FIA World Rallycross Championship 2018

[Madhun1967 51]

Texas here i come !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ruben Correa Alves 28]

Lydden Hill will host the final round of the Global Rallycross Championship this year! Will be very nice to see some quick Beetles and Scooby's run that track again, and of course good to see them pick up a big event now that WRX is going to Silvertstone.

https://www.motorsport.com/global-rx/news/lydden-hill-to-host-global-rallycross-season-finale-1004650/?s=1

[tbtstt 2,387]

Just on my way here to post that! Very surprising bit of news: I joked about it but didn't think it would actually happen! I shall be going! 

[Madhun1967 51]

WOW.................... i cant make it but thats great for exposure 

[tbtstt 2,387]

They are talking about the 70 foot jump at Lydden, no idea where they are going to fit that. I'll be keeping an eye on the number of entries, as it's possibly a slightly expensive day out if the entries are low. 

Brilliant coup for Lydden though! 

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

I love GRC and I'm super excited about Lydden Hill.

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

I didn't know there was a 2018 thread for WRX but back when EKS lost there second driver I had a feeling it was for Bakkerud. I hope Bakkerud can fight for the title, he is one of my favorite drivers.

[F2CMaDMaXX 505]

tbtstt said:

They are talking about the 70 foot jump at Lydden, no idea where they are going to fit that. I'll be keeping an eye on the number of entries, as it's possibly a slightly expensive day out if the entries are low. 

Brilliant coup for Lydden though! 

Wait, what?  How?

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

F2CMaDMaXX said:

tbtstt said:

They are talking about the 70 foot jump at Lydden, no idea where they are going to fit that. I'll be keeping an eye on the number of entries, as it's possibly a slightly expensive day out if the entries are low. 

Brilliant coup for Lydden though! 

Wait, what?  How?

It think they will put it on the straight after the Joker Lap. That would be amazing! That's one reason why I love GRC. They can build what ever they want and/or need.

[gfRally 449]

Finally you guys will get to see some Subaru's race again :)

[tbtstt 2,387]

gfRally said:

Finally you guys will get to see some Subaru's race again :)

The track record for Subaru and rallycross here in the UK hasn't been great the last few years. I am hoping for better from the GRC cars! 

I haven't been that bothered about the GRC the last few years, but I am paying a lot more attention to the entries this year. Hopefully they can get a decent number of permanent entries. There has been talk that OMSE won't be back, really hope that isn't the case as I'd really like to see the Civics running at Lydden.

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

tbtstt said:

gfRally said:

Finally you guys will get to see some Subaru's race again :)

The track record for Subaru and rallycross here in the UK hasn't been great the last few years. I am hoping for better from the GRC cars! 

I haven't been that bothered about the GRC the last few years, but I am paying a lot more attention to the entries this year. Hopefully they can get a decent number of permanent entries. There has been talk that OMSE won't be back, really hope that isn't the case as I'd really like to see the Civics running at Lydden.

The Subaru's are doing really good in the GRC. They took 4 straight podiums at the end of the season and had 5 overall I think. Big improvement from 2016. 2017 was a step in the right direction. Subaru is getting closer to the leaders with every race.

[RallyDriven 398]

DiRTKiNG808 said:

F2CMaDMaXX said:

tbtstt said:

They are talking about the 70 foot jump at Lydden, no idea where they are going to fit that. I'll be keeping an eye on the number of entries, as it's possibly a slightly expensive day out if the entries are low. 

Brilliant coup for Lydden though! 

Wait, what?  How?

It think they will put it on the straight after the Joker Lap. That would be amazing! That's one reason why I love GRC. They can build what ever they want and/or need.

It will either be there, or going up the hill into the hairpin or down the hill out of it. The latter would by far be the coolest option, but I imagine the joker lap exit option is what they’d choose

[tbtstt 2,387]

RallyDriven said:

DiRTKiNG808 said:

F2CMaDMaXX said:

tbtstt said:

They are talking about the 70 foot jump at Lydden, no idea where they are going to fit that. I'll be keeping an eye on the number of entries, as it's possibly a slightly expensive day out if the entries are low. 

Brilliant coup for Lydden though! 

Wait, what?  How?

It think they will put it on the straight after the Joker Lap. That would be amazing! That's one reason why I love GRC. They can build what ever they want and/or need.

