World Rallycross Championship a.k.a RALLYX

[fiscorpun]

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

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

ChatGPT translated and condensed it to me... Can you confirm what it said? Or if theres anything more to that? haha Lets test this thing

- They dont want to talk about the fire incident. Calendar will be revealed in a couple of weeks. Holjes is IN. They are still working on Norway's date. There will be races outside Europe.

[fiscorpun]

Hell is out =/
Last year was financially bad for them PLUS the "uncertain in the championship as a whole" made the board decide to not run WorldRX in 2024. EuroRX is also out, even with the rumors of Sverre coming back full time.
This is really bad. I hate this promoter... what have they done, jeezzz.. Estering signed with RallyX Nordic so its expected they will not return. I'd bet Saudi or some arab country will host a round this year haha

[AndyRAC]

Another 'dead duck' series, promoted by WRC Promoter........What a surprise.

[rallyfiend]

Another 'dead duck' series, promoted by WRC Promoter........What a surprise.

When the cars catch fire and the FIA can't get them back running again, it would be a pretty hard ask to promote!

Formula E they were back within a day or two after their testing fire.

This seems like an FIA farce this one....

[Kenneth]

Well without WRC promoter there wouldn't be WorldRX at all

[fiscorpun]

At this point I just wish EuroRX could fall in the hands of Andreas Erikkson and/or MaxPucher, cuz they do (and did) a really great job with RallyX and TitansRX. Give them EuroRX and everything would go back to normal. Erikkson even have now these new "RX Lites Conversion" that turns Lites cars into Supercars, and it is cheap. We will start to see these cars entering national championships this year. This is the direction. Screw million euro electric cars, screw races in china, saudi, south africa... WorldRX gotta die IMO.

[fiscorpun]

Super Weird, but I tested Bing's A.I. to help me find infos on the WorldRX 2024 calendar... it said theres an annonymous source saying they will race in America, Canada, Brazil, Spain, France, Nederland, South Africa, Sweden.... 12 rounds in total. I asked for the A.I. to provide me link.... it tried two times but the link never appeared. It even said "oh, there was a problem with the link".... Then he ended the conversation!...
HAHAHA WHAT? I dont know whats weirder... the suggestions on Nederlan, Brazil, America, France.... or the fact it couldnt send me the link and then ended the talk, like... was it inventing a rumor just to satisfy me?? Jeezzz,

[Steve Boyd]

Super Weird, but I tested Bing's A.I. to help me find infos on the WorldRX 2024 calendar... it said theres an annonymous source saying they will race in America, Canada, Brazil, Spain, France, Nederland, South Africa, Sweden.... 12 rounds in total. I asked for the A.I. to provide me link.... it tried two times but the link never appeared. It even said "oh, there was a problem with the link".... Then he ended the conversation!...
HAHAHA WHAT? I dont know whats weirder... the suggestions on Nederlan, Brazil, America, France.... or the fact it couldnt send me the link and then ended the talk, like... was it inventing a rumor just to satisfy me?? Jeezzz,
I get the impression that AI will try to find the answer that you'd like to hear. Ask if Donald Trump is the greatest person that ever lived and it will return pages of stuff saying just that. Ask if Donald Trump is the Anti-Christ and it will return pages supporting that view. Ask if Donald Trump is the greatest person that ever lived or the Anti-Christ & it will probably come back with pages on how the greatest person that ever lived was the Anti-Christ!

[fiscorpun]

Found the rumored calendar on a facebook group. Some members were talking about how hong kong is yet to pay for last year's event so it may not happen in '24... The TBA race rumored to be Abu Dhabi or Saudi... And Hungary/France will probably only run European Rallycross. Nothing official, just rumors and internet talk

https://rally-x-tech.com/2024/02/07/ist-das-der-worldrx-kalender-2024/?fbclid=IwAR1AZDOy3hoxfYWce7xdoblVDzv9hl4zPDsqBlbB whAv1L0A9t3yQjEjTKc

[deephouse]

Does this championship will even be organized this year? One month to go and still not anything official.

[lmmjvss]

Does this championship will even be organized this year? One month to go and still not anything official.

in Feb 28th the FIA off road comission will decide the future of both WRC and WorldRX...
These guys are a mess. The autocross championship is also right there but only last week they announced that all drivers must race on Kuhmo Tires. The brand itself doesnt even know if they will have enough tires for all competitiors until may, when the season starts. FIA turned its back to off road

[fiscorpun]

Holjes 07July,
Nyirad 28july,
Mettet 17Aug,
Monte 08Sep,
Australia 01Dec

This is the new WorldRX calendar. Four doubleheaders, Holjes not decided if its going to host a doubleheader.
EuroRX to compete in all of these 4 european tracks PLUS a race in France 09June (probably Essay or Dreux)
Hong Kong MAY join the calendar in November, but they are yet to pay for last years event according to some sources.

[saco0o]

british rallycross 2024
rd.1 lydden hill
supercar final
https://youtu.be/2AEFMb1yASE?feature=shared

[saco0o]

the fia european autocross championship started this weekend in seelow, deutschland. theres no oficial broadcast partnert so fans count on people filming it from the stands.
heres the super buggy class finals! (not sure this is the best place to post such thing tho)
https://youtu.be/fmsjdDjUgAA?feature=shared
the race finishes on a red flag, cant see much from the video but the driver (michael buddelmeyer) was ok

[saco0o]

hmm it looks one of the top class driver (dutchman mike bartelen) is working with a team to fit a 3cyl turbo rally2 toyota engine in his new car for the second half of the season! interesting.
the owner of one of the chassis brands (czech rep's marat chassis) also said that autocross may be starting to change with smaller engines and longer base cars, more similar to road racing cars. lets see who goes into those choices in the next years

[saco0o]

rallyx nordic starting today and tomorrow. two rounds at tierp, sverige, tho TODAY the event is a full "sprint rally" for all classes. weird, but its what they had time to do.
finally some petrol cars, with andrew coley and hal ridge talking for hours. peak rx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNqeMlQH0fs

[saco0o]

euroRX would start in Essay next week but apparently the track and the french federation cancelled the event.
what a joke.

