World Rallycross Championship a.k.a RALLYX

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Bakkerud blew it in the Loheac Final braking too late and running Gronholm wide too. The Hansen's took full advantage and closed up the title race.

[chunder27]

Stupid move by Bakkerud, I think he seems a bit too jumpy and OTT to win championships, he was always like this, even as a kid in S1660 despite being there for years and always having good cars.

Kevins joker was stunning and he deserves it this year for me, drives like his Dad, little contact, simply quick. Timmy on the other hand...

[tomhlord]

Have to say the racing has been a lot more exciting this season and you really don't know who will win each round. A shame manufacturers had to back down for this to happen, but glad the series is not dead and worth watching.

[skarderud]

Any news/rumours about ogier in an electric citröen RX-car in 2021?
I've heard some....

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[tbtstt]

Another win for Timmy and just one point between him and Bakkerud before the final round. The absence of works teams definitely seems to have had the effect we wanted!

With four event wins I daresay Timmy has earned the title but, despite what I have been told by various people about him being a decent guy, I am still struggling to warm to him. His whinge after winning Q3 sounded like a petulant child.

Bit belated, but I took a ton of pictures in France and various activities have prevented me from sorting through them sooner...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48741663258_eb23b181b6_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48741991661_99b343b4d4_b.jpg

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48741665688_3d6297f314_b.jpg

...as ever, full album here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22961613@N06/albums/72157710864027743

If anyone is interested in seeing more!

[SubaruNorway]

Apparently one of Timmy's mechanics hit someone from another team after the final, not sure who

[tbtstt]

Apparently one of Timmy's mechanics hit someone from another team after the final, not sure who
Where did you hear that? Would like to know if that is true!

[tomhlord]

Apparently one of Timmy's mechanics hit someone from another team after the final, not sure who

Wow. What on earth?!

[Rallyper]

There was a raceincident between Timmy and Robin Larsson(?). Timmy was pushed of track by him. Have been on Swedish Television. Maybe had to do something with that?

[tomhlord]

20:07 in this video. Pretty disrespectful from the Hansen member, lost a lot of respect for the team now. https://youtu.be/3CUd81d5KJ8

[tomhlord]

There was a raceincident between Timmy and Robin Larsson(?). Timmy was pushed of track by him. Have been on Swedish Television. Maybe had to do something with that?

I guess there was build up from this, but I don't think Larsson did anything crazy, just rallycross at the start. Hansen kept his foot in which didn't help.

[tbtstt]

20:07 in this video. Pretty disrespectful from the Hansen member, lost a lot of respect for the team now. https://youtu.be/3CUd81d5KJ8
Just came here to post that! Looks like the mechanic(?) picks on Ekstrom?

Although I am not keen on Timmy or Kevin I had respect for the team because of Kenneth: I don't anymore.

[Sub_Skoda]

Maybe an event in Russia next year:

https://www.lemagsportauto.com/rallycross-le-worldrx-vers-la-russie/43913/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

TBH I cant warm to the Hansen brother's either. I dont know what it is, maybe they seem a bit spoiled or its 'cos their ex-Peugeot cars makes them still seem like a factory-team.

[Myrvold]

TBH I cant warm to the Hansen brother's either. I dont know what it is, maybe they seem a bit spoiled or its 'cos their ex-Peugeot cars makes them still seem like a factory-team.

I can't warm to Timmy, however, I feel Kevin is more grounded, down to earth.

Regarding the EKS - Hansen Team thing, I feel like basing everything of a very short video from Bakkerud's vlog is wrong. It's not like there has been enough incidents, and it looked a bit like Larsson was in WRX in Riga to try and help Bakkerud/mess with the rivals.
EKS did the same thing in RX Nordic, with Ekström doing the final event. Nothing naughty happened at all, but in Ekström was a direct reason for Larsson managing to take the title with a single point. Again, there is nothing wrong with throwing in drivers if there are money and equipment for it, but Larsson didn't drive the cleanest in Riga.

[Rally Power]

Portugal back to the WRX next year. Well done Montalegre!

https://www.facebook.com/fiaworldrallycross/photos/a.554398554572643/2876380452374430/?type=3&theater

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

And WRX goes to Nurburgring..

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[Myrvold]

And WRX goes to Nurburgring..


One step forward, and then one step back...

[tbtstt]

One step forward, and then one step back...
Well at least it is somewhere that has some history with rallycross!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Drama in the Final in S.Africa !!

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

It's a tiebreaker..

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJBBI77WsAEcmhw?format=jpg&name=small

[tbtstt]

Bonkers final: I celebrated when Timmy stuffed it into the wall, then got sad when I worked out the numbers as Timo retired!

With four wins I'd say Timmy has earned the Championship, but I still am yet to warm to him. Gutted for Bakkerud, a whole season and it is decided on countback.

The real champion though? Niclas Gronholm: damn his appendix!

[deephouse]

The real champion though? Niclas Gronholm: damn his appendix!

He would be in the mox for the title too probably. Great drive from all of them, Timerzyanov too.

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

I wonder if Hansen will developing the new 208..? (Supercar & eRX version)

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[tbtstt]

Like the clip of the aggressive Peugeot mechanic in Latvia, this could be a selective bit of editing...


I may not have won the title, but I’ll always respect my rivals. It’s a shame they don’t live by the same code

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4u8yQ5D8lQ/

...or it might explain just why Andreas looked so hacked off on the podium!

[Myrvold]

Like the clip of the aggressive Peugeot mechanic in Latvia, this could be a selective bit of editing...


This is like it was on the live coverage, with the exception that Kevins little push wasn't shown there. Not surprised that emotions are running high at that point though. It doesn't exactly look like Bakkerud is walking there with a sole intention of saying "congrats" even though he tries to put it that way with his insta-text...

On a sidenote, the driver steward for the event was Tommy Rustad, while I have absolutely zero doubts about his ability to be neutral, I wonder if the regular stewards were a bit skeptical during the post-race stuff, Rustad himself was a part of HTB Racing, his daughter currently are a part of HTB. Andreas Bakkerud is a part of HTB Racing as well. A tiny bit conflict of interest there.

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Bad news, ARX is no more..

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Bad news, ARX is no more..

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But maybe Subaru USA to join World RX ?

[Myrvold]

Maybe it's posted elsewhere here, but Reinis Nitiss is moving from WRX to Rally, aiming towards a JWRC programme in the future.

EDIT: Adding source; http://www.reinisnitiss.com/en/jaunumi/reinis-nitiss-announces-two-year-rally-program/
"Double FIA European Rallycross Champion Reinis Nitišs has taken up a new challenge in his motorsports career and will do full season of the Latvian Rally Championship and Estonian Rally Championship in 2020 in order to prepare for the 2021 ambition – making a debut at the FIA Junior World Rally Championship"

[steve.mandzij]

World RX has outlined their plan to integrate electric into the championship and after running Projekt E as a support series in 2020 they plan on running electric and petrol powered cars together for 2021. I think that's one of the greatest rule changes in recent years for any motorsport category, for each powertrain to play to it's strengths against each other and really pit them together.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10545/rallycross-evolution

Maybe they hope the E-Cars beat the petrol-powered cars to help to get fans to accept them...

[Myrvold]

I guess this signals the end for OMSE. When they don't have enough with RX2 at the bottom, removing that would be though to recover from. It's a bit like M-Sport not being allowed to sell R2/R5 cars.

[pantealex]

World RX has outlined their plan to integrate electric into the championship and after running Projekt E as a support series in 2020 they plan on running electric and petrol powered cars together for 2021. I think that's one of the greatest rule changes in recent years for any motorsport category, for each powertrain to play to it's strengths against each other and really pit them together.

I hope they don´t rise minimum weight etc...

If petrol car rules stay same as now, I´m ok with competing against EC.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Their instant acceleration should give the E-cars the advantage.

[tbtstt]

I guess this signals the end for OMSE. When they don't have enough with RX2 at the bottom, removing that would be though to recover from. It's a bit like M-Sport not being allowed to sell R2/R5 cars.
I have zero proof, but it wouldn't surprise me if the "ERallycross" series listed for 2021 is contested by electric RX Lites.

OMSE were talking about electric drivetrain development over a year ago, that could be why.

Seems to be a good number of entries coming in for the European Championship. Interesting to see that Munnich is supporting a Supercar class to run alongside the Titans in 2020. I wonder how much interest that is going to get? (And if it means we won't see Munnich in the Euros).

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Kristoffersson is back...

https://www.dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/new-kristoffersson-meets-new-world-rx

[drive]

"Kristoffersson will be driving a Volkswagen built in-house by his family’s team" - nope, the same car as two years ago, just this year will be serviced by his familys team, not a factory. Anyhow, glad he is back!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Switch to Megane's for Bakkerud & Doran:

https://www.dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/rx-cartel-makes-renault-switch-for-season-two

[Myrvold]

And the round in Spain are postponed. Not a surprise though! Possible new date is 25-26th July.

[Sulland]

Waiting for the real series, here is live rallycross from Sweden
https://embed.staylive.tv/livestream/27892?packages=408

you have to buy a daypass to see.
They are doing this to save Høljes as a track for the future.

Thiery Neuville driving a small CrossCar, and good interviews fram Molly Pettit!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Electric RX Car to debut vs conventional cars...

https://www.motorsport.com/rallycross/news/stohl-electric-ford-debut-hungary/4828329/amp/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Win on debut for Stohl electric car:
https://www.motorsport.com/rallycross/news/stohl-electric-car-stard-debut/4833376/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Ford-blessed Fiesta ERX with prices for kit and car:

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/stard-reveals-details-of-its-ford-blessed-projekt-e-car

[Fast Eddie WRC]

World RX is back !

All the info:
https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10664/reasons-to-be-cheerful

[tbtstt]

Might be of interest to some of you (or not!) but, in anticipation of this weekend, I put together a season preview:

http://fueltopia.co.uk/world-rallycross-championship-2020-preview/

That covers every major story I have seen in the last few months, so hopefully I have covered everything.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The Projekt-E cars were nowhere near the ICE cars time in qualifying and looked a real handful - heavy and hard to moderate the instant power & torque with the electric motors.

Oh and they sound shit too.

[pantealex]

The Projekt-E cars were nowhere near the ICE cars time in qualifying and looked a real handful - heavy and hard to moderate the instant power & torque with the electric motors.

Oh and they sound shit too.

eCars have 100hp more than WRX/ERX cars but over 3s slower /lap
a lot to develop
Traction control seems to be biggest problem (after the noise ;) )

[Sulland]

The E-Rx looked too stiff to get enough traction, but still early days yet.

