World Rallycross Championship a.k.a RALLYX

[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_c....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_c....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.
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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-sp...-sport-council