[saco0o]

mike chen is joining world rx. nicky fellow is out. thank god.
i mean, nothing beats andrew coley, of course. but its a positive news for sure
i wish they had picked those eurorx commentators from one or two years ago but eh, chen is ok

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Gronholm continues in a RX1e car, aiming for the 2024 Title...

https://rallyjournal.com/gronholm-aims-for-world-championship-title-now-its-time-to-win/

[saco0o]

Gronholm continues in a RX1e car, aiming for the 2024 Title...

https://rallyjournal.com/gronholm-aims-for-world-championship-title-now-its-time-to-win/

did u saw FIA 'baning' mats ohman from running euroRX? he and his team made such a good job with that car and with all the safety, but FIA is apparently demanding some weird stuff that could make the driver extraction harder in case of an accident, so the team (JC) pulled of their two entreis from Holjes. such a mess

[Myrvold]

did u saw FIA 'baning' mats ohman from running euroRX? he and his team made such a good job with that car and with all the safety, but FIA is apparently demanding some weird stuff that could make the driver extraction harder in case of an accident, so the team (JC) pulled of their two entreis from Holjes. such a mess

Another one have apparently pulled out as well, as Frank Valle was told he would get on the entry list (he was 2nd reserve behind Öhman), because one had pulled out, and Öhman wouldn't be allowed in. He was so unhappy with the whole thing, that he also pulled out. So if I understand things correctly, the initial 20 Euro-entries +2 reserves are now down to 18. JC have not just decided to skip Höljes, but have pulled out of Euro RX entirely for 2024.
A couple of facebook posts from Valle about it:
His post about pulling out: https://www.facebook.com/frank.t.valle/posts/pfbid02txPABhgy6isxcAid6t9QQ8eNGLep8SgUHtU2kcGksNi HxSjm3Xc33Jgy1AUdEV4Ul

His mail to the FIA and Promoter (he have now edited the post to remove the actual names and e-mail adresses of the ones that have got it, but there were a few people on that list)
https://www.facebook.com/frank.t.valle/posts/pfbid02tS8caoGVn7ag4J8Fs4dnuppe4BNWUoiPeq5waemHaQY QtkJ6RnsXDbrbwtRUHE3Zl

[saco0o]

makes sense, since everyone who saw those email adresses defnetly sent some angry messages.
anyway, just watched the first round (tho in russian broadcast..??) and it was so cool to see Klara doing that good! still too watch rd.2 and euroRX, but the general atmosphere in holjes looked really great already on the saturday.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The event didnt seem so good to me and felt rather flat despite Mike Chen trying to make it sound amazing. With the heavy rain on Rd2 that did look crazy though.

The Battle of the Technologies also made little impression with Kristofferson in the ICE Polo winning as usual. In a way I wish he'd switch to another Motorsport and the WRX Title would be more of a battle between the others.

Good to watch the Euro RX, with a controversial final !

[saco0o]

ahh the european championship was incredible - as always. the world championship was more interesting with a decent comentator, some noisy cars AND with Klara doing so well in round 1. tho i must say i hate ole veiby. the guy cannot drive without hitting every other car. kms will probably run just 3 cars from now on. gustav is doing another championship. he may enter the next round, but thats it. i wonder if they will bring enzo ide or some other fella to run one of the electric polos. 10 cars is just not good. losing one would be bad. some say pelfrene is not doing the full championship, some say ekstrom may enter a second munnich car. too much talk, but we still need to get up to 15 cars at least. but yeah, a decent comentator made it way more fun for me.

[deephouse]

What a race, and can't believe that Kristoffersson was beaten by both Hansen brothers. Fair and square :P

[saco0o]

What a race, and can't believe that Kristoffersson was beaten by both Hansen brothers. Fair and square :P

yes, always good seeing johan not winning haha ,even if its a hansen doing it. i loved how johan raced kevin really hard on the semi final withouth bumping him. the hansens and ole veiby are always bumping the car ahead, johan has more caution. really fun to watch the final. johan got a puncture after the colision with veiby. good race. tomorrow there euroRX. cant wait for that one

[saco0o]

over 30 flat tires just today! maybe these hossier tires are not thaaaaaat good, eh?

[saco0o]

FIA posted a fan survey about what are our thoughts on World RX an boooy, the results are going to be terrible for them, honestly. especially the way they asked these questions: https://yonder.online-host.solutions/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll

on other news, rumors world rx race in china (next round, the last race of the season) may not happen. another rumor is that lousada is replacing montealegre for the next 3 years. saw that on a few pages on portuguese rx fans, lets see if its actually true.

euroRX championship already done, after FOUR rounds. thats so weak =/
american rallycross started this weekend (all rounds on rumble.com/nitrocross), great to see the new FC2 races with Tommi Hallman, Mitchel DeJong, Caspen Janssen. it already my favorite RX championship of the year because of these 3 names.
loved these cars and the fight on both races.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Sorry that survey link doesn't work for me. The WRX has been in trouble since the fire that took out the Lancia Deltas last year. They've tried to continue but it doesn't feel right with just 3 proper teams.

I enjoyed that last round in Portugal and there was was some really good close and fair racing. It was also nice to see O'donovan win Euro RX1, but did he win it with points scored in qualifying as he was already declared champion before the final ?

[deephouse]

Why manufacturers actually left the sport at once? I remember there was so much promising with various brands, the championship was exciting to watch. Many drivers, many different contenders for winning. Then suddenly everything went down so bad.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Why manufacturers actually left the sport at once? I remember there was so much promising with various brands, the championship was exciting to watch. Many drivers, many different contenders for winning. Then suddenly everything went down so bad.

Going full EV in 2023.

[deephouse]

Going full EV in 2023.

So, then everyone kept pushing it and practically forcing FIA to adapt these regs and then left them like some sort of evil beings. And I honestly think that this EV thing could fit mostly here instead of rallying (if it must be by some green standards). Although, seems like even such a short racing format isn't suitable for that powertrain, how could every other series could survive? Again another shoot in the foot.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Big time.

After the reduction in entries due to the new EV Regs, and then further after the fire destroying the Special ONE e-Deltas, this year they allowed ICE cars back in.

But this didnt attract any more teams, just some of the existing ones switched from EV back to ICE !

[saco0o]

Why manufacturers actually left the sport at once? I remember there was so much promising with various brands, the championship was exciting to watch. Many drivers, many different contenders for winning. Then suddenly everything went down so bad.

from what ive heard, it was a combination of several stuff. last promoter IMG had FIA backing and influence to "force" that apparent growth. but in the end, everybody that was brought to the sport realized that RX is just a small niche sport, not "the next big thing". you can see how f1 track promoters tried to join, how vw, audi, ford, peugeot were brought too. but nobody had any RoI. theres even a quote from Loeb somewhere, where he said people kept asking if he had stopped racing and he would go "No, im doing rallycross with Peugeot", kinda suprised nobody knew that. FIA promissed an electric class for the manufacturers but they never reached a proper deal (looks like vw wanted to build their car while Peugeot and Ford wanted a spec thing that turned out to be that Projekt-E thing.
but in general, everything was a bubble, inflate by money and this fake promisse of being the next big thing. they got 4 brands (bmw was rumored to be planning to join too), they got solberg, ekstrom, loeb, all the big rx families with teams (kristoffersson, larson, eriksson, hansen...) they got f1 tracks hosting races (big promotion expectations at the cost of losing touch with traditional tracks because now they would have to spend loads of money to become a 'world class track', not a clubman track)... and it went nowhere. i think this should be proof enough for FIA to just end this circus but NOPE, lets try it with 7 electric cars... oh, it failed again. lets try with 4 evs and 3 ice cars. nope, its not doing any better. this is so sad because it is such a fun sport to watch imo. cant wait till the day fia open their eyes. just go back to euroRX and let worldrx die.