[tbtstt]

The E-Rx looked too stiff to get enough traction, but still early days yet.
Yeah, fully agree. The cars looked a real handful in the wet, but the times appeared to come down on Sunday and the drivers looked like they were wrestling with the cars less. Shame that they couldn't get a couple more electric cars for the inaugural round, as I think a full grid would have made it more watchable. Going to be interesting to see how the Projekt E cars develop over the season (and how quickly they can close the gap to the traditional Supercars).

I wasn't able to watch the qualifiers during the day, but caught up on all the broadcasts in the evenings. Good to see all the classes getting such comprehensive coverage.

I was gutted for Bryntesson yesterday as I think he is real a European title contender this year. The level at the top of the Euros looks very high, Evjen and the Dubourgs all recorded some blinding times. I wonder if Eriksson will be back for another round (or two)?

Absolutely astonishing drive from Johan. I'd like to think his performance this weekend might silence those who still claim his success in '17/'18 was largely thanks to the car. I hope Ekstrom manages to rearrange his plans (and find the budget!) for a full season campaign, as it would be superb to see those two fight it out this year. Glad to see Bakkerud find more speed yesterday, but what a miserable weekend for Liam. Just a brief flash of pace yesterday then the car crapped itself. Disappointing weekend for Gronholm, I really hoped to see him and Johan fighting up front, but Niclas seemed to spend most of yesterday looking at the back of a Seat.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The racing was as exciting and controvertial as ever, but unless Ekstrom can continue that man JK looks in a class of his own.

BTW how the hell did they pick Natalie Barratt for the Projekt-E car ?

[pantealex]

The racing was as exciting and controvertial as ever, but unless Ekstrom can continue that man JK looks in a class of his own.

BTW how the hell did they pick Natalie Barratt for the Projekt-E car ?

Even you with money can go to e-car...
They have 20 cars maximum just like all other classes.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Even you with money can go to e-car...
They have 20 cars maximum just like all other classes.

So she paid ?

[tbtstt]

So she paid ?
As that particular car is owned by a company with a rally background (https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/article/10529/poland-s-rallytechnology-enters-two-cars) I wondered if there was some historical connection between them and Barratt, as I thought she was a surprising choice as well.

No doubt that Natalie has driven a range of cars, but you think that someone with more recent rallycross experience would be preferable for developing a new car.

[rallyfiend]

Natalie was for many WRC rallies run by OMV rally Team / Manfred Stohl Rally Team.

You do realise that STARD - the company behind this concept - is Manfred Stohl's company?

There are not so many complications in this decision....

[tbtstt]

I wondered if there was some historical connection between them and Barratt
I was looking for a connection...


Natalie was for many WRC rallies run by OMV rally Team / Manfred Stohl Rally Team.
...and there it is!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

There had to be a reason. They could've explained it on the TV coverage as they must've known fans would be puzzled.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I just found her website:

https://natalierallyx.com/

[pantealex]

I just found her website:

https://natalierallyx.com/

She has RX twitter also

[pantealex]

14 out of totally 22 WRX drivers are same in Kouvola and Höljes

New ones: Abbring, Kalliokoski, Karai, Määttä and Rytkönen (19 drivers in Tykkimäki circuit, Kouvola, Finland)

Out: Baciuska, Eriksson, Szapo (17 drivers in Höljes racebana, Sweden)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great to see a local hero - Rytkönen - taking 2nd place in Finland (1st race).

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Gronholm is back !!

What a final for Race 2.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgrNpCtWoAEjG4I?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[Fast Eddie WRC]

dirtfishrally @DirtFishRally

Former GCK driver @CyrilRaymondRX will give @CitroenRacing its @projekteseries debut in Latvia next week, but
@MadsOstberg , who was supposed to drive in Sweden, could yet do further rounds.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

More good news:

Janis Baumanis – who had been due to race the Audi that Mattias Ekström has put into title contention – will return to the World Rallycross bill for his home event in Latvia.

But Baumanis will drive a Ford Fiesta ERX2 in the Projekt E support category rather than taking up his originally-planned JC Raceteknik Audi seat.

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/baumanis-to-make-world-rx-return-in-projekt-e/

[pantealex]

More good news:

Janis Baumanis – who had been due to race the Audi that Mattias Ekström has put into title contention – will return to the World Rallycross bill for his home event in Latvia.

But Baumanis will drive a Ford Fiesta ERX2 in the Projekt E support category rather than taking up his originally-planned JC Raceteknik Audi seat.

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/baumanis-to-make-world-rx-return-in-projekt-e/

Good news ???

He is driving e-car instead of Supercar

I don´t see anything good in that news :)

[tbtstt]

I don´t see anything good in that news :)
He is getting to drive something being as he didn't have the money for the Audi: that is the good news.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

And as Projekt-E is happening we may as well have some competition in it...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

BREAKING: Two-time DTM Champion and World Rallycross Champion @mattiasekstroem joins Extreme E with @abtmotorsport, who have confirmed @CUPRA as their Main Partner !

[Rally Power]

BREAKING: Two-time DTM Champion and World Rallycross Champion @mattiasekstroem joins Extreme E with @abtmotorsport, who have confirmed @CUPRA as their Main Partner !

For gods sake Eddie, Extreme E has nothing to do with Rallycross, Rally or even with motorsport. It’s just another opportunistic move from Agag’s green gang, regrettably supported by Todt and the FIA. If you want to talk about it, please use the Chit Chat thread on the forum general category.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

For gods sake Eddie, Extreme E has nothing to do with Rallycross, Rally or even with motorsport. It’s just another opportunistic move from Agag’s green gang, regrettably supported by Todt and the FIA. If you want to talk about it, please use the Chit Chat thread on the forum general category.

Pipe down man - this is news about Ekstrom, one of the top two rallycross driver's of the current era.

[Rally Power]

Pipe down man - this is news about Ekstrom, one of the top two rallycross driver's of the current era.

With due respect for Ekstrom talent and achievements, this news is about promoting EE farce, just like all the other inflated news about A or B joining this still unborn series.

[TheFlyingTuga]

With due respect for Ekstrom talent and achievements, this news is about promoting EE farce, just like all the other inflated news about A or B joining this still unborn series.

Just accept that this is the future of the Sport. Brands are going bananas over the EV competition and although will always have purists, the times are changing

[Fast Eddie WRC]

New #ExtremeE signing @mattiasekstroem title challenge with JC Raceteknik continues into this weekend's #NesteRigaRX rounds. :)

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/ekstrom-extends-world-rx-stay-to-latvia-double-header

[pantealex]

eWRX has 4 entries in RIGA Latvia this weekend.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

eWRX has 4 entries in RIGA Latvia this weekend.


Citroën Racing @CitroenRacing

@CyrilRaymondRX at the wheel of the electric @Citroen C3 ERX by STARD will make his @projekteseries debut during the #NesteRigaRX in Latvia.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EiMKtrUWoAAdCt9?format=jpg&name=medium

https://twitter.com/CitroenRacing/status/1306915314379223043

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Nobody driving the STARD Fiesta Mk8 this year..?? Unless all of it has been converted to Projekt-E..

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[pantealex]

Nobody driving the STARD Fiesta Mk8 this year..?? Unless all of it has been converted to Projekt-E..



Paasonen ?
He has "his own" engine but I think rest of his Fiesta is STARD, he is also getting E-version next week...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

JK with the win in Latvia Race 1.

But Ekström won quali for Race 2 - game on !

[Fast Eddie WRC]

C3 ERX wins on it's debut in Projekt-E.

Looks better than the Fiesta with it's R5 chassis and WRC rear aero.

[Myrvold]

C3 ERX wins on it's debut in Projekt-E.

Looks better than the Fiesta with it's R5 chassis and WRC rear aero.

Yup. They were also quite competetive timing-wise in Latvia. And these Projekt-E cars are a bit heavier, and down on power compared to the electric cars they plan to race alongside petrol-Supercars.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Yup. They were also quite competetive timing-wise in Latvia. And these Projekt-E cars are a bit heavier, and down on power compared to the electric cars they plan to race alongside petrol-Supercars.

I think they have more torque though, plus it's instant. The extra weight is the big issue and makes them less nimble.

The C3 of Raymond did seem better though and he was raving about how good it was to drive. And he should know as he's pretty experienced in RX.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

@DirtFishRally

An @ExtremeELive drive may have come calling for @mattiasekstroem, but that hasn't stopped his #WorldRX ambitions for this year:

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/ekstrom-kristoffersson-not-unbeatable-for-world-rx-title

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Timmy Hansen won race 1 in Barcelona and Ekstrom won qualifying in race 2, and both pushed JK all the way this weekend.

Bakkerud was also back on the pace this weekend and unfortunate in the race 2 final (won by JK, pending a stewards investiagion)

Great to see some real competition now for the him and Polo.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sooo JK is the 2020 Champion...

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/world-rxs-nurburgring-finale-canceled

[tbtstt]

Sooo JK is the 2020 Champion...

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/world-rxs-nurburgring-finale-canceled
The right man has won (in my personal opinion anyway), but I am gutted that Belgium and Germany have been cut from the calendar.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The right man has won (in my personal opinion anyway), but I am gutted that Belgium and Germany have been cut from the calendar.

Indeed. It was just getting really competitive too and those two tracks would've been amazing to watch.

I suppose we should be grateful for what we got in 2020. Shame we didnt know Barcelona was the finale at the time.

[tbtstt]

Indeed. It was just getting really competitive too and those two tracks would've been amazing to watch.
Yeah. Spa was fantastic last year (arguably the best round of the year) and I was keen to see how Johan would fare on an unfamiliar circuit.


I suppose we should be grateful for what we got in 2020.
Agreed. Much like the WRC it hasn't been the full calendar we were hoping for, but at least we have got some racing and the condensed season has meant that consistency has been even more vital.

I was hoping that Germany might have been turned into another double-header weekend: I have actually liked the extra dynamic that has bought to the season this year.

British RX is still aiming to run a double header (without spectators) at the start of December, so hopefully we might get to see a bit more racing before the year is over.