It will either be there, or going up the hill into the hairpin or down the hill out of it. The latter would by far be the coolest option, but I imagine the joker lap exit option is what they’d choose

Given that someone managed to roll a car on the exit of North Bend last year (without the help of a ramp!) I would be surprised if they put it there. 

Exit of Chessons (turn one) or extending the track onto the infield (where the chicane at the start line is now) seem the most likely options to me. 

[RallyDriven 398]

tbtstt said:

RallyDriven said:

DiRTKiNG808 said:

F2CMaDMaXX said:

tbtstt said:

They are talking about the 70 foot jump at Lydden, no idea where they are going to fit that. I'll be keeping an eye on the number of entries, as it's possibly a slightly expensive day out if the entries are low. 

Brilliant coup for Lydden though! 

Wait, what?  How?

It think they will put it on the straight after the Joker Lap. That would be amazing! That's one reason why I love GRC. They can build what ever they want and/or need.

It will either be there, or going up the hill into the hairpin or down the hill out of it. The latter would by far be the coolest option, but I imagine the joker lap exit option is what they’d choose

Given that someone managed to roll a car on the exit of North Bend last year (without the help of a ramp!) I would be surprised if they put it there. 

Exit of Chessons (turn one) or extending the track onto the infield (where the chicane at the start line is now) seem the most likely options to me. 

I remember seeing that!

I know they won’t put it there. But how awesome
would it be?

[Ruben Correa Alves 28]

So the Loeb Racing Team is entering RX this year as well, with a completely new Peugeot 208 (separate from the works Peugeot cars) build by LMP2 constructors Onroak Automotive and Oreca, with Grégoire Demoustier driving.




Even though these are renders, if you compare them to last years factory Peugeot cars below you can already spot some differences. So they are not taking old factory cars and creating an evolution from that, but it actually looks like they're doing a new design.

[KingOfCoins 286]

But it looks like a Hansen 208 though. Maybe it's just a render and the actual car will be different

[Ruben Correa Alves 28]

Yeah out of all years it looks the most like the 2014 Hansen one, but still some differences from that one. But it's a render for sure so this is probably just to show the livery.

[tbtstt 2,387]

Yeah, I wonder if it's just a render. Wonder if they will run a second car, as Grégoire Demoustier seemed a bit out of his depth in the World Championship last year.

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

RallyDriven said:

tbtstt said:

RallyDriven said:

DiRTKiNG808 said:

F2CMaDMaXX said:

tbtstt said:

They are talking about the 70 foot jump at Lydden, no idea where they are going to fit that. I'll be keeping an eye on the number of entries, as it's possibly a slightly expensive day out if the entries are low. 

Brilliant coup for Lydden though! 

Wait, what?  How?

It think they will put it on the straight after the Joker Lap. That would be amazing! That's one reason why I love GRC. They can build what ever they want and/or need.

It will either be there, or going up the hill into the hairpin or down the hill out of it. The latter would by far be the coolest option, but I imagine the joker lap exit option is what they’d choose

Given that someone managed to roll a car on the exit of North Bend last year (without the help of a ramp!) I would be surprised if they put it there. 

Exit of Chessons (turn one) or extending the track onto the infield (where the chicane at the start line is now) seem the most likely options to me. 

I remember seeing that!

I know they won’t put it there. But how awesome
would it be?

That would be pretty awesome.

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

So Loeb Racing Team is going against Peugeot? Which the actual Loeb is racing for? Or is it an extension to the team?

[Ruben Correa Alves 28]

Yeah it's always a bit confusing. It was the same in the WTCC. Loeb was driving for the Citroen factory team, but the Sebastian Loeb Racing team fielded a similar Citroen with another driver.

[DiRTKiNG808 15]

Loeb is like Self vs. Self. The dude is everywhere.

[gfRally 449]

DiRTKiNG808 said:

Loeb is like Self vs. Self. The dude is everywhere.

thats pretty selfish

[tbtstt 2,387]

Kristoffersson and Bakkerud were both at Mettet this weekend. Kristoffersson just tested (on Saturday), Bakkerud tested and competed in the opening Belgium Championship round on Sunday. Andreas was on course to win the Supercar final, but his car caught fire!