• Electric cars to take on ICE Supercars in future RallyX Nordic events • Open 4WD category to provide stability in 2021 and beyond • Renamed class demonstrates increased appetite for electric technology RallyX Nordic presented by Cooper Tires is delighted to announce that FIA-approved electric rallycross cars will be permitted to compete alongside internal […]
PHOTOGRAPHY BY FIA WORLD RALLYCROSS MEDIA WORDS BY DOMINIK WILDE You’d be forgiven for thinking that Johan Kristoffersson hadn’t been away from World Rallycross for a year. The 2017 and 2018 champion followed Volkswagen out the door following his second title triumph, spending a year rallying and circuit racing, but in 2020 he picked up […]
By Pontus Lindroos Yesterday the annual FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting took place in Geneva, Switzerland – with several international championship calendars being announced. Ahead of the 2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship, the council unvieled the provisional calendar ahead of next season, although a question mark still remains over who will run the series following IMG‘s decision to […]
By Mark Glendenning | Two years on from its creation, Nitro Rallycross (NRX) will run as a standalone series from 2021. The brainchild of Travis Pastrana and Nitro Circus, NRX will visit five purpose-built tracks next year before expanding to a 10-round calendar spanning North America, Europe and the Middle East in 2022. The second […]
By Nigel Chiu Johan Kristoffersson has become a three-time champion in the FIA World Rallycross Championship following the conformation that the World RX of Germany will now not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Germany’s Nurburgring was set to host the finale between December 12-13 but the event will not take place due to the increase in cases of the virus in recent […]
Coetzee beats Gilbert & Swanepoel in Pepson race The Pepson Plastics National Cross Country motorcycle race delivered a few surprise results at Rhino Park in Pretoria over the weekend. Jarryd Coetzee took overall honours aboard his Brother Leader Tread KTM ahead of Pepson Plastics Husqvarna trio, OR1 winner Kenneth Gilbert, OR2 man Brett Swanepoel Pepson […]
The opening round of the 2020 FIA European Rallycross Championship finally gets underway this weekend at Höljes. This season a new champion will be crowned after the three events as reigning champion Robin Larsson has moved back to the FIA World Rallycross Championship so it is all to play for this year. 2019 runner-up Jean-Baptiste Dubourg is one of the drivers that could […]
Rally, Rallycross and Gymkhana star Ken Block is the latest driver to be announced to race in the new all-electric rallycross series Projekt E. Block has become an internet star after his viral Gymkhana video series on YouTube, which have over 500 milion views and has raced a variety of different cars during his career including for both Subaru and Ford. He has also claimed […]
Citroën Racing will join the new all-electric Projekt E support series to the FIA World Rallycross Championship, becoming the second manufacturer in the series alongside Ford. Citroën Racing will develop and support the new Citroën C3 ERX vehicles and they’re the first manufacturer to use the Rally2 (former R5) rolling chassis as a base for the electric-powered cars. Using the C3 Rally2/R5’s as […]
74-year-old driver Per Eklund will return for more rallycross action at Arvika next weekend after his one-off appearance at the RallyX Nordic‘s All-Star ‘Magic Weekend’ earlier this month. Eklund, who team’s up with Dan Öberg in the #MKIVRX outfit in his home-built flame spitting and very loud Volkswagen Beetle for Arvika, made his rallycross comeback at Höljes after being away from the sport for five years. Eklund is […]
German FIA European Rallycross Championship Super1600 outfit Volland Racing has confirmed to a step-up in the sport as the team is set to enter the new all-electric FIA World Rallycross Championship support series Projekt E next season. The team, owned by well-known rallycross driver and constructor Rolf Volland, is one of the most successful teams in the Super1600 class after claiming multiple of championship […]
We will use this space to keep you updated for the next few days on the condition of Jaco and his two daughters after the helicopter accident. Chucky – Jaco’s son who was with them in the accident has been discharged from hospital and is in good health. JACO AND CHILDREN – UPDATE 12H50 BETTER […]
Over the past ten years, we’ve gotten used to seeing electric cars on our roads but, despite several attempts, electric cars racing has so far failed to capture the imagination of spectators in equal measure. FIA believes that will change soon. At the moment, there are a number of racing series dedicated to electric cars, […]