[noname999999444]

calendar:https://www.fia.com/news/fia-announces-world-motor-sport-council-decisions-20

22-23 May

Belgium

Spa-Francorchamps * [1, 2, 3]

12-13 June

Norway

Hell-Lanke * [2, 3]

19-20 June

Finland

Kouvola * [1]

03-04 July

Sweden

Höljes * [1, 2, 3]

24-25 July

Spain

Barcelona-Catalunya * [1, 2]

31 July-01 August

Germany

Nürburgring * [2]

21-22 August

TBA

(Europe) * [3]

04-05 September

France

Lohéac * [1, 2, 3]

15-16 October

TBA

(Middle East /Asia)

27-28 November

South Africa

Killarney

*Events to include rounds of the FIA RX2e [2] and/or FIA European RX1 [1] and/or European RX3 [3] Championships

4 roud belgium, tba August,france and tba October same date from extreme e which takes place in hard-to-reach places where to get for more than one week means we will not see more in this series:Mattias Ekström, Timmy Hansen, Oliver Bennett,Johan Kristoffersson.

a new promoter is still not found

[matheylillard]

https://www.fia.com/news/fia-launches-rfp-promoter-european-rallycross-championship FIA World Rallycross Championship and FIA European Rallycross Championship from 2022 there will be different championships with different promoters
a new promoter FIA World Rallycross Championship and 2021 FIA European Rallycross Championship is still not found

[SubaruNorway]

Seems like WRC Promoter will take over WRX from IMG.
https://parcferme.no/rallycross/parc-ferme-erfarer-dette-kan-bli-den-nye-promotoren-av-rallycross-vm/

[lmmjvss]

A few questions now...

- New promoter is RedBull GmbH so... no more Monster as title sponsor?

- RedBull is also Nitro Rallycross promoter... will them become just one thing? Cuz its too much $$ for two basically equal championships In the middle of a global economic crisis. Plus, with euroRX having a different promoter...
[Btw, someone suggested in some other forum that youthstream(mxgp) or eurosport(erc) could be the new promoter...?]

- Im also thinking about Timmy, Mattias and Johan doing extreme-e. I know theres no clash (dates) but still.... I just Hope they race in RX this year again.

----
edit: it looks RedBull Media will not be NRX promoter after all.
"Thrill One Sports" is the promoter (Nitro Circus, Street League Skate, World Surfing...). RedBull will be a sponsor/partner.

[lmmjvss]

It looks Monster is gone from title sponsor (new sponsor GmbH is RedBull Media) and the calendar may be altered to start in June (Hell) and be finished by early september to avoid conflicting dates with NitroRX (some of the teams are planing to compete in the american championship too). South Africa will be canceled.
NordicRX is also ending earlier to avoid clashes with NitroRX

[lmmjvss]

WorldRX calendar (plus euroRX and RX2e rounds)

June 12-13 World RX of Norway (RX2e)
July 2-4 World RX of Sweden (euroRX + RX2e)
July 23-24 World RX of Spain (euroRX + RX2e)
July 31 World RX of Germany (RX2e)
August 1 World RX of Germany/2 (RX2e)
September 3-5 World RX of France (euroRX + RX2e)
September 18-19 World RX of Latvia (euroRX)
October 9-10 World RX of Belgium (euroRX + RX2e)

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

April Fool RX: Johan is going to EKS..

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[mknight]

Mikkelsen testing the 2022 RX electric powertrain in Fabia with Baumschlager:
https://youtu.be/q_QVYNfjt9w?t=452

(Testing starts from 7:30)

[lmmjvss]

- Holje's owners said that they could cancell the event if FIA doesnt reduce the sanctionfee (cuz Sverige is still not allowing big events with public)
- Someone close to the Hell's track said the event may be cancelled.

(These rumors came from the "same people" that said that Monster energy could be out for 2021 and that spa/africa/middle east races would be cancelled. It seems like a safe source but I hope they are wrong about Holjes and Hell.)

[lmmjvss]

RallyX Nordic changed its rules and it will accepting electric cars for its supercar class starting next round!
At least one eFiesta confirmed.
THATS COOL! Mixing the cars! Loved!

[pantealex]

and Henri Haapamäki is fast driver (former JWRC driver) and still young.

Car is Paasonen Fiesta made by Stard (is there other manufacturers for eRX Supercars ?)

[Kenneth]

Mikkelsen recently tested eRX Fabia made by Kiesel Electric, so there are two manufacturers now.

[lmmjvss]

Holjes will probably be postponed in order to be able to have public later in the year (doubt it).
Meanwhile, NordicRX will race in Holjes next weeked with Niclas and Szabo confirmed driving the GRX Hyundais.

[lmmjvss]

Hell is out from the new-new-new calendar but Montealegre returns.
I just wish luck for them cuz Im pretty sure theres gonna be more date changes but its interesting to notice they changed one of the races that'd be on the same weekend as the new Nitro Rallycross series (from America... which plans to become a world series by 2022). NitroRX expects a few WRX drivers in these races so its good for both series if theres no date-clashes

[hari]

Gallery tests Kreisel RX1e: http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos_brr_RX_entwicklungstests_kreisel_RX1e.html

http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2021/rexrx21/1.jpg
http://www.ir7.at/content/fotos/2021/brr160421/1.jpg

[lmmjvss]

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/nitro-rx/nitro-rallycross-unveils-first-images-of-its-electric-2022-car/

Im not a huge fan of these big machines being used in racing (extreme-e, current "utes" being used in v8sc and argentina's TC pick up, future "touring car series" with SUVs...) but I liked the design. And it is a 1000hp car, which is crazy. Im honestly interested in watching this. I also loved watching the new eRX2 car. It was turning similar lap times to the super cars in Holjes during the NordicRX weekend there.

Lets see how it goes.
BTW, Liam Doran and Robin Larson will be team mates this year with RX Cartel.
No infos so far on which car or if its is nitro, world or euro championship but knowing Doran, its probably Nitro

[Myrvold]

RX-style version of the Indy vs CART this, one series will come out on top, but I'm not sure there will be any winners.

[Kenneth]

My very wild guess is that NRX will be more popular, so the series will merge in future.

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

I thought NRX is ARX replacement..

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[lmmjvss]

I like to think that WorldRX will return to be an european championship like it always was (and IS, tbh...) and
NitroRX will take over as a big show all over the world - like the actual Nitro Circus, which sometimes looks like a "modern evolution' of the X-Games"...

[lmmjvss]

WorldRX is going 'behind a paywall". Theres a new "WRX+" to be released for 2021.
Which is understandable, since we saw everybody leaving the series for the lack of RoI (track promoters, manufacturers, sponsors, serie's promoters, 'big stars'...)

[Myrvold]

I like to think that WorldRX will return to be an european championship like it always was (and IS, tbh...) and
NitroRX will take over as a big show all over the world - like the actual Nitro Circus, which sometimes looks like a "modern evolution' of the X-Games"...

Not sure how it will work out, GRX tried the same, with the x-game style, but it never caught on. Unless they throw loads of dollars into it, for years to come, I am unsure that it will work out.


WorldRX is going 'behind a paywall". Theres a new "WRX+" to be released for 2021.
Which is understandable, since we saw everybody leaving the series for the lack of RoI (track promoters, manufacturers, sponsors, serie's promoters, 'big stars'...)

Understandable, and yet, not a way to get loads of viewers and eyes on the series. Possibly there would've been an advantage of having a WRC+/WRX+ combo?
I still believe that World RX is a thing that can be possible and something that can have a future, but it needs to be promoted the right way.

[the sniper]

WRC+ could do with becoming a 'Rally+', with the addition of WRX and ERC... Though as Myrvold says, being behind a pay wall is not the best way to get the product out there.

[AndyRAC]

I know it's a broken record, but behind a paywall just isn't going to being in new fans, sponsors, manufacturers. I don't know when they're going to realise this. Stick it on You Tube like lots of series do....

[Kenneth]

Okay now I'm pretty sure that NRX will be more popular than WRX very soon and FIA will try to make it official championship when they'll realise that.

[SubaruNorway]

One of the new lead commentators...
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJbxu8tT/
https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/world-rx/2021/rx--all-star-presenting/

[MrJan]

One of the new lead commentators...
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJbxu8tT/
https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/world-rx/2021/rx--all-star-presenting/

Nick Fellows comes from a skiing background and people don't even like him doing the commentary on the skiing :laugh: So many people say that they watch with the sound down or the Eurosport commentary free version.

I really think the paywall idea is going to kill the series in terms of fans, it's already hard enough to build support and I really don't think there are enough fans to hide it behind a paywall, especially not when the format is being switched in terms of commentators. Even though it's quite cheap, I can't watch half of the races live due to other commitments, so I'm just hoping there's highlights or something elsewhere otherwise I'm not watching this season :(

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Is this just me or nobody developing the new RX Supercars..?? (The last one would be OMSE & STARD Fiesta Mk8)

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[pantealex]

Is this just me or nobody developing the new RX Supercars..?? (The last one would be OMSE & STARD Fiesta Mk8)

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Looks like everyone is using "old model cars" (i20, 208, Audi,Seat,Skoda,VW with 3-doors those all are 5-doors only nowadays)

[MrJan]

Easy answer, isn't it? Money. When the manufacturers were involved there was good money for a high level of development, now that money has gone it's not as easy to develop. Why spend a fortune developing something new when you can buy an old car which is just as good?

[rallyfiend]

These cars have had a limited shelf life ever since the decision to go full electric.

So why spend a shitload of cash on new cars to please no one?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

World RX of Germany at the Nürburgring – scheduled to be the second and third rounds of the 2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship – will be postponed to the end of the season due to the ongoing effects of the recent flooding in the region.

https://www.fia.com/news/fia-world-rx-germany-postponed-nurburgring-assists-disaster-relief-effort

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Catalunya Q1 result:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E6_eqUxWEAE1d-c?format=png&name=medium

[pantealex]

Kristoffesson DQ for Q1

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

They removed all the semis & finals videos on YT..

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[seb_sh]

They removed all the semis & finals videos on YT..

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I still see them on the youtube channel.

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

I still see them on the youtube channel.That's funny, because I'm only see the previous years' qualies..

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great racing between the Hansen's & JK especially SF2 and the Final in Catalunya.

[tbtstt]

First round of 2021 in the history books, what did we all think?

For the most part I thought the coverage was pretty decent. Solid camera work and presentation (aside from the absence of tyre allocation graphics, hope they bring that back), weakest points had to be the feed dropping out for the first World semi and some inconsistencies from the commentary team(s). I hope that becomes less of an issue as the new (to rallycross) commentators learn the sport and drivers.

I didn't get to watch all of the Friday races, but didn't see Neil Cole in any of the coverage I watched so that was an added bonus.

Disappointed for Johan. That win should have been his and, although the rules were clearly broken, shame to see him put on the back foot through no fault of his own... that aside he looks to have some good speed in the Audi already. Gutted for Gronholm as well, was looking forward to seeing him in the final, definitely not the start to the Championship he wanted. Good showing from Abbring, despite (predictiably) a plethora of car issues.