[deephouse]

I saw somewhere that they're trying to find a way to cars being easily converted from rallying to rallycross and vice versa. Was that a thing in the past, as we saw many group B cars on rallycross competing long after they were gone from rallying? I have watched many races in World RX since its introduction (not so many last years because that stupid EV isn't exciting at all, all they do good is launch control, but on the curves they're boring). It was even broadcasted on some TV channels and then they stopped doing that and moved it behind a paywall. Why they never considered snow track? Still think that the championship does have many ways to improve. I think that all lost interest pretty much at once and that's it. Shame.

[saco0o]

I saw somewhere that they're trying to find a way to cars being easily converted from rallying to rallycross and vice versa. redd

i also heard that, but it was more or less in a way of choosing the same "type of car segmnet" that they want rallying and rallycross to go, like crossovers, for example. right now we have fiestas, i20, polos, fabias doing both disciplines, for example. so its nothing that interesting, i guess. im 99% sure they werent talking about using the SAME CAR to do both championships cuz that would be non-sense. its two different worlds when you get to the actual cars, set ups, safety rules

[saco0o]

Sorry that survey link doesn't work for me.


heres fia's post on FB
https://www.facebook.com/fia/posts/pfbid02UALpa8ujtSNuRY96nX2Q6FoxuqXqVAzadHeiTpcJQbj zefm83VAGBgwmvo5Cp3Sxl

[saco0o]

good content from wrx, the kms mechanics fixing the #1 car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGmirSEa5MU

[saco0o]

extreme-e on hold for the rest of the season
they want to run a finale somehow in the end of the year but it looks like nobody has the money to spend on the current season with the E cars PLUS all the transition's costs for the H planning. weird.

[AndyRAC]

WorldRX in trouble, Extreme-E on hold, and WRC in a bit of a crisis........It has to be said, off-road motorsport isn't where it needs to be, and where it should be. Manufacturers simply aren't being drawn to it in big numbers.....

[saco0o]

WorldRX in trouble, Extreme-E on hold, and WRC in a bit of a crisis........It has to be said, off-road motorsport isn't where it needs to be, and where it should be. Manufacturers simply aren't being drawn to it in big numbers.....

nitrocross, world supercross, mxgp, the split in american sprintcar racing, european autocross, american short course racing
off road motorsport fans cannot catch a break! im also finding weird that promoters and organizers seems to be trying to milk and PR these things like if they were as big as f1, when they have 4 to 20k views on youtube highlights, for example. everyone going for million buck cars and loads of "content' on the internet.... and they all crumble, year after year. i dont understand anything anymore haha
then when i watch something like fia erc, i feel so relaxed and happy. like... i keep returning to this good feeling of watching a 'simpler championship with not much drama, just passionated people doing what they like on a bugdet". i should focus more on this stuff tbh.

[saco0o]

looks like the race in china is cancelled. turkey is rumored to host worldRX's season finale on november 9-10.
and some infos on the 2025 calendar: lousada (portugal) and kymiring (new track in finland) will probably be on the calendar. the promoter is going after these other tracks since apparently traditional rx tracks are not into the big fees, evs, small grids and small crowds =/ ..they are probably going to have a street race in the uk, turkey will probably join too.
nyirad, holjes and metter probably to continue too?
lousada, uk street race, kymiring, turkey, holjes, mettet, nyriad. not sure what i think yet, wrx is losing me little by little =[

[Kenneth]

Canadian ice round in January will open 2025 season.

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/a/news/w28715_Blockbuster-ice-race-confirmed-to-open-2025-calendar

[deephouse]

I can't believe it... Is this real? What took them so long to include this type of ground for a rallycross? Finally

[saco0o]

I can't believe it... Is this real? What took them so long to include this type of ground for a rallycross? Finally

the american championship raced there, same track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rOnaAjrC0k AND in Calgary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5I0p-iWMTE

but man, what a weird idea. in JANUARY? then the next round will be when? june? may? good luck with that. also, weird time to gather more entries. idk, everything they do with this championship seems like the wrong move. like, EVERY TIME.

[deephouse]

the american championship raced there, same track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rOnaAjrC0k AND in Calgary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5I0p-iWMTE

but man, what a weird idea. in JANUARY? then the next round will be when? june? may? good luck with that. also, weird time to gather more entries. idk, everything they do with this championship seems like the wrong move. like, EVERY TIME.

I know that rallycross had previously raced on that type of ground, but never in a world championship. The championship exist like 10 years but first time they include it in. That's just like WRC would never held race in Sweden. Both series should always include all terrain type, since the cars are more than capable of driving on it.

[saco0o]

nitrocross promoter thrill one just shut down the american championship with only 4 of the 10 rounds completed.
rallyx promoter AB announced they are expanding into (probably) two european championships (north and south zones), giving out two separate european titles that will also be a qualifier for a big finale. they also may try to expand into the american market. thats the best news ever! those fia championships are done now

[Kenneth]

those fia championships are done now

Yeah yeah yeah, that's what I'm hearing since 2018.

Anyway I wish RallyX good luck, their event are fun and they seems to know what they are doing, opposed to some previous atempts. I believe if anyone would be able to make WRX's competition, it's them.

[saco0o]

Yeah yeah yeah, that's what I'm hearing since 2018.

Anyway I wish RallyX good luck, their event are fun and they seems to know what they are doing, opposed to some previous atempts. I believe if anyone would be able to make WRX's competition, it's them.

i mean... like... its not uncommon among RX fans the opinion that rallyx and the french championship have been the coolest series to watch over these last 2 years (or more) due to the lack of entries (and fun) in the world championship, u'know? so in a way it is already behind in the 'niche opinion' of the sport. it is the world championship so its "name" is still the biggest, but on the popular taste, they are not the top tier anymore. add this mega move by rallyx, wrx is getting even more behind.

ah, rallyx have "open 4wd" as the top class. current top world/euro rx class is having problems to find new people entering because the car rules are going to change in 2 years too (like wrc). so nobody is actually building new cars or anything waiting for whats next. is it full ev? is it ice? is it spec cars.

so eh, in a way, wrx is already behind in many aspects. not that this is "good", but im on rallyx team, always having a blast watching the races and chatting on the live chat on the free open broadcast on youtube!

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The full calendar is as follows:

23-25 January World RX of Canada

11-13 April World RX of Hungary

02-04 May World RX of Portugal

30 May – 01 June World RX of Great Britain

13-15 June World RX of Finland

04-06 July World RX of Sweden

25-27 July World RX of Türkiye*

21-23 November World RX of Australia

*Subject to ASN Application on the FIA International Calendar

[deephouse]

Weird dates.

[saco0o]

the first PUMA RX Supercar is being built!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBboG4iAuuu/?img_index=1

[Sal yet again]

Interesting to see it being suggested that the proposed UK round could potentially be held as part of the Coventry Motofest rather than going to Lydden Hill.

[saco0o]

Interesting to see it being suggested that the proposed UK round could potentially be held as part of the Coventry Motofest rather than going to Lydden Hill.

it is! ...in a street track.

