World Rallycross Championship a.k.a RALLYX

[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.val...33Jgy1AUdEV4Ul

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.val...XDbrbwtRUHE3Zl

[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.