Not to sure on the noise, but actually some good action from RX2e.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The opening 2021 World RX race was one for the hardcore fans - going behind a paywall isn't good.

The competitive cars and drivers present are now in poorer numbers than the recent past so it has already lost a lot. I guess only a couple of the heats were really strong.

I only got to see the SF's & Final live as they are on my BT Sport (& Red Bull TV) and they were pretty good fun. Coverage seemed ok but the drone camera's somehow dont capture the action like the traditional track-side ones. Comms were ok but nowhere near as good as Andrew Coley, but then who would be ?

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

For those who trying RX+, how good (or worse) it is..??

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[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

LMAO, they disabled the comment section on their YT channel..

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[fiscorpun]

I know people like to complain and everybody wants everything to be free nowadays but HATS OFF to redbull for literally having semis and finals "live" and "free" on the RedBullTV. You can watch it here:
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/events/fia-world-rallycross-championship-spain

I also love how RedBullTV puts daily highlights for WRC for free and I hope fia erc will get at least the same kind of coverage. It will be great for fans like me that are not from europe (kinda impossible to watch eurosport). I say great job GmbH!

[denkimi]

I know people like to complain and everybody wants everything to be free nowadays but HATS OFF to redbull for literally having semis and finals "live" and "free" on the RedBullTV. You can watch it here:
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/events/fia-world-rallycross-championship-spain

I also love how RedBullTV puts daily highlights for WRC for free and I hope fia erc will get at least the same kind of coverage. It will be great for fans like me that are not from europe (kinda impossible to watch eurosport). I say great job GmbH!
It's not about us wanting something for free. Its about people who sponsor money and want as much people as possible to see their name.

Especially in expensive sports that require much sponsors putting things behind a paywal is just slow suicide.

If people don't watch, sponsors don't sponsor and drivers don't drive, it's as simple as that.

[fiscorpun]

Thats the point, mate. People dont watch racing, so theres no sponsors.
Sponsors want NBA numbers. Soccer in europen and NFL in america draw millions of eyeballs each game.
Racing has what? 30k views on YouTube? I think you said it right without noticing. People dont watch racing... So theres no sponsors... So they gotta go behind paywalls and count on its niche to survive... Or at least until they fool a new promoter into "this is the biggest sport ever. You are going to get a lot of $ with it" haha.
Anyway... Thanks GmbH for the free coverage! Dont listen to IMG, Ford, Audi, VW, Peugeot, Track promoters etc saying they only lost money in RX :P

[MrJan]

That's backwards thinking. People don't watch so we'll make those who do pay? The sport has a great chance to be hugely popular, being behind a paywall ain't it.

Credit to it being on redbull.tv for free, but there's no advertising of that which I've seen. How are they going to get new fans into the sport when they only advertise the paywall stuff? The only people who will pay are those who know what they're getting. And if they don't grow the support base then they don't get people into the tracks, and if they don't get people into the track they don't get the sponsors they have...and they do have sponsors, quite a lot across the different teams. It may not be F1 levels but you think we'd have anyone else other than Rene Munnich on the grid if there were no sponsors?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

It'll be interesting to see what the figures are for people buying RX+.

I'm a big fan but I wont be paying for it on top of all my other sports subscriptions. Plus the driver/car competition level is less this season so the (free) SFs & Final are where the real excitement will be.

[AndyRAC]

redbull.tv has great stuff on it - and free. The recent Red Bull Hardline DH MTB race was fabulous, and was also on the RBTV YouTube channel. Also, the recent Aberstone Hard Enduro; some of that coverage could teach the WRC in how to connect with fans.

They've decided that the live coverage of the WRC, RX and probably the ERC in future is paywall; that is how they run it. I can't recall seeing any promotion for the free coverage of the last RX round. Anybody could have told them coverage behind a paywall is a short sighted decision. The numbers simply aren't big enough. I'm convinced one of the reasons for the small number of WRC manufacturers is the paywall.

Go on any well known motorsport forum, and the rallying/rallycross threads get far less comments than the other circuit based series. There's less interest as it's harder to see.

[Franky]

Go on any well known motorsport forum, and the rallying/rallycross threads get far less comments than the other circuit based series. There's less interest as it's harder to see.
Except on this forum :D

[fiscorpun]

That's backwards thinking. People don't watch so we'll make those who do pay? The sport has a great chance to be hugely popular, being behind a paywall ain't it.

Credit to it being on redbull.tv for free, but there's no advertising of that which I've seen. How are they going to get new fans into the sport when they only advertise the paywall stuff? The only people who will pay are those who know what they're getting. And if they don't grow the support base then they don't get people into the tracks, and if they don't get people into the track they don't get the sponsors they have...and they do have sponsors, quite a lot across the different teams. It may not be F1 levels but you think we'd have anyone else other than Rene Munnich on the grid if there were no sponsors?

I see this in reverse, mate. Sorry. Racing used to be on free to air TV... even F1, for example. But people simply dont watch it. Racing is expensive, numbers should be huge to compensate the money invested. And it isnt. Maybe thats why we are seeing cheaper "spec" series doing better overall, like these TCR championships, stadium super trucks, tony stewart's new series in america, crosscars.... Maybe theres "too much" top world series for sponsors and audience to handle! Thats an interesting thought to debate too.

[fiscorpun]

True. Promoters have deep access to numbers, for example. They KNOW whats going on. They are in the bussiness so its not like "They dont know how to promote" something. They do!...but they have budget limits. And probably a lot of RoI data. I mean, they will not invest $100mi in rallycross to get 30k views, 5 tracks being able to pay the hosting fee and 2k tickets sold per event. You gotta do the math!
Im just guessing weird numbers ok? But there are reasons why wrc or rx are not Huge like we wanted to.
If you ever talked do road racing fans, they always say that RX is stupid so there you go. Opinions are eyeballs, eyeballs are money. Racing is expensive.

[lmmjvss]

10 cars for Holjes? Is that for real?
While theres 24 cars for euroRX at the same track?
I think WorldRX is done for real for 2022 since everybody is heading NitroRX (doran, larsson, hansens, omse, eks cars for two teams, gronholm. Theres nothing left for WRX, just the european privateers that will not race 10 races/year including 1 or 2 oversea races

[tbtstt]

10 cars for Holjes? Is that for real?
While theres 24 cars for euroRX at the same track?
I think WorldRX is done for real for 2022 since everybody is heading NitroRX (doran, larsson, hansens, omse, eks cars for two teams, gronholm. Theres nothing left for WRX, just the european privateers that will not race 10 races/year including 1 or 2 oversea races
Think the Supercar total for Holjes is actually pretty similar to last year, just that the WRX/ERX entry numbers have been flipped. With the changes coming WRX was always going to struggle this year but factor in the pandemic as well and I think they numbers they have are surprising.

As an aside I hope that NRX is a success, but I am getting bored of reading all the nut-swinging for it: they haven't even run a full season yet and everyone seems to think it is the savior of rallycross. Seem to be a lot of people with very short term memory concerning rallycross series in the US.

[lmmjvss]

As an aside I hope that NRX is a success, but I am getting bored of reading all the nut-swinging for it: they haven't even run a full season yet and everyone seems to think it is the savior of rallycross. Seem to be a lot of people with very short term memory concerning rallycross series in the US.

100% this. But NRX will probably have some success as a crazy event traveling around us and the world, just like Nitro Circus did. It will probably look more like "some guys having fun" than an actual racing series tho.

[fiscorpun]

Tanner Foust just signed with McLaren to race the extreme-e series! Thats really cool!

[lluisva555]

Review of the aerodynamics of the ESmotorsport Škoda Fabia WRX Evo that Andreas Bakkerud and Janis Baumanis will drive this weekend in the Euro RX1 category at Höljes RX

https://www.wrcwings.tech/2021/08/20/aerodynamics-of-the-esmotorsport-skoda-fabia-wrx-evo/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

FIA World RX+ App launched:

https://twitter.com/FIAWorldRX/status/1428989536550494217?s=20

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The Holjes SF's knocking out JK and Gronhölm were a real shame.

JK breaking a driveshaft may have been due to him taking huge jumps but Gronholm's penalty on the joker lap looked harsh.

Abbring did really well all weekend but taking the joker on the first lap of the final cost him, being then held up by slower traffic.

[fiscorpun]

I honestly just watched the euroRX for Holjes. WorldRX just lost me
#MakeEuroRxGreatAgain haha

[Fast Eddie WRC]

More bad luck for JK at Loheac. Looks like the Hansens' have the title sewn up already. Nice to see Gronholm back closer to the pace and Abbring still going well.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Finally Gronholm gets some luck and a win but yet more misfortune for JK. The Hansen brothers benefit again.

[fiscorpun]

Nitro RX starts this weekend with all the big stars! I cant wait!
Foust, Speed, Travis, Hansen, Doran, Larson, Bakkerud, all the Olsbergs... and Andrew Coley!

[pantealex]

Nitro RX starts this weekend with all the big stars! I cant wait!
Foust, Speed, Travis, Hansen, Doran, Larson, Bakkerud, all the Olsbergs... and Andrew Coley!

Those USA boys are big stars only PR wise...

They tried WRX but not with success (Foust was OK few times)

[fiscorpun]

Day 1 in NitroRX was a blast. The "one lap qualy" is great.
Then the "1x1 battles" were awesome! They posted everything on the youtube channel. It reminded me those XGames races from early 2010's. Im sold! WorldRX is still fun to watch but it is kinda sad without Andrew Coley. The euroRX is more interesting to me cuz I cheer for Bakkerud and I love seeing more than 10 cars on the heats =/

[tbtstt]

I struggled with the NRX livestream Friday night as it was freezing and almost unwatchable at times. Waited until Saturday morning and watched the complete broadcast (with no adverts) and it was much better. Given that, I skipped the livestream last night and watched the shortened race program this morning. I saw some complaints about the amount of dead air during the live race show, but the two hour edit uploaded was pretty good (production during the final was poor though).

I personally had issue with the gap jump before the weekend (primarily because of the safety aspect and because I think it adds nothing to the racing) but, after watching the race day, I am even more sceptical about how sustainable NRX is.

In my personal opinion a series where just driving round the track causes so much damage to the cars, there is surely going to be limited long term appeal, especially to smaller privateer teams (and this something that was a major issue for X-Games/GRC in my view)

Sure most of teams won't mind doing this to their cars for one weekend a year, but five events of this nature is going to absolutely hammer these cars (and the teams spare budget!). As a spectator I personally want to see cars racing for wins, not taking victory through attrition. I appreciate that the rest of the tracks might not have quite as many big jumps though.