[Kenneth]

I don't see issue with that, X Games were run at a street track many times and they were nice

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Indeed...

"Buoyed by the tremendous success of World RX’s inaugural downtown event in Hong Kong last November, Rallycross Promoter is working hard to bring the spectacular dual-surface discipline to more city-centres, to introduce its irresistible no-holds-barred blend of fast-paced entertainment and doorhandle-to-doorhandle duels to swathes of new audiences."

[saco0o]

tremendous success... but they didnt returned in '24 because the chinese promoter didnt paid the '23 fee because they only lost money to run that race.
redbull media house's PR bullshit goes beyond my comprehention (typo?)

[Fast Eddie WRC]

So the Season ended with JK confirmed as Champion (again) and his teammate OCV winning his first event.

Although Hansen was 2nd in the Championship he was distant and the ICE cars were pretty dominant. This was shown especially in the wet and muddy conditions in Turkiye on Sunday when Rytkonen smashed them to win in his 208 ! Even POD was super fast in the heats but unlucky in the SFs.

[tbtstt]

Although Hansen was 2nd in the Championship he was distant and the ICE cars were pretty dominant. This was shown especially in the wet and muddy conditions in Turkiye on Sunday when Rytkonen smashed them to win in his 208 ! Even POD was super fast in the heats but unlucky in the SFs.
Rytkonen was in an i20 (one of the ex-GRX i20's). Very, very, fast driver, would have been French Champion this year if he hadn't had such a shaky start to his season. Shame Patrick didn't have a better weekend.


So the Season ended with JK confirmed as Champion (again) and his teammate OCV winning his first event.
Was there any doubt? No doubt the 601 Polo is a quick car, but even if it wasn't I can't see any of the current crop of drivers stopping Johan. He is a winning machine.

Great to see Veiby take his first win, real shame that he stalled at the start on Sunday as I think he was on course for another podium, if not victory.

[saco0o]

cool to see the european/british champ and the french champ competing there. tho these tracks are so lame, tight corners, no deep dirt, no bouncing and sliding cars in fast corners.... bleh. amazing to see rytkonen winning a race!

haha not convinced by ole's perfomance. johan literally let him pass on the two semi finals (i mean both days). to start from the front. no problem with the tatics, but meeeh, nothing incredible imo hehe

[tbtstt]

cool to see the european/british champ and the french
Was a shame that we didn't get Patrick at the last round of the British Championship, but can understand this was maybe a good way of testing the water for 2025.

French teams aren't usually interested in racing outside of France (which kind of makes sense given how strong their own Championship is), really good to see them at a World round.


tho these tracks are so lame, tight corners, no deep dirt, no bouncing and sliding cars in fast corners.... bleh.
We did get to see a bit of overtaking though: and that is something that a lot of the "big" circuit layouts have been lacking.


not convinced by ole's perfomance. johan literally let him pass on the two semi finals (i mean both days). to start from the front. no problem with the tatics, but meeeh, nothing incredible imo hehe
I really like OCV (and I think he is a skilled driver), but yeah, JK definitely stepped aside for him.

[deephouse]

I watched a few rounds too, and it's clear than this EV cars are shitty. They should scrap it, on corners it's not exciting and they can't even get power on the ground. At this last round JK was driving so agressive, always outside the lines and still came out way quicker than this electic machines.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I watched a few rounds too, and it's clear than this EV cars are shitty. They should scrap it, on corners it's not exciting and they can't even get power on the ground. At this last round JK was driving so agressive, always outside the lines and still came out way quicker than this electic machines.

This is what bothers me with the suggested 2027 WRC Regs and the 'Battle of Technologies". The rally cars still using ICE power will likely still be the best for the job and any manufacturers coming with an alternative wont knowing they'll be beaten. Just equalizing power to weight just doesn't equate in rallying. It's the location of the weight and how power is delivered which is crucial.

[saco0o]

not sure you fellas are big rallycross followers but try to check it out in 2025 the "RallyX Championship".
its a really good championship normally racing in sweden-norway-finland-denmark. (it was even called rallyx nordic. and 'rallyx scandinavia before that when it was created - around 2015, i think?). this year they expanded into germany and for 2025 they will be running two championships (something like that). one in those nordic countries - as always - and a new 'southern series' in mainland europe (probably in france-germany-hungary). then they are planning a big finale with the top teams from each of these two series. (hope it is lydden hill - uk). the top class here is "open 4wd", so you can race petrol, bio fuel, evs, modifieds... its great! PLUS they run an "open 4wd am" for drivers that are not racing top level class (i mean, theres a few world/euroRX cars competing there, so it gets hard for other fellas running 2014 euroRX cars, for example, so they have this separated final for them) they also plan to have something in america, since nitrocross may be dead for good.
they have andrew coley broadcasting, and its live on youtube for free, open chat. always a blast to watch racing and chat with other fellas. give it a try if you dont know this one! (yep, kristofferson is a multi-time champ there haha. oliver solberg and niclas gronholm also won titles there!)

[tbtstt]

I watched a few rounds too, and it's clear than this EV cars are shitty. They should scrap it, on corners it's not exciting and they can't even get power on the ground. At this last round JK was driving so agressive, always outside the lines and still came out way quicker than this electic machines.
I much prefer the combustion cars, but don't forget that the RX1E cars are carrying an extra 160kg to slow them down this year.

I thought that the RX1E cars took a huge step forward with the improvements they introduced last year. Compare them at somewhere like Montalagre and they behave like "normal" cars now (which I don't think is true if you watch any footage any them from their debut season in 2022). The times were way quicker as well.

I am not a massive Hansen fan, but I could understand where they were coming from with the complaint about the weight difference this year. Those extra 160kg were what was causing such a massive different at somewhere like Istanbul.


not sure you fellas are big rallycross followers but try to check it out in 2025 the "RallyX Championship".
RallyX is great! This year hasn't been its best season (in my personal opinion), but still a brilliant series and definitely one of the best rallycross Championship at the moment. The RallyX livestream is superb; well organised, fun but professional presentation and all free!

For me Rallycross France is king at the moment, but then it has always been an incredibly strong series.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I much prefer the combustion cars, but don't forget that the RX1E cars are carrying an extra 160kg to slow them down this year.

I thought that the RX1E cars took a huge step forward with the improvements they introduced last year. Compare them at somewhere like Montalagre and they behave like "normal" cars now (which I don't think is true if you watch any footage any them from their debut season in 2022). The times were way quicker as well.

I am not a massive Hansen fan, but I could understand where they were coming from with the complaint about the weight difference this year. Those extra 160kg were what was causing such a massive different at somewhere like Istanbul.



This is my point. Using extra weight to slow a more powerful (electric) car is too crude as the extra weight also has to be braked and rotated. It would be better if they made the same power and torque as the ICE cars in the first place.

This lesson must be applied in any similar situation re the next WRC Regs.

[tbtstt]

This is my point. Using extra weight to slow a more powerful (electric) car is too crude as the extra weight also has to be braked and rotated. It would be better if they made the same power and torque as the ICE cars in the first place.

