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The teams have weathered the Covid-19 storm and the sport is looking ahead positively to an electric future from 2022. In the latest #ThinkingForward interview with the sport’s leaders, we talk to Paul Bellamy, Managing Director of IMG Motorsport, the WRX promoter, who argues that while motorsport has to go electric as soon as possible to retain manufacturer involvement, there will remain a ...Keep reading View the full article

The teams have weathered the Covid-19 storm and the sport is looking ahead positively to an electric future from 2022. In the latest #ThinkingForward interview with the sport’s leaders, we talk to Paul Bellamy, Managing Director of IMG Motorsport, the WRX promoter, who argues that while motorsport has to go electric as soon as possible to retain manufacturer involvement, there will remain a ...Keep reading View the full article

The Swede will race as one of two teams’ points-scoring entries for the KYB Team JC squad, which runs Audi S1s built and developed by Ekstrom’s EKS team. He will replace Latvian driver Janis Baumanis, who has run into budget problems. Having announced his retirement from World RX minutes after the 2018 season-finale in South Africa, 2016 champion Ekstrom made a return to the series at ...Keep reading View the full article

The Swede will race as one of two teams’ points-scoring entries for the KYB Team JC squad, which runs Audi S1s built and developed by Ekstrom’s EKS team. He will replace Latvian driver Janis Baumanis, who has run into budget problems. Having announced his retirement from World RX minutes after the 2018 season-finale in South Africa, 2016 champion Ekstrom made a return to the series at ...Keep reading View the full article

The Morocco Rally has traditionally served as the de facto preparatory event for the Dakar, and saw Fernando Alonso take part in last year’s event at the wheel of a Toyota Hilux. The 21st edition of the rally was due to take place this year on October 9-14 as part of both the FIM Cross-Country World Championship and FIA ​​World Cup calendars. However, amid the coronavirus situation in ...Keep reading View the full article

The Morocco Rally has traditionally served as the de facto preparatory event for the Dakar Rally, and saw Fernando Alonso take part in last year’s event at the wheel of a Toyota Hilux. The 21st edition of the rally was due to take place this year on October 9-14 as part of both the FIM Cross-Country World Championship and FIA ​​World Cup calendars. However, amid the coronavirus ...Keep reading View the full article

Ostberg will drive a Citroen C3 ERX, developed by Manfred Stohl’s STARD concern using the French marque’s C3 R5 rolling chassis, mated to the ‘Revelution’ 450kW electric powertrain used by all cars in Projekt E, developed by Stohl’s company. While the Norwegian has never competed in a rallycross event, he conducted demonstration laps in a Subaru Impreza WRC at his home round of the ...Keep reading View the full article

Ostberg will drive a Citroen C3 ERX, developed by Manfred Stohl’s STARD concern using the French marque’s C3 R5 rolling chassis, mated to the ‘Revelution’ 450kW electric powertrain used by all cars in Projekt E, developed by Stohl’s company. While the Norwegian has never competed in a rallycross event, he conducted demonstration laps in a Subaru Impreza WRC at his home round of the ...Keep reading View the full article

The American will race a new Fiesta ERX built by Manfred Stohl’s STARD outfit, using the single-specification three-motor, four-wheel drive 450kW ‘revelution’ electric powertrain kit developed by Stohl’s concern that is mandated to be used in all cars in the series. Block made his World RX debut at the Norwegian round in 2014, driving a Ford Fiesta to a podium finish. Following a ...Keep reading View the full article

The American will race a new Fiesta ERX built by Manfred Stohl’s STARD outfit, using the single-specification three-motor, four-wheel drive 450kW ‘revelution’ electric powertrain kit developed by Stohl’s concern that is mandated to be used in all cars in the series. Block made his World RX debut at the Norwegian round in 2014, driving a Ford Fiesta to a podium finish. Following a ...Keep reading View the full article

Being touted as the world’s first R5-based electric race car to be ready to be delivered to customers, the C3 ERX has been created from the C3 Rally2 machine’s rolling chassis, adopting 80% of the parts used in the rally version of the factory-built, four-wheel-drive car, and mated to STARD’s ‘revelution’ 450kW (613bhp) triple-motor electric powertrain system at STARD’s base in ...Keep reading View the full article

Being touted as the world’s first R5-based electric race car to be ready to be delivered to customers, the C3 ERX has been created from the C3 Rally2 machine’s rolling chassis, adopting 80% of the parts used in the rally version of the factory-built, four-wheel-drive car, and mated to STARD’s ‘revelution’ 450kW (613bhp) triple-motor electric powertrain system at STARD’s base in ...Keep reading View the full article

Originally due to run from September 25-27 , the Marmaris-based event has been brought forward by a week to September 18-20 by the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED), paving the way for Rally Ypres to join the WRC fray. The Belgian rally’s possible inclusion in the 2020 championship relied on cooperation from Rally Turkey to ease the logistical pressures on ...Keep reading View the full article

Originally due to run from September 25-27 , the Marmaris-based event has been brought forward by a week to September 18-20 by the Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED), paving the way for Rally Ypres to join the WRC fray. The Belgian rally’s possible inclusion in the 2020 championship relied on cooperation from Rally Turkey to ease the logistical pressures on ...Keep reading View the full article

The UAE venue had been set to hold the 10th round of the revised 2020 World RX calendar, but has been shelved due to ongoing health concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. “In light of the continued global health concerns regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) the World Rallycross of Abu Dhabi, scheduled to be hosted at Yas Marina Circuit on 30-31 October, will unfortunately not take ...Keep reading View the full article

The UAE venue had been set to hold the 10th round of the revised 2020 World RX calendar, but has been shelved due to ongoing health concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. “In light of the continued global health concerns regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) the World Rallycross of Abu Dhabi, scheduled to be hosted at Yas Marina Circuit on 30-31 October, will unfortunately not take ...Keep reading View the full article

Eriksson made amends for cruelly missing out on a debut World RX victory at his home round in 2014, on only his third rallycross Supercar start, by finishing first last year in OMSE's Ford Fiesta Mk8. The former Global Rallycross Championship driver will now return for the Swedish rounds of the series, racing an updated version of the Honda Civic Coupe he raced for the then Honda-backed squad ...Keep reading View the full article

Eriksson made amends for cruelly missing out on a debut World RX victory at his home round in 2014, on only his third rallycross Supercar start, by finishing first last year in OMSE's Ford Fiesta Mk8. The former Global Rallycross Championship driver will now return for the Swedish rounds of the series, racing an updated version of the Honda Civic Coupe he raced for the then Honda-backed squad ...Keep reading View the full article

Sazbo will race an identical Hyundai i20 Supercar to that of GRX Taneco drivers Niclas Gronholm and Timur Timerzyanov, starting with the opening double-header of the campaign in Sweden next month, competing under the GRX SET banner. Having impressed on selected Euro RX Supercar appearances with EKS in 2018, Szabo contested a full World RX season last year with the Mattias Ekstrom-owned ...Keep readingView the full article

Sazbo will race an identical Hyundai i20 Supercar to that of GRX Taneco drivers Niclas Gronholm and Timur Timerzyanov, starting with the opening double-header of the campaign in Sweden next month, competing under the GRX SET banner. Having impressed on selected Euro RX Supercar appearances with EKS in 2018, Szabo contested a full World RX season last year with the Mattias Ekstrom-owned ...Keep readingView the full article