Not going to make any sweeping statements at this point but, based on the first race weekend, I still favour WRX (even in its current state) over NRX... see if another race weekend or two changes my opinion!

[PGrally]

Something different from World RX and Nitro rallycross.

Eesti MV rallikrossis 2021 / ESTRX Rallycross 2021 6.etapp Elva/Kulbilohu (Mistakes and Moments)
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vRYJwDgLVM

[lmmjvss]

It looks theres already 14 "confirmed" electric cars for the new eRX1 class in World RX 2022.
Some of the current teams + some other teams (no news on who they are) have already secured the electric kits. Cars will be different (fiesta,audi,skoda,etc) but the engines will be all the same.
Not a big fan of having a "top world series" using spec cars but lets see how it goes.
14 entries is already better than what WRX have right now, with 8 cars on the entry list for Montealgre (at least so far)

[lmmjvss]

On the NitroRX, I think it was cool. I like those drivers. It was fun!
...but I loved the argument on these Nitro Tracks destroying the cars haha. So true! Its too expensive to have a big schedule on tracks like this with cars like these. Maybe next year cars will be more like those Super Trucks that americans race in these tracks (utah, glen helen, bark river, crandon...). They CAN handle the jumps and destruction.

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

It looks theres already 14 "confirmed" electric cars for the new eRX1 class in World RX 2022.
Some of the current teams + some other teams (no news on who they are) have already secured the electric kits. Cars will be different (fiesta,audi,skoda,etc) but the engines will be all the same.
Not a big fan of having a "top world series" using spec cars but lets see how it goes.
14 entries is already better than what WRX have right now, with 8 cars on the entry list for Montealgre (at least so far)I wouldn't be surprised if the Hansens is using the new 208 for eRX1

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[fiscorpun]

Andreas Bakkerud just won the euroRX title... on his 30th birthday! That was amazing. Im a long time fan of this guy! Been following him since 2013. Im so happy to see that!

Also, Florent Tafani just won the european Autocross title this weekend in Mollerussa, Spain. The Super Buggy class is believed to be as fast as the RX Supercars, but they run "open wheel" buggys, with "Open rules" for the engines, basically. Such an amazing championship. Sad that so few people watch that.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

JK is back in the Title fight now with a win at Spa - he's now in 2nd place, splitting the Hansen's.

Abbring and Grönholm were both really unlucky in the SF's, getting spun and run off at the first hairpin. Not a fair result for either given their speed in the heats. :(

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Snow in Germany for the double-header finale ! :)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Tie on points between T.Hansen and JK !!

[rp]

Not so bad for the GRX Team! Grönholm 3rd in WRX, Huttunen 3rd in WRC2 & Lindholm 3rd in WRC3...

[lmmjvss]

shout out to Sebastian Eriksson who just finished in P2 in his class in Dakar (light weight cars)
It was His first attempt - racing for Mattias Ekstrom's team. Amazing job!
Seb is such a talented driver. He won a couple of races in Global Rallycross and one win in the WorldRX in Holjes! He never did a full time campaign tho =/
He was expected to run the second OMSE Honda in NitroRX but It looks money talked louder and a Latvian guy got the car.

[lmmjvss]

Gmbh (red bull) is hiring "someone to try to make RX grow" cuz "its slowly dying, heeeelp"

https://jobs.redbull.com/gb-en/event-director---world-rallycross-championship-143157?lang

[WRCStan]

Gmbh (red bull) is hiring

Thank you for making me laugh far too hard at something silly, I needed that today.

The company name is "Rallycross Promotor Gmbh", the letters are German legal status of the company.

[lmmjvss]

Nasser Al Atyiah will be racing in Extreme-E this season! He will replace Mattias Ekstrom in the Cupra team.
Cupra is said to be using a different front sticker (and Led lights???) in order to look more similar to the cars they will start to sell in 2024. I mean... its only a sticker (like Chip Ganassi is using Hummer-like "front lights" stickers, but this thought is what WRC is missing. We chatted on the other topic about this. "We are happy to run the nose sticker to be slightly similarISH to the electric SUV we will sell in two years from now".
Ahhh WRC, c'moon man

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

https://fb.watch/b4XgPEsOvf/

NGL, I was expecting the new 208e.. (I'm slightly disappointed)

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[lmmjvss]

https://fb.watch/b4XgPEsOvf/

NGL, I was expecting the new 208e.. (I'm slightly disappointed)

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Im going to give it a try cuz I "like to hate" on the hansens and I want to see how these cars perform but I felt 2021 worldRX was waaay tooo steril, u'know? The narrator was weird, the entries were way to small. I like Niclas too but Gronholm bought NitroRX trucks (maybe for Arpin only? Im not so sure)
Lets see. EuroRX will race in Nyirad and a TbA track as stand alone events (the tba is rumoured to be lydden!)

[pantealex]

https://fb.watch/b4XgPEsOvf/

NGL, I was expecting the new 208e.. (I'm slightly disappointed)



What ?

(sorry didn't notice that their video car is way more than 3 year old 3-door body shape)

208e looks exactly same as normal 208... (208e came 2019)

I was expecting 2008e (little suv) based car.

[Kenneth]

But this is old gen 208.

I was expecting new one too, but it's no surprise then used old cars as a base one.

Maybe they will built car with 2008e bodywork for NRX

[lmmjvss]

Jeez Christina Gutierrez fliped the extreme e car and she stayed inside the car for a while because its kinda hard to get off the car and the track is huge, the safety crew takes A WHILE to get to the car. They took a little more minutes to check if she was 100% ok inside the car (she was maybe shocked?).. eventually she leaves the car and she is fine.
But dude...WHAT IF that car get in fire???? Not because of the electric thing because petrol cars can explode too, but jeeez it is way to away from the safety crew!! I was watching here thinking about this.
Not good

[pantealex]

Jeez Christina Gutierrez fliped the extreme e car and she stayed inside the car for a while because its kinda hard to get off the car and the track is huge, the safety crew takes A WHILE to get to the car. They took a little more minutes to check if she was 100% ok inside the car (she was maybe shocked?).. eventually she leaves the car and she is fine.
But dude...WHAT IF that car get in fire???? Not because of the electric thing because petrol cars can explode too, but jeeez it is way to away from the safety crew!! I was watching here thinking about this.
Not good

Well, in Rallies Help could be way more far away...

[lmmjvss]

Well, in Rallies Help could be way more far away...
True but theres always spectators everywhere. Not professional help but it is somenthing, right?

[wyler]

True but theres always spectators everywhere. Not professional help but it is somenthing, right?

Sometimes, sometimes not. helping get out of a fire of course yes, but in case of a serious accident, it's always better to wait for a professional for proper handling, cause unwise intervention can worsen the damage (i.e. head or spinal trauma)

[pantealex]

True but theres always spectators everywhere. Not professional help but it is somenthing, right?

Nowadays many places without any spectators.

Drivers are often complaining "There was no spectators" helping us.

[lmmjvss]

For me 2022 will be all eyes on the European RX championship.
6 Rounds for this year (Nyirad, Holjes, Hell, Riga, Montealegre and Spa) and basically 23 entries for the first round. This is so amazing. Cant wait to make my own "Make EuroRX Great Again" hat.......

WorldRX will probably have around 10 entries only - tho some say 12. Doubt. All spec electric engines. Im sure its going to be interesting somehow but Im not on the mood right now. Last year was a joke, IMO. Even with the supercars (JUST SEVEN of them at some event... pffff)

NitroRallycross will be more interested but Im always between very interested in the new eSUV and totally bored by it.
Better they get all the big names again! =P

RallyX Nordic starts this weekend and its always a great watch. Ekstrom will be racing in Holjes for the first round. All races on youtube, probably.

Rallycross France also started and the full round 1 is on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_aV8V5Qaek

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Is this just me or they just reduced the semi & final laps to five laps instead of six..??

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[lmmjvss]

Is this just me or they just reduced the semi & final laps to five laps instead of six..??

They changed everything. Now theres only 3 qualy-heats... Then these FOUR "progression" races that are quite like a reduced "fourth qualy-heat" but only with the... top 18 I guess?.
Then 3 semi finals (the two best second places avance to the final with the 3 winners) and then a 5 car finale
All races with 5 laps. I mean.. It weird now but we will eventually get used.
RallyX series is also having 3 semi finals for a while now. Old GRC used to have these "3 semi finalISH" leading to the finals.

Anyway... Good run for Marklund in a WorldRX car. Baumanis was also racing hard with a Hansen built car. Enzo was also on a WRX car. They are obviously stronger than the rest of the cars but it is what it is! Theres always strong cars and weaker cars. Thats the beauty of it. This track in Nyirad is also super cool. Its what a RX track should look like (IMO).
Loved the whole thing. EuroRX is always a win-win IMO.
I hope Oliver Solberg does more than just one round (I think he is doing Holjes or Hell?) and hope Bryntesson enters the championship ASAP. Marklund is already an EuroRX champ... Gonna cheer for a new champion. Maybe Baumanis?
#MakeEuroRxGreatAgain haha

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Nitro Rallycross starts today at Lydden Hill. 1000bhp electric cars plus Kris Meeke should be interesting !

[lmmjvss]

Nitro Rallycross starts today at Lydden Hill. 1000bhp electric cars plus Kris Meeke should be interesting !

Just watched the 1x1 battles they have on saturdays. I think it was cool. The supercars still look faster tho! (Laptimes were the same basically, right?). Cant wait to see the first race. I imagine theres gonna be some red flags since these big cars can bang and bump A LOT haha. (Weirdly Im missing a redbull colored car on the grid hahah So weird not to have one around).
Both Hansens were on the circuit. I wonder if they choose not to compete in NitroRX this year of if there wasnt more cars built in time. No infos on that

[Kenneth]

I kinda like these SUV-ish cars, looks amazing while jumping, also well balanced. Most of NRX tracks have huge jumps, so I can imagine it would look even better.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Rather underwhelmed watching these electric SUV's.

I think they're too big (for Lydden anyway). Why did they have to be that size ?

The huge suspension just crushes the track and jumps. Plus the lack of noise totally reduces the spectacle.

[lmmjvss]

IMO the race was fun to watch.
Im really into these characters, u'know? Niclas, Bakku, Larson, Travis etc.. I think its all about that for me, since I have been watching these guys since 2012. Great racing

Fun to notice the crosscars are faster than the Lites cars. Same way, supercars are faster than the Group E.