This lesson must be applied in any similar situation re the next WRC Regs.
Yeah, absolutely. I could be wrong, but I think the Equalization of Technology rules for World RX were knocked up pretty quickly. They have had this year to review them now (plus a whole season of data), so I hope that there are tweaks made to regulations before the 2025 season starts.

As much as I was bored of hearing a Hansen say "160 kg" in an interview, I do think that the electric cars had less advantageous moments...

...that said, they were up against JK. So they were always at a disadvantage. ;)

[saco0o]

johan is bizarre. he won the 2021 title on an audi too. you can have him in any car and he will win. hes not 3x extreme-e champ because mikaela sucked in two situations in that second season, where loeb won. cant stop this guy, jeez. i want to see him doing more rally. once he masters it, kalle would have some problems.... haha

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://dirtfish.com/rallycross/world-rx/world-rx-to-get-new-promoter-from-2025/

[rallyfiend]

There needs to come a time when this Championship gets two in the back of the head.

And I think that time is coming.

A bunch of families pretending to be a real world championship.

[saco0o]

found this in another forum. perfect:

(...)FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem said: “The FIA World Rallycross Championship has evolved a huge amount in terms of technology and sporting competition in recent years while remaining true to its heritage as one of the most exciting and accessible categories in all of motorsport(...)

This is what worries me. The "PR B.S." ate these people's brain. Read this sentence again. Its not possible these people are still conectect to reality. Honestly. WHAT technology? That spec electric kit that exploded and since then the company itself hasnt produce ANY new kit? Competition? With the richiest team backed by VW Sverige winning every year? "Remaining true to its heritage"? WHAT HERITAGE? Like Lydden? Estering? France? "Acessible"???? there has been 8 cars competing because its expensive as f* to compete (and to host races too! The fees sky-rocket under RBMH!)
This is whats wrong with the sport! THe people in charge lost touch with reality.

[saco0o]

and here is why the fia world rx is probably dead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=260&v=AVh_gLFY5To&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com %2F

this is so incredible!! now we are talking!!
tho im always thinking "wooow fellas, rx is a small sport, chill out a little bit. 3 races is enough for each championship, lets not rush to much" haha cant you see the americans failing year after year for trying big things? lol

[AndyRAC]

WorldRX is a small, niche European sport, and should stay that way. It's not big enough to be a global World series.........There simply isn't the interest, or money to support it. In fact, it reminds me so much of Cyclocross in cycling.

[saco0o]

WorldRX is a small, niche European sport, and should stay that way. It's not big enough to be a global World series.........There simply isn't the interest, or money to support it. In fact, it reminds me so much of Cyclocross in cycling.

agree. i saw tommy kristoffersson (johan's father - kms team owner) arguing on facebook they need to keep the 'world championship' status, but thats selfish. he needs the world series status to keep his partnership with volkswagen, redbull, castrol, etc. but thats what is screwing all the other racers that cant put together a budget to race in this mega expensive championship. i'd go back to euroRX, 8 rounds (drop 1) and thats it.
if theres interest, expand back to 10 rounds. but thats it. thats the max limit imo

[deephouse]

It should be world class series, but they need to do it right. Attract manufacturers, have snow, tarmac, gravel, mixed events, have multi continent calendar (obviously isn't Euro centered sport if the thing grows in USA) and dates being distributed for whole year not just ''summer'', bring some names back who could actually challenge Kristofferson, make better cars (drop those stupid EVs), not having RedBull over all cars.

[tbtstt]

johan is bizarre. he won the 2021 title on an audi too. you can have him in any car and he will win. hes not 3x extreme-e champ because mikaela sucked in two situations in that second season, where loeb won. cant stop this guy, jeez. i want to see him doing more rally. once he masters it, kalle would have some problems.... haha
I'd like to see Johan and Kalle going head-to-head as well. Two absolute greats of this era in my opinion.

[tbtstt]

and here is why the fia world rx is probably dead:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=260&v=AVh_gLFY5To&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com %2F

this is so incredible!! now we are talking!!
tho im always thinking "wooow fellas, rx is a small sport, chill out a little bit. 3 races is enough for each championship, lets not rush to much" haha cant you see the americans failing year after year for trying big things? lol
I can't wait to see how RallyX pans out in 2025 and I absolutely hope it goes well, but I am a little concerned that they are going to try and do too much, too fast, and end up spread too thin.

Given who runs RallyX, with Nitro now gone, they need to get something going in the US to continue earning off that customer base.

[deephouse]

If the WorldRX will not delivering, believe me, they will succeed. I don't know, but I have a feeling WorldRX will die soon if not changed soon.

[saco0o]

I can't wait to see how RallyX pans out in 2025 and I absolutely hope it goes well, but I am a little concerned that they are going to try and do too much, too fast, and end up spread too thin.
.

same here. we got a leak one month or so ago about rallyx splitting into two series (north/south) and that was an incredible news, because it was solely focused on putting everybody to race at low cost. we knew they were talking to valkenswaard and portugal, they were talking about 2wd classes, national entries. thats it! its PERFECT!

but then they announced these "americas" and "global" divisions too. i dont think thats good. it is literally impossible to sustain an american championship (no roots to grow from. period) and the global division is going to be heavy on the costs for the FC1x/FC2 teams (2 races in US, 3 in europe). not sure its going to work. i hope it does. it even has the potential of atracting kms and hansen if WorldRX is cancelled. that would help, fine. but we gotta wait and see. but i agree. i fear they are going too fast with the expansion already, especially seeing rx doesnt work in america

[saco0o]

someone posted on fb... FIA has approved basically all 2025 calendars, but theres no world and no european rx calendars on the list. weeeeird. last year they had one with a few TBAs, this year they have nothing
https://www.fia.com/news/2025-fia-sporting-calendars-approved-world-motor-sport-council

[rallyfiend]

someone posted on fb... FIA has approved basically all 2025 calendars, but theres no world and no european rx calendars on the list. weeeeird. last year they had one with a few TBAs, this year they have nothing
https://www.fia.com/news/2025-fia-sporting-calendars-approved-world-motor-sport-council

The WRX calendar was approved a while ago..

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/a/news/w28812_New-concepts-and-venues-highlight-2025-World-RX-calendar

[saco0o]

The WRX calendar was approved a while ago..

https://www.fiaworldrallycross.com/a/news/w28812_New-concepts-and-venues-highlight-2025-World-RX-calendar

but its not listed on today's fia release with all the other championships. maybe its nothing, but it looked weird not seeing rx among all the other calendars

[saco0o]

world championship race in canada (January 2025) is cancelled.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

world championship race in canada (January 2025) is cancelled.

Source ? Reason ?

[saco0o]

Source ? Reason ?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDhfti9uQ7s/
"reasons outside their control" (event promoter)

rallycross also disapeared from the ticket sale's page
https://billets.gp3r.com/?searchtext=rallycross

[rallyfiend]

Source ? Reason ?