Former world rally championship podium finisher and world rallycross team owner Manfred Stohl has made history by claiming a debut win for an electric car in rallycross. Stohl contested a Hungarian Rallycross Championship event at Kakucs, debuting the all-electric Ford Fiesta ElectRX in rallycross competition with his STARD firm, the same specification of machine that […]
Johan Kristoffersson, often nicknamed The King of Rain’, proved why he is thought of as one of the best wet rallycross drivers in the world after taking the win at Höljes in the second round of the RallyX Nordic series. Two-time FIA World Rallycross champion Kristoffersson, who struggled in the opening round of the season earlier in the All Star […]
Thierry Neuville and Timmy Hansen are the latest big names to join the fantastic field for next month’s blockbuster ‘All-Star’ Magic Weekend at Holjes in Sweden (2-5 July). This year’s Rally Monte Carlo winner Neuville will drive in the CrossCar class with his vehicle bearing his own initials, LifeLive Nordic TN5. Although the 13-time WRC winner has contested some CrossCar events in his native Belgium, […]
The All-Star ‘Magic Weekend‘ which is set to become the first international rallycross event this year during the pandemic period will now feature a Legends class where the former motorsport heroes will be able to join in and participate on 2-5 July. To introduce the Legends class to the All-Star ‘Magic Weekend’ is a great way to […]
Baumschlager Rallye & Racing together with Kreisel Electric are currently developing an all-electric Škoda Fabia Rally2, the first of its kind, but the COVID-19 pandemic has caused issues for the Austrian companies, with the project now around 4-5 months behind schedule. They have lost time when the country went into lockdown and employees had to be laid off, then […]
MOTORSPORT’S SHARE OF “NOTHING WILL BE THE SAME AGAIN!’ Times have without doubt changed – but so did the people. I could not help smiling this morning when I saw a promo clip telling “people” that watching WorldWideWrestling on TV, was like bringing the sport into your living room. In this promo, the wrestlers actually […]
“Perception” is the way you think about someone or something. It is also formed by what you understand through your five senses – touch, sight, sound, smell and taste. Colour is added to your perception of things, by your past experiences, feelings and thoughts. So, what does this have to do with driving and especially […]
Cape Town – Local Rallycross fans will have to wait until next year for their motorsport fix, with series promoter IMG having announced that Cape Town is not included in the provisionally updated 2020 World Rallycross Championship Calendar. The Cape Town leg of the 2020 championship was scheduled to take place on November 14 and […]
Hansen. A name that is associated with rallycross today and has been for decades. Brothers Kevin Hansen and Timmy Hansen are the driving force in the FIA World Rallycross Championship but it is their parents who they have learnt so much from. Kenneth Hansen, 14-time FIA European Champion for Rallycross from the late 1980s until the end of the […]
Former Hyundai Motorsport WRC driver Kevin Abbring from the Netherlands will switch over to the top class of FIA World Rallycross Championship with GC Kompetition. Originally slated for the Euro RX permanent entry lists, he will now focus on some rounds in World RX this season. He will be entering in a newly developed Renault Clio R.S RX as a wildcard […]
Oliver Solberg, son of the 2003 World Rally Champion Petter Solberg will be making his debut in the Škoda Fabia Rally2 car this weekend at Rally Sweden, taking on the WRC3 class with factory support from Škoda Motorsport. Oliver made his debut in WRC at Wales Rally GB last season in a Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 alongside his father […]
IMG today announces that the World Rallycross Championship will visit South Africa for the next three years. The World RX of South Africa has staged a round of the championship since 2017, the first FIA World Championship to be held in Sub-Saharan Africa in over 20 years. In 2019, the event will take place on […]
XITE Energy driver Oliver Bennett believes that this season could be the “best year of rallycross yet” as he gears up to enter the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship. Speaking at the 2020 Autosport International Show to The Checkered Flag, Mini Cooper SX1 driver Bennett says he’s “really excited” as his team prepare to enter its second full year of the championship. He spoke of his plans […]