About the CARS... Im more an "open wheel" fan (American sprintcars, European Autocross Super Buggy, Crosscars, F1...) So these are not my favorite things out there. Way too big for this IMO but im not complaining. The race was great, the characters are my favorites... It was a 10/10 for me even missing the sound of the Supercars, which are my fav in motorsport

[fiscorpun]

Now I want to see the Group-E car vs the Extreme-E car. "Just because"
Wouldnt mind also seeing the Group-E car doing the 4 Sunday's stages in a WRC event too. Just to see how it goes.
A guest car

[SubaruNorway]

Shame they didn't just keep NRX in the states, didn't find it as enjoyable this time and probably won't go to Sweden since they are not bringing the Subaru's over

[tbtstt]

The supercars still look faster tho! (Laptimes were the same basically, right?).
Fastest lap times on both days was set by a Supercar (Fraser McConnell in the i20). Wasn't a huge amount in it, but the FC1-X isn't quite the "fastest rallycross car ever" (yet).

Really interesting to compare FC1-X and Supercar performance on the two days. The FC1-X looked slow at North Bend, but the speed they were carrying through Paddock and into the chicane was ridiculous. To me the FC1-X isn't a rallycross car though, it is more like an electric trophy truck. Sure it will be well suited to the US short course tracks (like ERX) that they used last year.


Both Hansens were on the circuit. I wonder if they choose not to compete in NitroRX this year of if there wasnt more cars built in time. No infos on that
I don't think they have the budget for that as well this year.

They were 10 FC1-X finished for Lydden, with two more pretty complete shells sitting in the paddock. The original press releases had stated that they were looking at 16 cars.


Just watched the 1x1 battles they have on saturdays. I think it was cool...

...Cant wait to see the first race. I imagine theres gonna be some red flags since these big cars can bang and bump A LOT haha. (Weirdly Im missing a redbull colored car on the grid hahah So weird not to have one around).
I personally wasn't that enthused by the battle format and would much rather see a more traditional race structure for both days of the event. One or two good tussles on Saturday, but it the was pack racing I was waiting for and as a consequence I much preferred Sunday over Saturday.

There was a lot of uncertainty before the event and I got the sense that a lot of the organisation was very last minute. Supercar entry was the biggest disappointment of the weekend for me. It was already clear before that Subaru weren't going to be there (and financially I can understand why), but I was really hoping the series would bring those cars (and drivers) to Europe. The eye-watering entry fee surely put some locals off and I wonder how many will be interested at the other European stops given the cost. Still, cool to see a couple of ex-World cars at Lydden.

Despite that I definitely thought there were more positives than negatives overall. If I had to pick one international series then I'm still favouring World RX, but I'd definitely consider attending another Nitro round. I would expect to see much more certainty in the event before any future Nitro event though.

Took a few pictures, so here are a few faves...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52196373577_b8b796a036_b.jpg

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...more here (https://flickr.com/photos/22961613@N06/albums/72177720300347409) if anyone is interested!

[rallyfiend]

Fastest lap times on both days was set by a Supercar (Fraser McConnell in the i20). Wasn't a huge amount in it, but the FC1-X isn't quite the "fastest rallycross car ever" (yet).

Really interesting to compare FC1-X and Supercar performance on the two days. The FC1-X looked slow at North Bend, but the speed they were carrying through Paddock and into the chicane was ridiculous. To me the FC1-X isn't a rallycross car though, it is more like an electric trophy truck. Sure it will be well suited to the US short course tracks (like ERX) that they used last year.


I don't think they have the budget for that as well this year.

They were 10 FC1-X finished for Lydden, with two more pretty complete shells sitting in the paddock. The original press releases had stated that they were looking at 16 cars.


I personally wasn't that enthused by the battle format and would much rather see a more traditional race structure for both days of the event. One or two good tussles on Saturday, but it the was pack racing I was waiting for and as a consequence I much preferred Sunday over Saturday.

There was a lot of uncertainty before the event and I got the sense that a lot of the organisation was very last minute. Supercar entry was the biggest disappointment of the weekend for me. It was already clear before that Subaru weren't going to be there (and financially I can understand why), but I was really hoping the series would bring those cars (and drivers) to Europe. The eye-watering entry fee surely put some locals off and I wonder how many will be interested at the other European stops given the cost. Still, cool to see a couple of ex-World cars at Lydden.

Despite that I definitely thought there were more positives than negatives overall. If I had to pick one international series then I'm still favouring World RX, but I'd definitely consider attending another Nitro round. I would expect to see much more certainty in the event before any future Nitro event though.

Took a few pictures, so here are a few faves...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52196373577_b8b796a036_b.jpg

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52196374812_dcd5781989_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52197383321_48bae21bd1_b.jpg

...more here (https://flickr.com/photos/22961613@N06/albums/72177720300347409) if anyone is interested!

You mention the 'eye-watering' entry fee

how much is it?

[tbtstt]

You mention the 'eye-watering' entry fee

how much is it?
Single event entry for Supercar was $5000. There were more British drivers interested in racing until they saw the fee.

[lmmjvss]

WorldRX postponed its openning round again to Hell.
It looks like theres somenlogistic problems on the materials and parts that should come from Asia.. and the ones who arrived are not assembled properly yet.

[lmmjvss]

Really interesting to compare FC1-X and Supercar performance on the two days. The FC1-X looked slow at North Bend, but the speed they were carrying through Paddock and into the chicane was ridiculous. To me the FC1-X isn't a rallycross car though, it is more like an electric trophy truck. Sure it will be well suited to the US short course tracks (like ERX) that they used last year.



Yes! For a while I was kinda "angry" that pastrana choosed to start a new thing that its not popular in america (rallycross - with 2 recent dead championships) instead of just jumping in into the existing short course championships and making it a just one big series again (like pre-2009). Pro4 and Pro2 are easily the coolest things to watch once you know the drivers and all that happens during these championships! Plus theres already lots of gentleman/amateur racers, local tracks, fan base... Having Nitro combining the dying-west and the growing mid-west series in one national series would be amazing IMO. But hey, its not my money haha

[tbtstt]

WorldRX postponed its openning round again to Hell.
It looks like theres somenlogistic problems on the materials and parts that should come from Asia.. and the ones who arrived are not assembled properly yet.
Really wasn't the best timing for going electric, that's for sure. Fingers crossed everything is in place for Hell.

[tbtstt]

Yes! For a while I was kinda "angry" that pastrana choosed to start a new thing that its not popular in america (rallycross - with 2 recent dead championships) instead of just jumping in into the existing short course championships and making it a just one big series again (like pre-2009). Pro4 and Pro2 are easily the coolest things to watch once you know the drivers and all that happens during these championships! Plus theres already lots of gentleman/amateur racers, local tracks, fan base... Having Nitro combining the dying-west and the growing mid-west series in one national series would be amazing IMO. But hey, its not my money haha
Nitro somewhat bothered me last year as, to me, it wasn't rallycross as the big jumps and nature of the circuits was exactly like short course racing. The fact that some recognised short course layouts were used for the Championship last year irked me even more, especially as those circuits clearly weren't suited for rallycross cars and a lot of cars got badly damaged last season.

I was a huge fan of LORRS/CORRS and would love to have seen Pastrana put his weight behind that to resurrect it (and potentially move it forward with the electric FC1-X), but perhaps "rallycross" was a more marketable sport to go with. As you say, short course racing already has a foothold in the US and I think would be easier to pick up local interest with, though of course it would mean little to a lot of the international audience.

Rallycross doesn't have a great track record in the US - and obviously the previous management is a major factor there - Nitro certainly seems to have some experience behind it, but I am unsure if can got the distance at the moment. Time will tell.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

World RX finally starts this weekend with the new all-electric era...

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/world-rx/2022/world-rx-s-electric-era-to-start-in-norway-next-month/

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Live launch event...

https://youtu.be/IlfkNQ4P7eI

[tbtstt]

I am never going to love them as much as the combustion engine cars, but I must admit I am pretty intrigued to see how they perform this weekend.

For the sake of the Championship I hope they are reliable and we get some good racing.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://scontent.fman4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/298761292_5830727923606320_9114772939003902405_n.j pg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=-ftAa0XpjQUAX_u1jW4&_nc_ht=scontent.fman4-1.fna&oh=00_AT8yPy2i_EObAjqu-way0Fol2eBapnpkbufMtos6Y7WP7Q&oe=62FB3AF0

[pantealex]

New electrical cars with old model body shapes, LOL

Where is that "Lancia" team ?

Entries has Seat so at least it is missing

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Apparently the only "new" car is the KMS' Polo..

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

Apparently the only "new" car is the KMS' Polo..


Based on a Polo R5...

Also funny how the Hansen (Peugeot) and Gronholm (Hyundai) cars dont have any badges on the front.

[tbtstt]

New electrical cars with old model body shapes, LOL
Makes sense really. Teams are facing a steep learning curve with the new powerplant. Use a chassis that you know well and you are already going to have a huge amount of data to work with for suspension, weight distribution etc.


Where is that "Lancia" team ?
Still building their cars. Not entirely sure who is constructing the race cars and if that is the same workshop responsible for the road car production as well. Believe they are still looking to have a car out on track this year.


Also funny how the Hansen (Peugeot) and Gronholm (Hyundai) cars dont have any badges on the front.
Make sure those manufacturers come back and commit if they want their badges back on the cars! :laugh:

On the whole I thought it was a pretty positive debut. RX1e cars seemed reliable and, although they aren't shattering records yet, the pace was almost equal to the RX1 from the outset despite the minimal amount of testing. The electric cars are never going to appeal to me as much as the combustion Supercars, but the racing was pretty close at times.

I actually quite enjoyed the Super Pole session, but the rest of the new format is not winning me over at all. I personally think it was a huge mistake to make such sweeping changes the same year as the electric transition. Nick really doesn't seem to be improving with his commentary either, hoped he would settle in after the first year, but his commentary is still riddled with errors.

[lmmjvss]

Hmmmm I liked the eRX1 cars tbh. The lack of sound is not a problem to me... Tho RX Supercars are the 2nd greatest sound in motorsport IMO, just after old 90's CART V8 2.5L Turbo engines haha. But it was just fine. The racing was pretty good, as always in RX. The big turn off for me was the lack of entries... But about THE CARS, I felt "more at home" with these than with the NitroRX SUVS, which I also enjoy, just to be clear.

In the end, I think the best thing they should do is to just end this "World Championship" idea and just run a huge 12 round EuroRX with supercars, eRX1, the Projekt-E and the Panthera cars from Titans RX. THAT would be amazing.

