Former WRC champion Petter Solberg has secured a factory alliance with Volkswagen for the 2017 World Rallycross hampionship.Solberg’s PSRX team will work alongside VW Motorsport to field works-built, Monster and VW Sweden-backed Polo RXs for the Norwegian driver and Johan Kristoffersson, in a deal that marks the German marque’s strongest presence in the championship yet. […]
Only seven months ago, Kevin Hansen didn’t even have a driver’s licence, yet that didn’t prevent him from celebrating his first season in a rallycross supercar by claiming the 2016 European title. The Swedish youngster showed formidable form in his Peugeot Hansen Academy-run PEUGEOT 208 WRX as he scored four victories and one second place […]
We could argue all day long about what the fastest street car is. But at 1360 horsepower and an equal amount of kilograms (2998 lbs.), the Koenigsegg One:1 remains hard to beat on tarmac. So it’s no wonder that factory test driver Robert Serwanski averaged 77mph without me in the passenger seat up the tight […]
Norway’s Andreas Bakkerud has won World RX of Argentina, the final round of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy at the wheel of his Hoonigan Racing Division Ford Focus RS RX Supercar. Volkswagen RX Sweden’s Johan Kristoffersson and EKS driver Topi Heikkinen finished second and third. EKS has clinched the 2016 […]
The 2016 World RX of Argentina will be the finale of this years FIA World Rallycross Championship and with 17 points to make up, 2015 Title holders Team Peugeot-Hansen are looking to mount a stern title defence against rivals EKSRX. The Franco-Swedish squad has taken two hard fought victories this year with Timmy Hansen winning in […]
By AutoSport Volkswagen refugees Sebastien Ogier, Jari-Matti Latvala and Andreas Mikkelsen are likely to settle their 2017 World Rally Championship seats by the end of November.The three VW drivers are understood to be working through their contracts with their management and legal teams at present.WRC champion Ogier remains at the forefront of discussions, with a […]
Volkswagen could be about to increase their involvement in Red Bull Global Rallycross, despite announcing that they would be withdrawing from the FIA World Rally Championship when the current season concludes later this month. The German manufacturer, a part of the Volkswagen Audi Group which last week also scrapped the vastly-successful Audi Le Mans Prototype […]
Red Bull Global Rallycross has announced a ground-breaking plan to run an all-electric series from 2018.The championship, which will be the first of its kind in the world, will run as a standalone series alongside the Red Bull GRC Supercars and Lites categories. The United States Auto Club (USAC) will continue to serve as the […]
Kevin Eriksson took his first ever victory in the FIA World Rallycross Championship in spectacular fashion as Mattias Ekstrom sealed the 2016 World RX Drivers Title with one round to go after taking fifth place on the Supercar Final… Mattias Ekstrom has secured the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Drivers Championship after guiding his EKSRX Audi to […]
The penultimate round of this year’s FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy will take place at Buxtehude in Germany this weekend (14-16 October). In the overall driver standings, it’s Mattias Ekstrom that tops the leaderboard with a 27 point lead over Johan Kristoffersson who is second. If Ekstrom – who has forfeited the […]
Team Peugeot-Hansen are only eight points behind FIA World Rallycross Teams Championship leader EKSRX and they are looking to leave the World RX of Germany as the series leaders.Team Peugeot-Hansen are showing that they are as resilient as ever after 9 time FIA WRC Champion Sebastien Loeb took his first ever victory in the FIA […]
Double FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg saw his Championship hopes take a dent at the World RX of Latvia, however the Norwegian had high praise for the eventPetter Solberg endured a weekend to forget at the first ever World RX of Latvia, however he was still full of praise for the event itself, despite […]
Nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb is set to remain in the World Rallycross Championship next season, alongside his Dakar rally commitments with Peugeot Sport.Following his maiden World RX last weekend in Latvia, Loeb sits fifth in the WRX standings in his first season in the category. And the Frenchman has given his biggest indication […]
