The new 600 horsepower Ford Focus RS RX makes its competitive debut in the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Portugal on the weekend of April 16-17 Factory-backed team Hoonigan Racing Division cars sprint 0-60 mph in less than two seconds and are driven by America’s Ken Block and Norway’s Andreas Bakkerud Ford GT race-car also […]
Solberg raring to go as he reveals he has Sébastien Loeb’s ‘secret weapon’ ahead of the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship.Defending FIA World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg heads in to the new season with a positive mood as he looks to reignited the battle between himself and FIA World Rally Championship […]
The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy will get underway at Montalegre this weekend (15-17 April) for the season-opening Bompiso Rallycross of Portugal. Since becoming a fully-sanctioned FIA World Championship two years ago, World RX has witnessed a surge in popularity and this year has attracted a star-studded line-up of drivers including […]
Rallycross is the premier motorsport for the internet generation, thanks to frenzied Vine-worthy races, plenty of crashes and lots of flames.To this mix then, please cordially welcome Ken Block’s brand-new rallycross car, and it’s flashy new garbs. Set to debut on his 600bhp Focus RS at the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Rallycross season this weekend, […]
Sebastien Loeb has admitted he had the chance to remain in the World Touring Car Championship this year but saw World Rallycross as a more entertaining option.Loeb had always intended to drive for Citroen in WTCC this season until it became clear his services were not required as it cut its line-up to two […]
The Checkered Flag takes a look ahead to the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster EnergyThe 2015 season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy played host to eight teams that were entered for the Teams World Championship and eighteen drivers registered for the Drivers World Championship, however the high level of […]
Double World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm admits he is “tempted” to make a return to competitive driving in rallycross this season. Gronholm’s son Niclas will race alongside Swede Kevin Eriksson in the Olsbergs MSE team in the World Rallycross Championship this season, with Gronholm Sr. acting as general manager of the team. Niclas will take […]
The Global Rallycross may not have the prestige of Formula One or the following of NASCAR, but it sure has made a name for itself as one of the most exciting racing series in the world. A handful of automakers, including Ford, Subaru, Volkswagen, and Chevrolet already have racers that compete in the series, and […]
The 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy has seen a plethora of drivers enter the World Championship, European Championship and supporting Super1600 and TouringCar categories. In the headline World Championship, a total of 17 Supercars each boasting more than 600bhp will go head-to-head across 12 World Championship rounds and includes a star-studded […]
Two-time World Rally champion Marcus Gronholm has played down expectations of his son Niclas’ rookie year in the World Rallycross Championship.Gronholm Jr and fellow 19-year-old Kevin Eriksson will front the Olsbergs MSE team’s assault on this year’s World RX series in a pair of Ford Fiesta RX Supercars. His WRC legend father also returns to […]
Revealed at the Chicago motor show, this turbocharged four-wheel-drive monster will compete in the Global Rallycross ChampionshipThe most extreme Volkswagen Beetle ever has been revealed at the Chicago motor show.The all-wheel-drive competition car will compete in the Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) later this year, and will make its debut at the Summer X Games extreme […]
Red Bull Global Rallycross stars Patrik Sandell and Austin Dyne finished the 2016 RallyX On Ice season on Friday with an event in Åre, Sweden. Both drivers showed excellent pace once again, wrapping up the four-race 2016 calendar that saw stops in both Sweden and Norway. Dyne, who skipped the season opener in Piteå, looked […]
The leading automatic fuel station network in Latvia, Neste, has become the title sponsor of Latvian round of FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, and the official name of the event taking place on October 1 and 2 will be NESTE WORLD RX OF LATVIA. Neste is expanding its collaboration with RA Events […]
Nine-time World Rally Champion, racing driver, and Dakar adventurer Sebastien Loeb will join Team Peugeot Hansen to contest a full season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship this season, which starts in Portugal on 15 April and ends up in Argentina on 27 November. Loeb will be Timmy Hansen’s team mate in a two-car squad […]
Fresh from a stellar maiden outing in the Dakar Rally, Sebastien Loeb is likely to be looking for another new challenge to sink his teeth into – and Jean-Philippe Vennin thinks World Rallycross could be just the place.It’s hard to imagine nine-time WRC champion Loeb, now an official Peugeot driver, coming back to the championship, […]
The Honda Fit is kind of an underrated machine. It’s not powerful, but with a manual it’s reasonably fun to drive as well as practical. Now let’s imagine it with 600 horsepower, all-wheel drive, and flying around on dirt and asphalt. Even better! If this image excites you, get even more excited, because Honda is […]
Andreas Bakkerud joins forces with Ken Block as he is announced as team-mate for the Ford Performance World Rallycross campaignKen Block has announced that Andreas Bakkerud will be joining him for his 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship campaign. The 24-year-old Norwegian has been with the Olsbergs MSE team for the last two seasons, driving their […]
Ken Block has announced his 2016 season plans, revealing that he will be competing a full season in the FIA World Rallycross Championship with Ford Performance. The American driver comes from a background of Rally and competing in the Red Bull Global Rallycross championship, the latter sees him as the winningest driver of the series. In […]
Kenyan rally teen champion Tejas Hirani has signed a one-year contract to drive for Olsberg MSE as part of their team ahead of the RX Winter Series on Ice and the RX Lites, a support series in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.The RX Winter Series is set to kick off in Piteå, Sweden from January […]
The Volkswagen Team Sweden and Marklund Motorsport World Rallycross teams have amalgamated to form Volkswagen RX Sweden, which will field two VW Polos in the 2016 World Rallycross Championship. Johan Kristoffersson and Anton Marklund will drive the cars, making them the first confirmed 2016 World RX signings. While existing Team Sweden driver Kristoffersson was expected […]