Im not so sure the eRX1 will attract many brands and teams. That means no money too, so the promoter may jump out. GmbH is quitting other sports like crazy (UCI MTB, Crahsed Ice, Air Race, Pro Motocross in US, it looks they are leaving Japanese series in 2024...) I enjoyed the cars and I think most of the fans who were pissed about this are kinda OK with that right now, but Im not sure this is going to survive many years.... So ehh... whatever. I'll be watching but not expecting much.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I only watched the highlights but didnt see a single pass on track at all... but otherwise it was a good start to the new era. I'm also much happier watching these than the SUV-sized Nitro RX.

More entries will help when they come, but JK & Hansens are still going to be the top dogs until Gronholm gets some luck.

[tbtstt]

Hmmmm I liked the eRX1 cars tbh. The lack of sound is not a problem to me... Tho RX Supercars are the 2nd greatest sound in motorsport IMO, just after old 90's CART V8 2.5L Turbo engines haha. But it was just fine. The racing was pretty good, as always in RX. The big turn off for me was the lack of entries... But about THE CARS, I felt "more at home" with these than with the NitroRX SUVS, which I also enjoy, just to be clear.
100% agree with you; love the sound of Rallycross Supercars, but it felt more like rallycross with this style of car.


In the end, I think the best thing they should do is to just end this "World Championship" idea and just run a huge 12 round EuroRX with supercars, eRX1, the Projekt-E and the Panthera cars from Titans RX. THAT would be amazing.
Hmmm, not so sure on this. I thought the Pantera provided some fun racing, but the builds were rough as hell, nowhere near the quality of the FC1-X or RX Lite. Personally I'd rather see the Lites (petrol or electric) in their place. Projekt-E cars might work at a national level now (mixed in with traditional Supercars), but they are slower than the RX1e so I personally think it would be pointless to have them as another class when only a handful of them exist.


Im not so sure the eRX1 will attract many brands and teams. That means no money too, so the promoter may jump out. GmbH is quitting other sports like crazy (UCI MTB, Crahsed Ice, Air Race, Pro Motocross in US, it looks they are leaving Japanese series in 2024...) I enjoyed the cars and I think most of the fans who were pissed about this are kinda OK with that right now, but Im not sure this is going to survive many years.... So ehh... whatever. I'll be watching but not expecting much.
Going to be really interesting to see what happens; the manufacturers were obviously really up for it five years ago, but the world is a pretty different place now and I wonder if the economics make as much (or even any) sense for them to still want to get involved.

There might be more attraction for privateers now. Although it was the same names setting the fastest laps, all the cars were relatively close on lap time. Long term running costs should be less than an ICE car as well.


I only watched the highlights but didnt see a single pass on track at all... but otherwise it was a good start to the new era. I'm also much happier watching these than the SUV-sized Nitro RX.
There were a handful of passes, most memorable one for me has to be JK in the final.


More entries will help when they come, but JK & Hansens are still going to be the top dogs until Gronholm gets some luck.
Johan and Timmy looked the class of the field, didn't they? They were the only two RX1e drivers well into the 37's on lap times.

[lmmjvss]

Hmmm, not so sure on this. I thought the Pantera provided some fun racing, but the builds were rough as hell, nowhere near the quality of the FC1-X or RX Lite. Personally I'd rather see the Lites (petrol or electric) in their place. Projekt-E cars might work at a national level now (mixed in with traditional Supercars), but they are slower than the RX1e so I personally think it would be pointless to have them as another class when only a handful of them exist.

Yes, you are right. I think Im just kinda "lost" with the amount of things going on right now.
Im not a big fan of "european rx" racing outside europe "just for the money" because it was proved pointless.
SURE, if Pastrana, Foust, Deegan, Kyle Busch, Jenson Button want to have a global series, thats understandable haha
But no one outside the RX niche knows Larson, the Erikssons, Marklund, Bakkerud, the Hansens... u'know? So just stick with a strong EuroRX would be my vote haha And add Nysum on the calendar ffs! =P

[lmmjvss]

"Real RallyCross" haha
C-Final with Oliver Solberg and Johan Kristofferson
https://www.facebook.com/NGKmasters/videos/636966744698735

[fiscorpun]

Thats a wrap for the WorldRX.
Not sure if someone is still watching it but u should bat an eye on the
new Lancia Delta Evo that raced on the last round at nurburgring. WHAT A CAR! Even with electric engines it looked AWESOME.

Whats next for WorldRx? No one knows! Tracks were empty, the grid had 8 cars and redbull's owner died so no one knows what may happen with the investments in motorsport.

IMO WorldRX would be fun again if it had more than 15 cars and the old comentator back (Andrew Coley).
Both are of the tabble so... Meh
Kill it, just run the european Championship and let the big stars go race in NitroRX

[tbtstt]

Thats a wrap for the WorldRX.
Not sure if someone is still watching it but u should bat an eye on the
new Lancia Delta Evo that raced on the last round at nurburgring. WHAT A CAR! Even with electric engines it looked AWESOME.
Yeah, I am still watching! Very encouraging debut for the Integrale; I had pretty low expectations, but I thought the car (and Guerlain) did really well. Shame about Kevin putting the car in the wall during the first race, but I think it is a really encouraging sign for 2023.


Whats next for WorldRx? No one knows! Tracks were empty, the grid had 8 cars and redbull's owner died so no one knows what may happen with the investments in motorsport.
Teams are already talking about plans for 2023; GCK are looking at a two car entry, so that should take us to 10 regulars. If Munnich can get their original plan back on track they could increase to a two car entry. Sure the number of kits sold is well in double figures, so the potential should be there for a better sized grid.

That is an interesting point, do you think the death of the Red Bull owner will have that great an effect on investment? Would think that the direction of the company probably falls under a board rather than an individual? Maybe he was still that involved with the details though.


IMO WorldRX would be fun again if it had more than 15 cars and the old comentator back (Andrew Coley).
Both are of the tabble so... Meh
Kill it, just run the european Championship and let the big stars go race in NitroRX
Coley is wasted in Nitro and, in my personal opinion, that (Nitro) has been massively underwhelming this year. I can't understand why World RX has got so much grief on social media when Nitro has underdelivered throughout this year. Such is the fickle nature of the internet I guess.

I thought Nitro would have much bigger grids in the US, but instead the main class numbers have gone unchanged, and the support classes have shrunk. Plus they have dropped Supercars. The whole thing has a whiff of GRC about it, fingers crossed they can turn it around.

[lmmjvss]

Ahh thank god the F1 promoters are out. WorldRX is back to LyddenHill, Estering and Mettet.
Hell, Holjes, Montealegre, Cape Town are also on the calendar. And a season finale in "Asia" (probably Middle East, of course)
HOPE they get 10 more cars to compete.
EuroRX will run in Nyirad again

[tbtstt]

Shame that the Lydden weekend is all electric classes, but still brilliant to see the Championship back there. All classes running in Mettet and Estering, so definitely tempting for a road trip...

Really positive news for WRX I think. Initial response on all the social media posts I have seen seems to be pretty positive.

[Kenneth]

Loeb returns to World RX with Chicherit's Lancia in full time campaign.

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/world-rx/2023/loeb-is-back-----in-a-lancia--a-legend-returns/

[tbtstt]

Loeb returns to World RX with Chicherit's Lancia in full time campain.

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/world-rx/2023/loeb-is-back-----in-a-lancia--a-legend-returns/
Great news for the Championship I'd say: the return of a serious driver and hopefully a good boost for the GCK team as well.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great news for the Championship I'd say: the return of a serious driver and hopefully a good boost for the GCK team as well.

Yes a nice boost to have Loeb back in WRX. I really hope the Delta (plus all the others) are competitive and give JK a real fight this season.

[tbtstt]

Yes a nice boost to have Loeb back in WRX. I really hope the Delta (plus all the others) are competitive and give JK a real fight this season.
Absolutely. I want to see JK win, but I'd like to see him challenged!

[rallyfiend]

Gee, they really didn't make any effort with the livery of that car...

[fiscorpun]

Nice!
RallyX starts next weekend.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sebastien Loeb:

It's RACE WEEK ! Looking forward to reuniting with my old comrades from
@FIAWorldRX and the intensity of Rallycross racing ! All behind the wheel of a new car, the Delta EVO-e RX, and within a new team, @sp1racing.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Delta Evo-e livery revealed today :cool:

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/world-rx/2023/recreating-an-iconic-look--the-lancia-delta-evo-e-rx-pays-tribute-to-its-past/

[Rallyest]

Delta Evo-e livery revealed today :cool:

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/world-rx/news/world-rx/2023/recreating-an-iconic-look--the-lancia-delta-evo-e-rx-pays-tribute-to-its-past/


WOW, looks incredible, love the retro livery

[fiscorpun]

Having WorldRX back with the old format, having Loeb and these awesome Lancias PLUS knowing they are back to Lydden, Mettet, Estering (instead of F1 tracks) has brought some excitement back for me! Round 1 was really cool to watch. WAY better than Nitro Rallycross with those spec SUVs haha. Thats not for me...

Heres the link to watch wrx semis and final AND eurorx final
https://www.redbull.com/ng-en/videos/fia-world-rallycross-championship-montalegre-portugal

The Lancia team suffered a post race penalty cuz one of the members was caught pulling down his pants TWICE when next to the cameras during the livestream hahahahaahhahaha

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Having WorldRX back with the old format, having Loeb and these awesome Lancias PLUS knowing they are back to Lydden, Mettet, Estering (instead of F1 tracks) has brought some excitement back for me! Round 1 was really cool to watch. WAY better than Nitro Rallycross with those spec SUVs haha. Thats not for me...

Heres the link to watch wrx semis and final AND eurorx final
https://www.redbull.com/ng-en/videos/fia-world-rallycross-championship-montalegre-portugal



100% agree with all this.

As EV racing goes this is pretty entertaining, and especially on tv as the lack of engine noise doesn't notice so much.

The competition is pretty close as is the racing, plus the addition of Loeb in the Delta has given the series a great boost.

The only pity is JK's dominance at the front which is getting quite annoying after many years.

[fiscorpun]

Rd2 at Hell, Norway.
https://www.redbull.com/ng-en/videos/fia-world-rallycross-championship-2023-world-rx-of-norway-highlights
Not sure what happened to the track but there waay less dirt on the surface.
EuroRX not included but it was the best of the weekend.
The eléctric cars are almost being faster than the petrol cars in every session this year, which is interesting. Anyway, great racing.
They started the new "nitrocross" championship in america this weekend but its kinda lame..huge spec eSUVs... Meh.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great weekend with 2nd & 4th place for the CE Team. In total contrast the Hansen Team had a complete disaster.

