Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna FR450 12:53:49
2 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda CRF 450 Rally 12:56:12
3 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda CRF 450 Rally 13:05:40
4 Argentina Desafio Ruta 40[2] 1 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda CRF 450 Rally 19:13:24
2 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves Honda CRF 450 Rally 19:26:16
3 France Xavier De Soultrait Yamaha WR450F 19:54:14
6 Morocco Rallye OiLibya du Maroc[2] 1 Austria Matthias Walkner KTM 450 Rally 10:03:49
2 Argentina Kevin Benavides Honda CRF 450 Rally 10:17:31
3 United States Ricky Brabec Honda CRF 450 Rally 10:20:47

Championship standings

  • Points for final positions were awarded as follows:
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th+ 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • All riders were awarded 3 bonus points for taking part in the first stage (or the prologue) of an event. No rider was required to be classified in order to score these bonus points. [3]
  • Also, 1 bonus point was awarded for each stage win (except prologue). [4]

Motorbike riders' world championship

Pos Rider ABU
United Arab Emirates
QAT
Qatar
CHL
Chile
ARG
Argentina
MAR
Morocco
Points
1 Chile Pablo Quintanilla 223 417 131 416 713 100
2 Argentina Kevin Benavides 165 514 225 130 223 97
3 Austria Matthias Walkner 319 320 613 514 129 95
4 Portugal Paulo Gonçalves 416 223 319 224 Ret3 85
5 United Kingdom Sam Sunderland 131 130 416 Ret4 Ret3 84
6 France Antoine Meo 613 712 416 41
7 France Xavier De Soultrait 514 319 33
8 France Pierre Alexandre Renet 515 613 Ret3 31
9 France Adrien Van Beveren 811 910 186 27
10 United Kingdom David McBride 109 118 127 Ret3 27
Pos Rider ABU
United Arab Emirates
QAT
Qatar
CHL
Chile
ARG
Argentina
MAR
Morocco
Points
  • A total of 67 riders scored championship points.[5]

Motorbike manufacturers' world championship

Pos Rider ABU
United Arab Emirates
QAT
Qatar
CHL
Chile
ARG
Argentina
MAR
Morocco
Points
1 Austria KTM 50 50 29 26 45 200
2 Japan Honda 21 37 44 54 43 199
3 Austria Husqvarna 38 30 34 16 17 135
4 Japan Yamaha 5 25 29 13 72
5 France Sherco 27 27
Pos Rider ABU
United Arab Emirates
QAT
Qatar
CHL
Chile
ARG
Argentina
MAR
Morocco
Points

References

  1. "FIM Cross Country-Rally World Championship - 2017 Calendar, updated 13 February". fim-live.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sport: FIM Website". www.fim-live.com.
  3. "2017 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Appendices" (PDF). fim-live.com.
  4. "2017 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship Appendices" (PDF). fim-live.com.
  5. "Rankings – Riders". FIM. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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