World Rallycross champion Petter Solberg is working on securing manufacturer backing for his World RX team and will defend his championship next season.The Norwegian is keen to progress with his own team rather than driving for another outfit, and will remain with his current Citroen DS3 next season if he can’t come to an agreement […]
The 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross season proved to be one of the most competitive ever with a record seven different race winners With seven winners in 12 rounds, the 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross season will go down as one of the most competitive in the series’ short history. Ken Block, Sebastian Eriksson, Patrik […]
2003 World Rally Champion Petter Solberg only needed five points to claim the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship in Rosario, Argentina yesterday. Just reaching the semi-final would be enough to see him secure back-to-back World Rallycross titles. He did it. “It’s unbelievable! I found out I was world champion when I was in the […]
TCF caught up with the FIA World Rallycross Championship reigning champion Petter Solberg to get his thoughts on the 2015 season and the upcoming final round in Argentina Petter Solberg heads in to the final round of the 2015 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy with the upper hand in the title battle […]
Teenager Kevin Hansen is set to become the youngest Supercar driver in the World Rallycross championship when he competes in the Argentine round next week.Hansen will race an OlsbergsMSE-run Ford Fiesta as prize for winning the RX Lites Cup support category this season. The youngest son of Kenneth Hansen (14-time European Rallycross champion) will be […]
Scott Speed (USA) is the new champion of the Red Bull Global Rallycross (GRC) series in the USA. A podium finish in the final race of the season in Las Vegas was sufficient to earn Speed the title at the wheel of the Volkswagen Beetle GRC. Speed followed a victory in the heats with a […]
On Wednesday night the 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross champion will be crowned in Las Vegas, Nevada. While we don’t yet know who that will be, we do know for sure that it’ll be one of the Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team’s superstar drivers. It seems strange to talk about the VARX team having a ‘tough’ […]
Tony Cochrane, the man widely credited with creating the V8 Supercar era in Australia, has joined the American-based Global Rallycross Championship (GRC).Rallycross, short, action-packed races on a mixture of tarmac and gravel, is beginning to find traction in the US market. The GRC counts big-name drivers, including YouTube sensation Ken Block, Top Gear USA host […]
Driving a Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo RX Supercar, Norwegian star Tommy Rustad has won the FIA European Rallycross Championship after a near perfect season.The Norwegian star claimed the title with a victory at the final round of the year at Franciacorta in Italy, his third win from the championship’s five events. Working together with […]
Five points. That’s all Petter Solberg is short of in his pursuit of a second consecutive FIA World Rallycross Championship title, following another podium finish at World RX of Italy in Franciacorta. Petter won two of the four heats at the northern Italian track before placing the PSRX supercar second in the semi-final and third […]
Tensions will be running high at the penultimate round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy which takes place at the Franciacorta International Circuit this weekend as both the 2015 World RX Drivers’ Championship and Teams’ Championships could be decided. Franciacorta, in northern Italy, will form the final round of this year’s […]
Peugeot’s Timmy Hansen is back to winning again following his victory at the World Rallycross of Turkey today. This was the seventh race where Peugeot Team Hansen finished on the podium, Timmy has now narrowed Solberg’s lead in the championship to just 19 points with two more rounds left. Championship leader Petter Solberg was doing […]
Tanner Foust extended Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross‘ winning streak to three races after winning the first event of the double header Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados weekend ahead of team mate Scott Speed. Unlike Los Angeles last month, this wasn’t the dominant performance many might have been expecting from the VARX pair who only won one […]
With a 35-point lead over Timmy Hansen, it’s possible that current leader Petter Solberg could wrap up his second drivers’ title this weekend. The FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy will return to Asia this weekend as a total of 21 Supercars and ten RX Lites will compete at the Intercity Istanbul Park, […]
Norwegian superstar Petter Solberg celebrated victory at the maiden World RX of Barcelona at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Sunday. Petter’s no stranger to winning, but it’s been a pretty lean summer in terms of time on the top step for the two-time FIA World Champion. Which is why he was so pleased to land a […]
Having taken the win on Saturday, Scott Speed carried that momentum into Sunday at round nine of the 2015 Red Bull Global Rallycross Championship in Los Angeles, topping qualifying and making the sweep that much more possible. The rest of qualifying looked much the same, with Speed able to walk through his heat and semi-final […]
The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team (VARX) will mark the one-year anniversary of the Beetle GRC’s on-track debut at this weekend’s Red Bull Global Rallycross doubleheader from the Port of LA. Tanner Foust and Scott Speed hope to celebrate the special occasion with top results in the doubleheader weekend, setting the pace for a strong finish […]
The FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy will move to Brittany this weekend for one of the most eagerly-anticipated events on the 13-round calendar: the Bretagne World RX of France. Last year’s race attracted a record crowd of 74,000 people and 2015 is shaping up to be just as successful with 20 home […]
Formula One superstar Jenson Button jetted into Kent yesterday to pay a visit to Lydden Hill race track.The racing star was joined by David Coulthard at the circuit – home to British round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship – to test out supercars as part of a BBC feature to be aired later this […]
The upcoming NAF World RX of Norway, round eight of the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy, has attracted a record entry of 47 Supercars – the highest number of Supercar entries since World RX began.Out of the 47 Supercars entered in Norway, 23 will race in the World Championship while the remaining […]