World Rallycross Championship a.k.a RALLYX

[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...















...more here if anyone is interested!