Story by:Adrian Pheiffer Cape Town – News that the final round of the 2017 World Rallycross Championship is to be staged at the Killarney International Raceway has come as a welcome surprise to South African motorsport enthusiasts. Killarney executive manager Des Easom announced on Saturday that the Western Province Motors Club had concluded a three-year […]
Team MRF driver Gaurav Gill could increase his FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) lead this weekend when the series resumes in Japan.Team MRF’s Gaurav Gill and Fabian Kreim will be hoping for another 1-2 finish in Japan.The Indian star currently leads his German team-mate, Fabian Kreim, but 33 points after three rounds as Team MRF […]
Mattias Ekström took victory at round nine of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Barcelona. By achieving the fourth win of the season, Ekström also regained the top spot in the World RX drivers’ standings. With only three rounds remaining, the Swede is leading with ten points ahead of reigning champion Petter Solberg. EKS also […]
Johan Kristoffersson became the fifth winner of a World RX event in the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship as he secured victory at the World RX of France Johan Kristoffersson proved that the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship is the most open and unpredictable season so far for the series as he became the fifth winner […]
Volkswagen RX Sweden driver Johan Kristofferson became the fifth different winner of the 2016 World Rallycross Championship at Loheac.Kristoffersson led the final of the French round from lights-to-flag, taking his compulsory joker on fifth lap and maintained his advantage to cross the finish line almost three and a half seconds ahead of Andreas Bakkerud. Former […]
The FIA World Rallycross Championship heads to one of its most prestigious events this weekend for the the Bretagne World RX of France.The FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy will move to Brittany in north-west France this weekend for the most well-attended round of the World Championship: the Bretagne World RX of France. […]
Reigning World Rallycross champion Petter Solberg, who was involved in a finish line accident at the end of the Canadian round three weeks ago, will race in the eighth round of the series this weekend in France.The accident happened when Anton Marklund’s Volkswagen Polo lost its front brakes after the finish of the race, causing […]
World Rallycross Championship leader Petter Solberg escaped serious injury at Trois-Rivieres in Canada, despite being involved in a heavy accident after the finish line of the World Rallycross finals, on Sunday afternoon. Following a poor start from pole in the final, in wet conditions, Solberg had a race-long battle with Volkswagen RX Sweden driver Anton […]
Peugeot-Hansen driver Timmy Hansen scored a shock victory at the Canadian round of the World Rallycross Championship, as rain hit the Trois-Rivieres circuit for the finals.Hansen had initially finished fourth in the second semi-final, outside the top three qualifying positions for the final, but was promoted to the back row of the grid when Timur […]
Back in April in The Chequered Flag’s pre-season review, we wrote the following statement:“We will let you guys try and pick out the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Champion, because on the quality of this years competition, we still can’t choose who is going to win. What we can say for certain is this…We are all going to be […]
A month after its double-podium finish in Sweden, Team Peugeot Hansen has crossed the Atlantic for round seven of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship in Trois Rivières, Canada (August 6-7). The team’s effort will be spearheaded by Sébastien Loeb and Timmy Hansen in their 550-plus horsepower PEUGEOT 208 WRXs. Trois Rivières is situated halfway […]
Olivier Marty (Focus WRC) won the French asphalt championship Rallye Averyon Rouergue Midi-Pyrenees, beating Sylvan Michel’s Skoda R5. Top seeded Eric Brunson rolled his Fiesta WRC. Glenn Macneall (left) and Hiroshi Arai will contest this weekend’s Estonia Rally.= = = = The San Marino Rally was won by Giandomenico Basso’s petrol fuelled Fiesta R5, beating […]
A record-breaking number of cars will compete at the sixth round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy which takes place in Holjes in Sweden this weekend (1-3 July). A total of 111 cars across five different classes have entered Volkswagen Rallycross of Sweden including 47 Supercars (19 World RX entries; 28 […]
Tanner Foust leads home team mate Scott Speed to claim his third win of 2016 Tanner Foust won his third race of the 2016 Red Bull Global Rallycross season in what was a thrilling second final at Daytona.The Volkswagen Andretti driver led home team mate Scott Speed who enjoyed something of a positive end to […]