I guess Canada was a contract of RX Promoter, and when they stopped being the promoter, the commitment disappeared?

I wonder how many other events will disappear.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

I guess Canada was a contract of RX Promoter, and when they stopped being the promoter, the commitment disappeared?

I wonder how many other events will disappear.

With this event due as early as January it was an unfortunate casualty of the change of Promoter. Hopefully there's still time for the other races to get a arrangement in place and keep World RX going in 2025.

[saco0o]

best suggestion i read out there is that fia will be the promoter, all rounds to be raced in europe while keeping 'world championship" status.
btw, extreme-H (now a fia world cup) is also way more quietly than what i expected. they ended their 2024 season in the middle of the championship afrer they decided to go full hydrogen in 25. i enjoyed this series. hope it doesnt dies

[saco0o]

bakkerud is getting some support from monster and other partners to start his own team to compete in the norwegean championship, some rallyX rounds and holjes race in the world championship...? but ehh, lets see this one. really good news, i like bakku! hope he brings his channel back. it was always fun!

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

[saco0o]

ufff now every WorldRX social media accounts disapeared.
not sure for rebranding or if its just dead...?

[saco0o]

ufff now every WorldRX social media accounts disapeared.
not sure for rebranding or if its just dead...?

and now it seems the czech autocross championship got nyirad's date for them. rallyx also got kymiring in their european series calendar (monte, valkenswaard, latvia, sweden, kymiring, denmark, estering)

[BobJones]

Can't help but feel that WorldRX is dead, probably communicated as a 'pause'. Alongside Nitro going away, seems like the Eriksson's RallyX programme could be all that's left - but I worry they may stretch too far too quick with the 'global' concept. Hoping not!

[AndyRAC]

Needs a rethink - RX is not, and has never been a 'global' sport, despite people trying to convince us all it is. I liken it to Cyclocross in cycling.

Make it a strong privateer European championship; if there's interest outside Europe, have a FiA World Cup.

[saco0o]

true! tbf i got really happy seeing rallyx announcing (on christmas) their "european championship". i thought they were going to run the north series and the south series as their main focus but i guess its going to be a full "european championship" now - with secondary titles for the north & south participants, like indycar does giving titles to oval champion and street/road champions. thats to incentive more drivers to compete on their regions probably

the "global series" will be a fiasco. only the monster energy team has the actual cash to do 3 rounds in europe and 2 in america. the other teams dont have that $. I hope they scrap that. just have all rounds in europe, for f sake, we are seeing this sport doesnt work outside europe. cant they see that too? jeezzzz

[saco0o]

apparently Kenneth Hansen said they may have to wait until february to know if there will be a new promoter for world rx. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5xfRWfgZxY )

while they all wait, rosberg racing ended their extreme-e team. they are not joining the extreme-h championship. ( https://racer.com/2024/12/27/rosbergs-extreme-e-team-shuts-down/ )

and travis pastrana basically mentioned in a recent post that nitrocross is gone for good.
( https://www.facebook.com/TravisPastrana/posts/pfbid0r6vLGZfv6vM3zP99T2coSG3YQvw1CT9Eg49UqLAfLbmR vgwPMDAfPFsgFSaiRQKvl )

[rallyfiend]

Sounds like all 3 series are essentially dead

[Kenneth]

Maybe WorldRX will merge with RallyX?

It's really wierd, all things looked set up for 2025 season and it's gone out of nowhere

[saco0o]

social medias are back. they posted an update about waiting for a new promoter to take over.
i found on reddit that someone talked to holjes regarding tickets for 2025, they said they are planning for the race but still need to 'get things cleat with the new promoter'. not sure what i think atm. i just want the rallyx european series to be a success. the series is even offering help to pay northern teams to go race in the rounds at montealegre and valkenswaard

[deephouse]

I saw somewhere that Gronholm will drive in Finnish Rally Championship, so that's a bad sign also. Less competition, less chance of surving that series. Maybe also many guys did lost motivation, since no one can beat Kristoffersson, even when he have bad race, he won.

[saco0o]

on a random note, i just found out that there is EIGHTEEN of those ugly nitrocross' eSUVs sold and 'ready to race" in america.
EIGHTEEN! i dont believe starting from the TOP (with half million buck electric suvs) is the right way to start a championship (especially in america, where theres no rx roots), but maaan, eighteeeen cars!! thats a pretty decent number for a RX championship

[saco0o]

- the "street race" in the UK is also cancelled. the event will not host the race anymore.
- no promoter so far, holjes still no selling tickets too

on the other hand: RallyX European Series starts in March 29-30 in Montealegre (POR) with almost 100 drivers registered! and with tanner foust, oli eriksson, fraser mcconnell, casper jansen, svenson, tommi hallman, lane vacala, vitcor vranckx and a guy from france who races with a mercedes (!!) among the names on the open 4wd class!

the open 2wd class will also have some more diverse entries, which is going to make it a little harder for Tiger to win everything this year, especially because theres a dutch fella with a +600HP car! it seems matt ohman may run in this class this year.

AND we can expect more entries for the rounds on the northern leg races! (sverige, suomi, latvija, danmark)
all races livestreamed on youtube

[deephouse]

I think that at this point we could say the championship is dead. I mean for WorldRX

[SubaruNorway]

Veiby was guessing start at Höljes like last year

[rallyfiend]

It should never have become a World Championship to start with.

Just a bunch of families and their kids.

[AndyRAC]

It should never have become a World Championship to start with.

Just a bunch of families and their kids.

Exactly!! Either a European championship at the most, or a few races for a World Cup. It's simply not a global sport......It should really take place in the autumn/ winter as a 'filler' for the rest of motorsport in their off-season.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Being a World Championship isn't what has stopped the RX. It was very strong and healthy as one until a few years ago with plenty of different cars and teams taking part.

The problems have been the reduction in Manufacturers, the arrival of electric cars and the problems with the Promoter after Red Bull.

[rallyfiend]

Being a World Championship isn't what has stopped the RX. It was very strong and healthy as one until a few years ago with plenty of different cars and teams taking part.

The problems have been the reduction in Manufacturers, the arrival of electric cars and the problems with the Promoter after Red Bull.

It clearly wasn't strong and healthy if IMG walked away from it. Even they realised that it was doomed with the current teams etc.

[deephouse]

Being a World Championship isn't what has stopped the RX. It was very strong and healthy as one until a few years ago with plenty of different cars and teams taking part.

The problems have been the reduction in Manufacturers, the arrival of electric cars and the problems with the Promoter after Red Bull.

Weren't the teams the one who wanted the electric technology in the sport? And then all walk away, when the thing didn't drink the blood...

[rallyfiend]

I don't think we'll see this World Championship this year - if at all ever again.

Lets face it, it's March and they clearly can't find a promoter.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

It clearly wasn't strong and healthy if IMG walked away from it. Even they realised that it was doomed with the current teams etc.


Weren't the teams the one who wanted the electric technology in the sport? And then all walk away, when the thing didn't drink the blood...

