RX Academy

Season 2017

The inaugural RX Academy season in 2017 was held across five rounds, with every event being won by a different driver. In a three-way battle for the title in a final round showdown, Finnish driver Jess Kallio came out on top to claim the crown and the prize of a free drive in the FIA European Rallycross Championship for Super1600 in 2018.

Drivers

Season 2017

Simon Syversen

Race number: #8

Born: 1992

Nationality: Norway

Jussi-Petteri Leppihalme

Race number: #11

Born: 1992

Nationality: Finland

Emma Kimiläinen

Race number: #17

Born: 1989

Nationality: Finland

Nathan Heathcote

Race number: #55

Born: 1997

Nationality: United Kingdom

Jari Huttunen

Race number: #4

Born: 1994

Nationality: Finland

Ada Marie Hvaal

Race number: #97

Born: 1997

Nationality: Norway

Kristian Kiviniemi

Race number: #24

Born: 1992

Nationality: Finland

Samuli Vuorisalo

Race number: #6

Born: 1994

Nationality: Finland

Jami Kalliomäki

Race number: #65

Born: 1999

Nationality: Finland

Marat Knyazev

Race number: #96

Born: 1996

Nationality: Russia

Mario Bonfante Jr

Race number: #37

Born: 1989

Nationality: United States

Jesse Kallio

Race number: #47

Born: 1999

Nationality: Finland

Melhem L. Abed

Race number: #34

Born: 1998

Nationality: Mexico

Martins Lapins

Race number: #46

Born: 1993

Nationality: Latvia

Troy Dowel

Race number: #87

Born: 2000

Nationality: Australia

Sami-Matti Trogen

Race number: #22

Born: 2002

Nationality: Finland

Kalle Markkanen

Race number: #7

Born: 1997

Nationality: Finland

Standings

Place	#	Name	Kans.	1	2	3	4	5	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	FIN	24	20	28	23	26	121
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	FIN	20	22	25	19	30	116
3	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	FIN	13	22	18	20	22	95
4	96	Marat KNYAZEV	RUS	19	16	19	30	9	93
5	46	Martins LAPINS	LVA	21	13	12	18	19	83
6	87	Troy DOWEL	AUS	8	10	13	18	15	64
7	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	FIN	0	0	18	18	17	53
8	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	FIN	0	26	26	0	0	52
9	6	Samuli VUORISALO	FIN	29	0	0	0	0	29
10	4	Jari HUTTUNEN	FIN	0	28	0	0	0	28
11	24	Kristian KIVINIEMI	FIN	21	0	0	0	0	21
12	17	Emma KIMILÄINEN	FIN	0	0	0	0	18	18
13	11	Simon SYVERSEN	NOR	0	0	0	13	0	13
14	55	Nathan HEATHCOTE	GBR	0	12	0	0	0	12
15	97	Ada-Marie HVAAL	NOR	12	0	0	0	0	12

Championship

Q1 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	03:06.392	50
2	6	Samuli VUORISALO	3	03:08.051	45
3	24	Kristian KIVINIEMI	3	03:08.824	42
4	46	Martins LAPINS	3	03:10.276	40
5	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	03:10.985	39
6	97	Ada-Marie HVAAL	3	03:12.532	38
7	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	03:13.778	37
8	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	03:24.321	36
9	87	Troy DOWEL	1	00:54.651	35

Q2 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:55.126	50
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:55.744	45
3	6	Samuli VUORISALO	3	02:56.789	42
4	24	Kristian KIVINIEMI	3	02:58.380	40
5	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:59.628	39
6	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	03:00.477	38
7	97	Ada-Marie HVAAL	3	03:00.502	37
8	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	03:01.811	36
9	87	Troy DOWEL	3	03:11.737	35

Q3 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:53.724	50
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:55.600	45
3	6	Samuli VUORISALO	3	02:56.833	42
4	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:58.393	40
5	24	Kristian KIVINIEMI	3	02:59.400	39
6	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:59.575	38
7	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:59.776	37
8	97	Ada-Marie HVAAL	3	03:01.914	36
9	87	Troy DOWEL	2	02:02.639	35

Semi final 1

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	04:52.847	6
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	04:55.877	5
3	46	Martins LAPINS	5	04:59.774	4
4	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	05:00.206	3
5	87	Troy DOWEL	0	00:00.000

Semi final 2

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	6	Samuli VUORISALO	5	04:56.638	6
2	24	Kristian KIVINIEMI	5	04:58.082	5
3	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	05:00.556	4
4	97	Ada-Marie HVAAL	5	05:05.774	3

Final

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	6	Samuli VUORISALO	5	04:57.183	8
2	46	Martins LAPINS	5	04:59.285	5
3	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	05:05.768	4
4	24	Kristian KIVINIEMI	5	05:07.752	3
5	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	05:49.966	2
6	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	2	02:00.056	1

Q1 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	3	02:18.365	50
2	4	Jari HUTTUNEN	3	02:18.987	45
3	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:19.385	42
4	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:20.788	40
5	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:21.178	39
6	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:23.143	38
7	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:23.505	37
8	55	Nathan HEATHCOTE	3	02:25.360	36
9	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:26.494	35

Q2 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	3	02:16.263	50
2	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:16.730	45
3	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:17.710	42
4	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:18.585	40
5	4	Jari HUTTUNEN	3	02:19.085	39
6	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:20.246	38
7	55	Nathan HEATHCOTE	3	02:21.000	37
8	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:21.128	36
9	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:23.498	35

Q3 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:14.375	50
2	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	3	02:15.755	45
3	4	Jari HUTTUNEN	3	02:16.409	42
4	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:17.405	40
5	55	Nathan HEATHCOTE	3	02:18.022	39
6	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:18.331	38
7	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:21.321	37
8	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:25.446	36
9	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:40.432	35