The IMG agency has announced it will end its Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX) having failed to reach an agreement with commercial partners to secure its long-term future. IMG launched the North American series in March 2018 as a companion to the World Rallycross Championship (World RX), which it also promotes. However, the agency said ARX will not […]
For the second Speedmachine Festival this year, IMG promoted the event itself, but says it won’t run the event again next year. “One of the reasons we went to Silverstone was to utilise the whole facility, not just the rallycross track,” World RX boss Paul Bellamy told Motorsport.com. “What we found is, as the whole car […]
E36 Cup, 2-litres wow world title crowd While the epic top billing SABAT Rallycross of South Africa held Cape Town rapt, the supporting cast of home-brewed South African RX also entertained at the Killarney International Raceway over the weekend. Three-litre rear-wheel drive E36 Cup BMW racers and two-litre front-wheel drive machines flew the South African […]
Timmy Hansen was crowned as the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Champion a count-back of wins over Andreas Bakkerud at a breathtaking SABAT World Rallycross of South Africa at a sweltering Killarney International Raceway on Sunday. The Cape Town crowd was treated to a spectacular and bruising season finale as the two ended on even points […]
The lowdown on Killarney’s title showdown This weekend’s FIA World Rallycross title fight is poised to be among the finest racing spectacles ever witnessed in South Africa, as Swedish brothers Timmy and Kevin Hansen and Norwegian Andreas Bakkerud prepare to do battle to decide who is best in the world, right here in Cape Town. […]
Mad title fight comes to a head in Cape Town Put your cell phone in your pocket, fold up that newspaper and leave it all for later; light the blue touch paper and stand back five paces. The SABAT Rallycross of South Africa is about to get real as the FIA World RX Championship comes […]
The FIA World Rallycross Championship is locked and loaded and full stream ahead for Cape Town and the explosive world title showdown at the Killarney International Raceway 9-10 November. All the cars, spares, equipment and everything required to race far away in Darkest Africa was loaded and locked into containers at team bases across Europe […]
Timmy and Kevin Hansen shared the main event victories at the Nyirad Motorsport Centrum in Hungary as top-level rallycross racing returned to the historic track.Coming into this weekend Timmy Hansen was trailing both Kevin Hansen and Topi Heikkinen in the standings, and needed a strong weekend to keep his title hopes alive. He got off […]
FIA World Rallycross Championship set for South African decider South Africans, whether they are race fans or not, are set for a blockbuster treat when the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy goes down to the wire at the Killarney International Raceway in Cape Town 9-10 November. Most significantly, this year’s world title […]
As chaos unfolded in front of him, Timmy Hansen drove through to take his third win of the 2019 FIA World Rallycross championship. Lining up for the final were Andreas Bakkerud, Niclas Gronholm, Timmy Hansen, Rokas Baciuska, Anton Marklund and Kevin Hansen. Before the race got underway, a minutes silence was held in honour of […]
Hansen topped qualifying at Loheac with a dominant performance in Q4, fighting back from a difficult opening day, but was beaten away from the line in the first semi-final by title-rival Andreas Bakkerud, who won the encounter to secure pole position for the final. By qualifying third in the Intermediate Classification, Bakkerud had moved into […]
Amazingly there are just three rounds left in the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship. The season has gone by so quickly and at least three drivers remain in championship contention as the series heads to Loheac for its annual appearance in France. Andreas Bakkerud‘s win in Trois-Rivieres last time out elevated him into second place in the championship and […]
It was a Swedish 1-2-3 in the 2019 Nitro Rallycross in Utah as Kevin Hansen won on his debut. Patrik Sandellpushed Hansen all the way but could not get close enough to make a move on the 21-year-old.Kevin’s brother, Timmy Hansen fought from the back to make the podium for a second year running. All three drivers were on maximum attack and […]
The multi-time rallycross champion finished the session before he was taken to a nearby hospital to confirm a “destroyed” T6. While competing in a Nitro Rallycross event at Utah Motorsports Park on Friday, pro driver Scott Speed suffered a broken back upon landing his works-run Subaru WRX STI race car. The 36-year-old, who has experience in […]