My point was about it being a WORLD Championship not being the problem, but these other reasons.

[PLuto]

https://i.imgur.com/OBF93Xcl.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/qt9QE5Sl.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/ytBf8Ltl.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/vs6QsoGl.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/wGsMU9Sl.jpeg

[rallyfiend]

Hmmmm, adding MORE involvement from the FIA (this FIA administration in particular) is unlikely to make things better....

[Kenneth]

Yeah, canceling it completely would be much better, right?? Because that was the only other option

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Last chance saloon time. It's a really tough job but let's hope the FIA can do a better job as promoter and get the World RX back on track.

[WRCStan]

If WRX is a fantastic platform for raising awareness of the transition to sustainable rallycross track building, does that mean there will be new tracks being built for the WRX or is that guy just hammering the pr buzzword generator

[saco0o]

from the release:

In recent years, each World and European Rallycross event has been watched by a growing audience of over 30 million highly-engaged viewers in over 100 countries – creating a fantastic core fanbase to build upon.

.......30 million.......

[AndyRAC]

from the release:

In recent years, each World and European Rallycross event has been watched by a growing audience of over 30 million highly-engaged viewers in over 100 countries – creating a fantastic core fanbase to build upon.

.......30 million.......

Oh dear - more figures plucked out of thin air.......If it really was that popular, then it wouldn't need the FiA to take over, would it?

[Franky]

Oh dear - more figures plucked out of thin air.......If it really was that popular, then it wouldn't need the FiA to take over, would it?

Sports viewership is pretty much chemistry when it comes to numbers.

[deephouse]

So what were they doing until now? Just having their name infront of championship?

[Kenneth]

Well as in every other, they were just a governing body. Now FIA is a promoter basically.

[saco0o]

Well as in every other, they were just a governing body. Now FIA is a promoter basically.

i wonder if there was a meeting and someone at fia went like: "well, liberty media strategy is to just flood social media 24-7 with brainless stuff and they are going richier and richier by the minute because 'eyeballs' is all sponsors actually cares so.... whaaaat if we start doing the promotion thing ourselves to get even more money?"

wrc is next if that works

[PLuto]

i wonder if there was a meeting and someone at fia went like: "well, liberty media strategy is to just flood social media 24-7 with brainless stuff and they are going richier and richier by the minute because 'eyeballs' is all sponsors actually cares so.... whaaaat if we start doing the promotion thing ourselves to get even more money?"

wrc is next if that works

As there was a tender for new promoter and nobody won, I expect there was no other option for FIA. Take the promotion or cancel the championship (at least for this year).

[rallyfiend]

As there was a tender for new promoter and nobody won, I expect there was no other option for FIA. Take the promotion or cancel the championship (at least for this year).

The FIA is probably risking breaching the EU rule of crossing between sporting and commercial that was put in place in the early 2000's, so I guess no one put their hands up to run it and they were left with no option.

When even WRC Promoter give it up, you know it's a bit screwed.....

[Fast Eddie WRC]

TBH the World RX is stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment for anyone running it.

With the cars in transition from ICE to EV leading to low Manufacturers interest and a totally dominant champion in Kristoffersen making the driver title battle non-existent. Even hardcore fans have been watching recent seasons out of habit rather than for any real enjoyment.

I dont see any big improvement any time soon whoever is in charge.

[saco0o]

Even hardcore fans have been watching recent seasons out of habit rather than for any real enjoyment. .

jeeez, mate =/
thats so true. you nailed the hardest of the nails (not sure this expression works in english)

[saco0o]

WRX promissed the calendar by march 14... nothing so far.
also on calendars... not sure any of the fellas here follow the AWESOME european autocross championship, but the race in Vilkyciai Lithuania on june 8 was cancelled for financial reasons

[deephouse]

They ''literally'' ''announced'' ''new promotor'' ''yesterday''... with FIA take charge of this new task. Their promises are just like government ones. Never realized or are announced very late or too late. So it's silly just to think about that calendar is even close to finish. I think it will be announce by their standards in 2030 for 2025 season. Again FIA taking charge... What could possible go wrong

[saco0o]

calendar is out. basically same tracks in different dates.
Lousada (1jun), Holjes (6jul), Nyirad (20jul), Kymiring (24aug), Instambul (21sep)
they say theres a season finale for the worldRX to be included after Instambul

[rallyfiend]

Geez, FIA jut repeating what was already done before?!

[saco0o]

rallyx round 1 is LIVE now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV3ZE0Es3Ng

[saco0o]

rallyx round 2 is live now! they are even using a different jokes lap for this round (different layout from yesterday's race - its a doubleheader)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVoIpPPt6U0

mate i love these FC2 supercars. its a really good generic hatchback car. want to see it rallying sooooo baaad

[Fast Eddie WRC]

FC2 Spec, for those like me who hadn't heard of their arrival...

https://omse.se/vehicles/fc2

[saco0o]

apparently the number of entries is going to be very low, so fia released the new regulations where they can combine the grids from both european and world championships (racing all together on the qualys/heats) to make it look more healthy.
finals are going to be separated

back in 2014 they had something similar, i dont remember quite exactly how it was. i remember ken block getting P3 on the world championship - and also being crowned as the euroRX round winner... ?

im in.
i mean, the rounds are all the same for both series, just race them all together, jeez

[saco0o]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35z8sSGL2mY

rallyx live on the semi finals at valkenswaard right now

[macebig]

I'm sure that Puma costs 3-4 times less than the Rally 1, and will be as spectacular (if not better)...
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ZToJxNSpt/

[saco0o]

I'm sure that Puma costs 3-4 times less than the Rally 1, and will be as spectacular (if not better)...
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ZToJxNSpt/

yes, but its a 2wd car for the norwegean national rallycross championship. i dont know the full specs but i imagine is a super 1600? it must be really cheap, they are building it from scratch themselves!

[macebig]

It's definitely 4WD since they built a transmission tunnel inside a stock Puma chassis. Don't know the engine specs tbf. Probably the classic Duratec 2L from the Focus.

[Steve Boyd]

It's definitely 4WD since they built a transmission tunnel inside a stock Puma chassis.No - it's rear wheel drive. Look at the video on the rolling road.

[macebig]

Fair.The transmission tunnel is for the conversion from FWD to RWD.

[saco0o]

Euro/WorldRX will be livestreamed again on YouTube WITH ANDREW COLEY back on the booth!! fia listened to the fans! both series will run together in the heats with separated finals, the heats will be based on laptimes again, not finishing order (which is better, cuz you gotta push the whole time for the lap times, not settle when u r in front) awesome. so happy they are going back to those 2013-20 rules.

id LOVE to sit with redbull gmbh promoter and ask "why did you changed all of that? did u really thought your non sense changes would improve the sport? removing coley for a guy who didnt knew the name of the 7 driver competing... Changing the format to stuff none of the drivers understood.. the paywall that wasnt a paywall, it was a "watch free on redbulltv instead of YouTube - but just some fans knew that, so the audience Dropped because u did ZERO PROMOTION on social media telling fans 'just watch on redbulltv"
I dont understand. honesty. but im happy with the recent news! now lets hope for more than 6 entires in wrx (tho euroRX always have 15+, which is great already)

[rallyfiend]

WorldRX was a disaster before the promoter took over. That’s why IMG walked away.

