World Rallycross Championship a.k.a RALLYX

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VW Motorsport have unveiled the 2018 car:













Front bumper looks different, as does the rear wing, but otherwise there doesn't look to be any other cosmetic changes from last year. Seems like the front mounted cooling package has been retained as well.

[pantealex]

Yeah, it´s still OLD model Polo, current (NEW) 2018 model is only available 5-doors version.

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Few shots of the World Rallycross guys in action at Silverstone:

[BleAivano]

Mattias Ekström have been awarded the Prins Bertil medal.
https://www.facebook.com/mattiasekst...97980566928269

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Day two of testing at Silverstone today. Prodrive/GCK seem to be very secretive about details of the Megane, the more info that trickles out about the car the more impressive it seems. The World Rallycross Facebook page has mentioned about a forthcoming reveal of the car. I really hope that they release some more technical information on the car (though I suspect that they may keep the really clever bits under wraps).

Ekstrom was quickest yesterday and is ahead again today as well.

[Alpha]

Interesting stuff that Megane. Brakes are mounted near the diffs instead of inside the wheels. The wheels themselves are a bit weird. The center tunnel is really small compared to the other cars, not sure how they've done that, I doubt anything sticks out underneath. They are also running front radiators like the Polos.

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[tbtstt]

Interesting stuff that Megane. Brakes are mounted near the diffs instead of inside the wheels. The wheels themselves are a bit weird. The center tunnel is really small compared to the other cars, not sure how they've done that, I doubt anything sticks out underneath. They are also running front radiators like the Polos.

I'm not sure about the location of the radiators. The car is running side intakes which would imply a rear mounted cooling package, but the little video clip from the grid at Silverstone didn't clearly show the radiators in the back (or where the air is exiting in the car: though I might have a theory about that).

I assume that the brake discs are mounted near the diffs (is this confirmed in pictures anywhere?). Or have Prodrive gone really out there and mounted brakes to the propshafts?

[Alpha]

I'm not sure about the location of the radiators. The car is running side intakes which would imply a rear mounted cooling package, but the little video clip from the grid at Silverstone didn't clearly show the radiators in the back (or where the air is exiting in the car: though I might have a theory about that).

I assume that the brake discs are mounted near the diffs (is this confirmed in pictures anywhere?). Or have Prodrive gone really out there and mounted brakes to the propshafts?

You're right.. It's the Olsbergs MSCs cars that run front radiators. Megane has rear radiators.

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[Alpha]

Also, times for the test weekend:

Ekström, 41.601, 71 laps
Timmy Hansen, 41.867, 31 laps
Bakkerud, 42.059, 65 laps
Kevin Eriksson, 42.222, 63 laps
Kristofferson, 42.223, 46 laps
Baumanis, 42.754, 54 laps
Grosset-Janin, 43.381, 55 laps
Solberg, 43.191, 73 laps
Chicherit, 43.381, 55 laps
Demoustier, 43.897, 91 (!!) laps


Couple of surprises there! But it's only testing..
Full list at fiaworldrallycross.com.


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[MrJan]

20 more laps to be 2+ seconds off the pace?

Big surprise for me is that Solberg is a so far back (1.5 behind Ekstrom!), but with all testing you're never quite sure if it's genuine pace.