Semi final 1

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	4	Jari HUTTUNEN	5	03:38.615	6
2	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	5	03:39.063	5
3	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	03:39.575	4
4	46	Martins LAPINS	5	03:43.733	3
5	87	Troy DOWEL	5	03:47.589	2

Semifinal 2

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	03:39.375	6
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	03:40.837	5
3	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	03:45.359	4
4	55	Nathan HEATHCOTE	5	03:45.966	3

Final

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	4	Jari HUTTUNEN	5	03:36.932	8
2	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	5	03:40.394	5
3	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	03:42.324	4
4	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	03:42.982	3
5	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	03:43.889	2
6	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	03:50.834	1

Q1 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:14.576	50
2	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:15.377	45
3	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	3	02:15.456	42
4	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:15.992	40
5	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:16.634	39
6	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:16.809	38
7	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:17.826	37
8	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:18.099	36

Q2 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	3	02:13.244	50
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:14.265	45
3	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:15.235	42
4	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:15.235	40
5	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:15.587	39
6	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:23.383	38
7	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:26.558	37
8	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:42.096	36

Q3 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:14.207	50
2	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:15.094	45
3	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	3	02:15.841	42
4	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:16.148	40
5	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:16.459	39
6	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:16.461	38
7	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:20.299	37
8	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:33.034	36

Semi final 1

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	03:40.114	6
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	03:41.240	5
3	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	03:43.835	4
4	87	Troy DOWEL	5	03:47.023	3

Semi final 2

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	5	03:39.365	6
2	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	03:40.948	5
3	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	5	03:41.577	4
4	46	Martins LAPINS	5	03:43.334	3

Final

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	03:38.761	8
2	22	Sami-Matti TROGEN	5	03:39.037	5
3	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	03:39.289	4
4	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	03:41.895	3
5	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	03:42.437	2
6	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	5	03:44.117	1

Q1 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:45.390	50
2	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:47.424	45
3	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:47.851	42
4	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:47.994	40
5	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:49.096	39
6	8	Simon SYVERSEN	3	02:49.465	38
7	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:49.468	37
8	87	Troy DOWEL	3	03:01.252	36

Q2 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:39.316	50
2	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:39.715	45
3	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:40.344	42
4	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:41.132	40
5	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:42.346	39
6	8	Simon SYVERSEN	3	02:43.129	38
7	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:43.687	37
8	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:44.687	36

Q3 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:42.300	50
2	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:42.923	45
3	8	Simon SYVERSEN	3	02:43.433	42
4	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:44.549	40
5	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:44.849	39
6	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:46.062	38
7	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:46.917	37
8	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	0	DNF	36

Semi final 1

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	05:08.200	6
2	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	05:09.496	5
3	46	Martins LAPINS	5	05:12.530	4
4	8	Simon SYVERSEN	5	05:15.535	3

Semi final 2

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	04:58.758	6
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	05:06.381	5
3	87	Troy DOWEL	5	05:13.810	4
4	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	5	05:16.868	3

Final

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	96	Marat KNYAZEV	5	04:40.831	8
2	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	04:43.876	5
3	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	04:45.500	4
4	87	Troy DOWEL	5	04:46.380	3
5	46	Martins LAPINS	5	04:49.530	2
6	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	DSQ	1

Q1 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:42.933	50
2	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:43.403	45
3	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:44.525	42
4	96	Marat KNYAZEV	3	02:44.973	40
5	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:45.998	39
6	17	Emma KIMILÄINEN	3	02:49.962	38
7	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	03:03.490	37
8	87	Troy DOWEL	0	DNF	36

Q2 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:39.212	50
2	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:41.778	45
3	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:42.145	42
4	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:42.785	40
5	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:45.091	39
6	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:45.955	38
7	17	Emma KIMILÄINEN	3	02:46.576	37
8	96	Marat KNYAZEV	0	DNF	36

Q3 Results

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	3	02:33.794	50
2	47	Jesse KALLIO	3	02:34.665	45
3	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	3	02:35.737	42
4	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	3	02:36.227	40
5	46	Martins LAPINS	3	02:37.275	39
6	17	Emma KIMILÄINEN	3	02:37.756	38
7	87	Troy DOWEL	3	02:40.791	37
8	96	Marat KNYAZEV	0	DNS	0

Semi final 1

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	04:06.060	6
2	46	Martins LAPINS	5	04:09.874	5
3	87	Troy DOWEL	5	04:11.698	4
4	11	Jussi-Petteri LEPPIHALME	5	04:12.268	3

Semi final 2

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	04:04.991	6
2	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	04:06.753	5
3	17	Emma KIMILÄINEN	5	04:10.576	4
4	96	Marat KNYAZEV	0	DNS

Final

Place	#	Name	Laps	Time	Points
1	7	Kalle MARKKANEN	5	04:04.886	8
2	47	Jesse KALLIO	5	04:05.229	5
3	65	Jami KALLIOMÄKI	5	04:07.006	4
4	17	Emma KIMILÄINEN	5	04:09.070	3
5	46	Martins LAPINS	5	04:10.588	2
6	87	Troy DOWEL	5	04:14.410	1

RX Academy

Season 2017

Drivers

Season 2017

Simon Syversen

Jussi-Petteri Leppihalme

Emma Kimiläinen

Nathan Heathcote

Jari Huttunen

Ada Marie Hvaal

Kristian Kiviniemi

Samuli Vuorisalo

Jami Kalliomäki

Marat Knyazev

Mario Bonfante Jr

Jesse Kallio

Melhem L. Abed

Martins Lapins

Troy Dowel

Sami-Matti Trogen

Kalle Markkanen

Standings

Championship

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