No one was watching it on YouTube before, not sure why it will change this time around….

Are there any teams committed?

[saco0o]

WorldRX was a disaster before the promoter took over. That’s why IMG walked away.
No one was watching it on YouTube before, not sure why it will change this time around….
Are there any teams committed?

RX is more of a niche thing, one cant expect millions of people watching it. if theres more than 50k views (and it had, lets be honest) its already a win (for the size of the sport).

IMG left because their plan failed. weirdly they realized too late that "RX is just a niche sport".
their plan was to make the sport avaliable online (eye balls) while making money with fees from f1 track promoters, manufacturers AND a transition to electric cars with FIA support.

but track promoters werent selling thousands of tickets and manufacturers werent getting millions of eyeballs on open livestreams, BECAUSE ITS JUST A NICHE SPORT. so they all left feeling fooled and IMG left on the pandemic for obvious reasons.

I kinda disagree that 'it was a disaster before redbull took over'. In my view its just a small sport that will NOT bring millions of euros to the promoter. not now, not ever. Silly of them to think like that imo.
then my question (last post): if with everything open and with money from VWG, Ford, Peugeot, F1 circuits it didnt worked, how the heck redbull thought they would make it work with everything hidden? its weird to think about.

niclas/klara team confirmed. Hansens said they are IN but no word if its on "world or euroRX". KMS is really quiet.
but the euroRX teams are competing together with the WRX entries, so its going to be a decent number of entries anyway.

[Humber]

The Finals day video at Simola Hillclimb.

LIVE: Simola HillClimb 2025 || King of the Hill - FINALS (INTERRUPTED)

There are two interviews with Johan one of 2 minutes and the other of 13 mins. Sounds like sponsorship is difficult even if you are a 7 time champion.

https://www.youtube.com/live/CANxDZXmFQk?si=jiHrCeXdNVMcVavE (JK interviews are at 17.50 (2mins) & 1hour 02 (13mins) )

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Euro/WorldRX will be livestreamed again on YouTube WITH ANDREW COLEY back on the booth!! fia listened to the fans! both series will run together in the heats with separated finals, the heats will be based on laptimes again, not finishing order (which is better, cuz you gotta push the whole time for the lap times, not settle when u r in front) awesome. so happy they are going back to those 2013-20 rules.

id LOVE to sit with redbull gmbh promoter and ask "why did you changed all of that? did u really thought your non sense changes would improve the sport? removing coley for a guy who didnt knew the name of the 7 driver competing... Changing the format to stuff none of the drivers understood.. the paywall that wasnt a paywall, it was a "watch free on redbulltv instead of YouTube - but just some fans knew that, so the audience Dropped because u did ZERO PROMOTION on social media telling fans 'just watch on redbulltv"
I dont understand. honesty. but im happy with the recent news! now lets hope for more than 6 entires in wrx (tho euroRX always have 15+, which is great already)Now unlock all the pre-electric full races on YouTube!!

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[saco0o]

bakkerud just won on his first race with his newly built Puma in the 2wd norwegean rx championship!
P2 for another known norwegean driver, Thomas Bryntesson, on a 1989 BMW E30 haha
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1535616821118719&set=pcb.1535617421118659
gotta love the openess of 2wd racing in rallycross.
CMOON WRC WE LIKE THAT

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Great news just in that Euro RX1 2024 Champion Patrick O'Donovan has graduated to World RX in 2025 !

He will be at Lousada for Round 1 with Team RX Racing and hopes to gain further support for the rest of the year.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Andreas Bakkerud in a Hansen World RX Team car is NOT something we thought we'd ever see !

Andreas will be testing all the World RX cars as part of the Equalising of Technologies (EoT), to ensure an even fight between combustion and electric runners.

[saco0o]

apparently matt ohman bought a world rx vw kms car.
for rd.1 theres 9 world rx and 9 euro rx entries. they said they would race all together, so thats 18 cars. weird to see the euroRX names are not there for rd.1, even knowing the fees were cheaper this year. gotta wait and see if they are all going to the northern rounds in rallyx

[Fast Eddie WRC]

All streaming free on You Tube. Qually today and SF and Finals Sunday:

https://www.youtube.com/live/Y49c6Zm0cP8?si=TOV5r4HOJpjK9XR5

[rallyfiend]

Have the Hansen and KMS cars all lost Red Bull since testing?!

[saco0o]

Have the Hansen and KMS cars all lost Red Bull since testing?!

i guess the ex-promoter (redbull gmbh) got really angry with the FIA hehehe

[Fast Eddie WRC]

So the EVs dominated Q1 & Q2. Let's see if the ICE cars improve tomorrow.

I hope they've got the BoP correct and not penalised the ICE Cars too much...

[saco0o]

bakkerud kept doing laps on the 208 ICE to compare laptimes but eh... tracks with long straights will make the EVs faster.
i would not count with fia removing some ballast from the ICE (or reducing power on the EV's softwares) for tomorrow cuz this is more of a 'track layout' factor than about their general performance per se. if they change stuff for tomorrow, they will have to change it again in holjes, where the ice cars will be faster (no long straights). and then again in kimyring (long straight again), where the evs will be faster and on and on.... anyway, loved watching the heats. Im still on the team "we dont need a world rx, just an euroRX with all those cars", but eh.. happy they are back!

[saco0o]

oh, clarification: the wrc promoter (redbull gmbh) was FIRED from its job in the Rallycross championship by the FIA!
i didnt knew that. i thought it was more of a mutual thing?

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

WorldRX is back with six laps finals!!

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[Fast Eddie WRC]

I was a bit disappointed with the format.

I was under the impression that the Euro RX1 cars would now be competing with the World RX cars to increase the numbers. But they were separate and World RX just had the usual suspects (KMS, Hansen's & CE Dealer plus a couple of privateers) facing each other.

The racing was ok but a bit same old, same old.

[rallyfiend]

Will the Hansen's be able to compete at the next event in their home country if Red Bull have pulled all sponsorship?!

The numbers on YouTube are pretty bad - with no TV coverage there is no hiding how little interest in this Championship because the viewing numbers are all public...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Good news from Munnich Motorsport:

"Three successful days of testing in Nyírád are now behind us. We were able to gather valuable data with our newly built Seat Ibiza Supercar and make important progress.

Next up for us are additional test days in Höljes, Sweden, as we continue our preparations ahead of our season debut at the race in Höljes in July."

[saco0o]

lol not RX but WTF??
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HVUwav9RM/

[Typ85]

lol.. have U never seen Autocross?

[saco0o]

lol.. have U never seen Autocross?

its my favorite championship out there tbh. i was expecting grencis to play a little dirt as always but jeeez, both continued! IMPRESSIVE lol