The World RX Of Norway is the fifth round of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship and another exciting and competitive event is waiting in the wings at the circuit of Hell which sees 18 Supercars contesting the event. So far in 2016 EKSRX driver Mattias Ekstrom has shown that he is the form man of […]
The Norwegian town of Hell will host the fifth round of The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy – NAF World RX of Norway – which takes place this weekend at the Lankebanen circuit (10-12 June). Out of the 44 Supercars competing at Hell RX, 18 will race in the World Championship […]
The third round of the Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship puts the “rally” back in rallycross, with a purpose-built track on the grounds of Dallas Fair Park, southeast of downtown Dallas. An opening round sweep by Tanner Foust on the fast and smooth Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park in Phoenix, Arizona, two weeks ago highlighted […]
Audi S1 driver Mattias Ekström continued his winning streak in the FIA World Rallycross Championship by pipping the Citroën DS3 of reigning world champion Petter Solberg to victory at Lydden Hill, Kent, today. Swede Ekström, coming to the British round off the back of victories in Germany and Belgium, had to give best to Solberg […]
The fourth round of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship heads to the birthplace of the sport, Lydden Hill in the UK.Owning the accolade of the shortest road racing circuit in the UK, the track is just over a kilometre long featuring fast, sweeping turns with an equally quick joker lap. The circuit was featured […]
06:00 21 May 2016 Next weekend will see thousands of race fans flock to Lydden Hill race circuit between Canterbury and Dover for two days of breathless action. The World Rallycross (RX) of Great Britain returns for its now trademark spring bank holiday weekend slot of May 28 and 29, in the only event where […]
Whatever McLaren supremo Ron Dennis may have said, second is definitely not first of the losers. Sebastien Loeb has turned a corner in rallycross and finished runner-up in the latest round at Memmet in Belgium: only the third-ever rallycross outing of his career. So chances are the Peugeot driver is going to be just as […]
Swede Mattias Ekstrom claimed his second World Rallycross Championship victory in the space of a week by winning the third round of the series at the Mettet circuit, in Belgium.Just a week back, Ekstrom took his third ever World RX victory at Hockenheim, before becoming the first driver in 2016 to take maximum points from […]
EKSRX driver Mattias Ekstrom secured victory at the second round of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, the World RX Of Hockenheim. Team-mate Topi Heikkinen followed him home to complete an historic 1-2 for the EKSRX squad.In an action packed Supercar Final, Heikkinen started his Audi S1 from pole position after winning Semi-Final One. Alongside him […]
The second round of the spellbinding 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship heads to Hockenheim , Germany this weekend, it’s a unique event in that motorsport fans can get a double-dose of top-level four-wheeled action with Rallycross sharing the same circuit with DTM on the same weekend. Mattias Esktrom, founder of the EKS team and two-times DTM Champion […]
The official entry list for the third round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Mettet in Belgium (13-15 May) has been released by the FIA. The event also hosts the first round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, contributing to a record-breaking entry of 49 Supercars. In the FIA World Rallycross Championship, the permanent […]
Nine-time FIA World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb made his full-time FIA World Rallycross championship début this weekend at Montalegre, Portugal with the Team Peugeot-Hansen squad, making it through to the final race of the weekend despite challenging conditions and technical issues. The opening day greeted competitors with torrential rain, creating a slew of mud throughout […]
Petter Solberg started his defence of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in perfect style this weekend in Montalegre, Portugal as he battled the torrential weather conditions and mud that greeted competitors. Solberg was joined on the podium by Robin Larsson and a revitalised Topi Heikkinen in the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro. The final race […]