World Rallycross Championship a.k.a RALLYX

[rallyfiend]

Will KMS and Hansens be at the next event?

Johan's father said they need more sponsorship before they can commit....

[saco0o]

yes they are doing full season.
but yeah, sad to see the best team on the sport losing redbull AND the engine partner. apparently KMS switched to electric because the engine partner (horse power tech? something like that) took ICE block away. so weird.

btw, the championship posted on social media andrew/pat/bakku on the booth during euroRX last lap. so fun, they all cheering for the home driver (idk how to write his name). EuroRx still having the best racing this year imo

[Fast Eddie WRC]

World RX lurches from one crisis to the next.

KMS may have committed based on Red Bull being there, but hopefully they can find new sponsors with the Championship getting free live coverage on YT.

[saco0o]

watching this weekend's rallyx race at nysum (what an incredible track, btw) they had kevin eriksson on the booth and he was kinda saying they are "not giving up on trying to make the FC2 cars as quick as the supercars, but fc2 is fc2 and supercar is supercar" - and he did a gesture suggesting going "separated ways". not sure what that meant, especially after this weekend where fc2 cars beat supercars on semi final (and won the open 4wd class under torrential rain - good equalizer).

i like the fc2 car concept. i even think fia could go into that direction for the new RX cars for 2027.
make it more like the cross cars: get the fc2 as the general idea and open up to builders to produce 'their fc2' cars with different bodykits, for example.
omse build these, then kms, hansens, gronholm, abt, msport, prodrive could all build their cars (under these fc2 specs) just like they did with supercars.
just like in crosscars, where there tons of brands making those. i know its a totally different thing but its an idea. plus the fc2 cars can be races with smaller engines as the 'lites' class (since they are literally build on the same basis). 2 classes at once!

im still hoping they realize RX is not a thing for manufacturers. its something that gotta be cheap for privateers and family teams, period.

[saco0o]

hansens are out from next race in Suomi :/
it looks like they lost some sponsor
eeeh

fia also announced the last round will be a doubleheadder in instambul (it was already the penultim round)

[rallyfiend]

What a shock that Red Bull departs as promoter and takes their sponsorship with them.

I guess this is why the cars ran without Red Bull branding in Portugal. Only the Hansens brought it back. Desperation?

That championship is dead and the FIA killed it

[saco0o]

pat o'donovan also not doing Suomi. kms dropped the 3rd entry they were planning for nills anderson on the petrol* car
thats 5 worldRX entries for Suomi!!. (johan, ole, niclas, klara, juha)
its not even enough for a 6 car FINALE!!

apparently world and euro are racing combined that weekend, with 2 separated finals

[WRCStan]

That championship is dead and the FIA killed it

How and why?

[rallyfiend]

How and why?

The electric kits they chose (like the hybrid kits in WRC) were too expensive, too complicated, caused the fire that led to the complete loss of an entire team, and then they ran a shabby rest of that season to cover their ass....

Every decision they made showed a lack of recgnition of the real level of rallycross. Including deciding to run it themselves when all other promoters dumped it....