Also the Delta Evo-e seems to need some more development for Loeb to have a realistic chance of fighting for the podium.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Another totally dominant weekend from JK. It's actually getting quite boring now and it's really not doing World RX as a whole any favours. The Hansen's cant get near him and the rest are even further away. Even Loeb cant do anything and is hobbled by the Delta Evo-e not being as sorted as the VW.

But on a more positive note, what about the brilliant victory of Patrick O'Donovan in Euro RX1 Supercars !? A quite incredible event for the 19yo British driver, going from 19th in the heats, to scraping into the SF, then onto back of the grid in the Final, to winning the Final ! And in the most slippery muddy wet conditions. A true coming of age of this future star.

[fiscorpun]

But on a more positive note, what about the brilliant victory of Patrick O'Donovan in Euro RX1 Supercars !? A quite incredible event for the 19yo British driver, going from 19th in the heats, to scraping into the SF, then onto back of the grid in the Final, to winning the Final ! And in the most slippery muddy wet conditions. A true coming of age of this future star.

THIS! I was so excited watching it. I got angry cuz he was losing time behind Linnerud and didnt jokerd (?) but then he passed him on track and we saw everybody slowing down in fights all over the track. Amazing win, man! SO happy for him. Saddly theres no EuroRX in Lydden Hill but some European teams are entering the BritishRX round that will happen together with the WorldRX. Both Pat and Dad, Munnich, Mandie, the two IrishRX leaders, Hoy will race with Vitols' C4 too... its going to be interesting. Hoping to see Doran there.

[lmmjvss]

Sebastien Ogier AND Dani Sordo will be racing this weekend in Autocross (Its like Formula 1 but on Dirt?...Tho its in the French Championship, not on the FIA EuroAX). Its very similar to rallycross but with open wheel cars. Basically same power as the European RX cars (not necessarely on HP, but because the cars are very light). Seb will be racing with Florent Tafani's car. This car WON the FIA EuroAX championship in 2021. Dani will be using Axel Teygnier's car. BOTH are from a Czech brand called AlfaRacing. The team running them is called Evo Sprint.
I believe none of the cars will be RedBull branded. Neither are on Toyota and Hyundai engines. I THINK Sordo's car have Honda engines but I cant know for sure.

[lmmjvss]

Heat 1.... Ogier P1
Hahaha jeeez, already.

[skarderud]

Big fire at lydden hill.

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[denkimi]

Both lancia delta's completely burned to the ground. It seems a problem with the batteries

[manthey]

Both lancia delta's completely burned to the ground. It seems a problem with the batteriesI read issue external ICE generator

[Sal yet again]

Whatever the cause thats a loss the championship can ill afford with such a thin field.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

What a disaster for the Special One team, after all their hard work bringing the new Delta into existence.

Saturday World RX cancelled. I hope they run on Sunday for the fans sake.

[Humber]

The Stewards etc statement said there was video evidence the fire was initiated in one of the team's car's battery areas.

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/lydden-hill-canceled-special-one-racings-season-over/

[lmmjvss]

No RX1e cars for Estering too. Thats 3 rounds already. Next theres only South Africa and Hong Kong races, which Im already questioning if they are really going to happen.
Im Super sad for Chicherit and his team but this is making these electric cars look worst and worst. Its really hard to find a positive fan right now (on the internet)... And this is also making people stop paying attention to euroRX, which has been super good in 2023. I dont know.
I guess this is just not working. The promoter is seeing that they arent going anywhere with this product. Im fine with the evs but most of fans are not. And theres no "Younger fans" reeeaaally coming in and getting hooked with these evs... Idk. Im back to the "hey, RX is a niche sport, stop trying to act like it has the potential to become the F1 of the next generation"... Cuz it will never be. Anyway...

[fiscorpun]

Had a blast watching the Nitrorallycross race yesterday and tomorrow theres another one
. I never got into this championship but it was a really fun watch. Its almost like a college party between the drivers and the announcers. Heres the link:
https://rumble.com/v38yli4-nitrocross-utah-round-2-full-race-day.html
This site is weird, i dont know whats going on

[Fast Eddie WRC]

No RX1e cars for Estering too. Thats 3 rounds already. Next theres only South Africa and Hong Kong races, which Im already questioning if they are really going to happen.
Im Super sad for Chicherit and his team but this is making these electric cars look worst and worst. Its really hard to find a positive fan right now (on the internet)... And this is also making people stop paying attention to euroRX, which has been super good in 2023. I dont know.
I guess this is just not working. The promoter is seeing that they arent going anywhere with this product. Im fine with the evs but most of fans are not. And theres no "Younger fans" reeeaaally coming in and getting hooked with these evs... Idk. Im back to the "hey, RX is a niche sport, stop trying to act like it has the potential to become the F1 of the next generation"... Cuz it will never be. Anyway...

Looks like a really good crowd at Estering despite no RX1e cars, so there is an audience out there. The Euro RX1 is still a great spectacle to watch and very competitive.

[lmmjvss]

Looks like a really good crowd at Estering despite no RX1e cars, so there is an audience out there. The Euro RX1 is still a great spectacle to watch and very competitive.

A 100% YES. To be REEEEEAAAALLY honest, If I were the emperor of the universe, WorldRX would end today and EuroRX would be the top RX championship again. I still feel theres no need for RX to compete in Africa, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia- So keep it in Europe. YOu dont see AMericans trying to take SprintCars to China or Germany haha (for example).. Also I see no actual reason for manufacturers to join RX again after the 2016 hype. It went nowhere and it will go nowhere. Its just a niche sport. Gotta focus on keeping SuperCars the level they are in order for more drivers to come and to have a chance in EuroRX.. Like having more drivers from national champiosnhips (France, Poland, Czech, Hungary, British...) with their "older" supercars.
RallyX is doing that "Pro" and "AM" classes. It looks interesting. That way people can compete with "older" (2013) specs instead of not even showing up cuz theres no chances agains those factory Audis, Polos and 208s that were racing in WRX.

[fiscorpun]

WorldRX's RX1e championship will race im south africa and hong kong.... With RX2e cars. Probably just 8 of them.
What A Joke... Im out, for real. If this is not enough for this series to end, I hope its enough for fans to leave.

[lmmjvss]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FIAWorldRX/comments/16bopv1/german_newspaper_motorsport_aktuell_reporting_on/

Hmmmm.... Contaminated Coolant.
Fine, lets take the cars to Kreisel to fix them.
WHoooops, Kreisel is now owned by an American company that is going to charge them a five figure to take a look.
This will turn into a Legal-fight while the championship races the final rounds in South Africa AND Hong Kong with the RX2e cars!!... Its like F1 having two races but with the drivers racing in spec F2 cars haha WHAAAT

[lmmjvss]

With only 15+/- of almost 50 RX LITES cars being used, nowadays (mostly in RallyX and NitroRX) OMSE is launching the FC2 project. This will upgrade/convert the LITES cars into Supercars. 150k euros is preeetty cheap for a supercar so let hope to see more cars racing in Europe and in America starting in 2024. Saw on facebook that French and British series are also willing to allow these cars. Im curious to see

[Kenneth]

ESmotorsports to join WorldRX next year with Fabia RX1e

2494

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

ESmotorsports to join WorldRX next year with Fabia RX1e

2494Finally, a new RX1 car..

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[fiscorpun]

Not only that. It look Matthias Ekstrom last year's suggestion of having both ICE (synth fuel/hydrogen) and EVs was accepted by the promoter and the FIA. WorldRX in 2024 is back at allowing ICE SuperCars on the grid!
Not sure if looots of teams will have the money to convert those cars to synth fuel (Tbh I have no idea if thats expensive. I imagine it is....) but its a huge step in the right direction. Andrew Coley will probably be a$ked to return according to some rumors. MAYBE this is going back into the right direction.

[Kenneth]

Holly hell that's huge news! Can't wait for that, it's definitely the right way.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

This sounds good but will the ICE cars still be competitive against the new EVs with their big and instant torque ? Or are they having separate Classes for the different fuel systems?

[Kenneth]

No they will race together. I'm sure there will have to be some kind of BoP.

Announcement article here (https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/a/news/w27055_Battle-of-Technologies--heralds-new-era-for-World-RX) btw.

[fiscorpun]

I imagine they will eventually move to the RallyX format, where theres the WRX Final (where guys like Baumanis, Anton and Odonovan can eventually get to that final on the ICE cars against EVs) and then an RX-AM final, with the 6 best ICE cars. Then you can choose if you want to do WRX or RX-AM final, like in RallyX. I think its an interesting concept. That way will not have the ICE drivers complaining that VW is still building unbeatable cars haha.

The weird part is that the promoter said theres going to be a maximum of 16 entries for each round, with the partial time entries being decided before the rounds.
They are also changing the format again. The heat races are not against the clock anymore (to avoid "rain" changing the results during the weekend)

[Kenneth]

That sounds like this year's division to World RX and Euro RX like this year, but with extra step. Sounds good for regional championship, not for world championship.

[WRCStan]

No they will race together. I'm sure there will have to be some kind of BoP.

Announcement article here (https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/a/news/w27055_Battle-of-Technologies--heralds-new-era-for-World-RX) btw.

"A “Battle of Technologies” concept was approved whereby electric-powered (EV) cars will compete with internal combustion (ICE) cars in the FIA World Rallycross Championship on equal terms."
- https://www.fia.com/news/wmsc-gathers-baku-final-meeting-landmark-year

Then how the hell can it be a battle of technologies?

[wyler]

"A “Battle of Technologies” concept was approved whereby electric-powered (EV) cars will compete with internal combustion (ICE) cars in the FIA World Rallycross Championship on equal terms."
- https://www.fia.com/news/wmsc-gathers-baku-final-meeting-landmark-year

Then how the hell can it be a battle of technologies?

a different way to have the same outcome...what's so strange? you can have 200kw from an electric engine or an ic engine.

[WRCStan]

a different way to have the same outcome...what's so strange? you can have 200kw from an electric engine or an ic engine.

Fair enough if it's that simple. But if one technology is consistently better than the other at applying the power, is that it, with no 're-balancing' of performance to be expected? Is that where the real battle lies?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Update on 2024 from a source at the Autosport Show..

https://www.parcferme.no/slik-er-status-i-rallycross-vm-etter-langvarig-stillhet/193506