WRC attendances top four million for second straight season WRC rounds again attract more than four million people in 2018 Championship records remarkable 30 per cent fan growth in six years Pinnacle of global rallying remains huge magnet for spectators Munich, 22 March 2019 – The number of fans attending
RALLY NEWS
PIENIAZEK PRIMED FOR ASPHALT
M-Sport Ford World Rally Team’s Łukasz Pieniążek and Kamil Heller are primed for their first asphalt outing with the EcoBoost-powered Ford Fiesta R5. Contesting next week’s Tour de Corse, the Polish pairing will tackle their third surface in as many events as part of the FIA World Rally Championship’s premier
ROVANPERÄ AND ETTALA ON THEIR TWO SPORTING WORLDS COLLIDING
Both Kalle Rovanperä and Eero Ettala are no strangers to travelling fast on snow and ice. But in an added twist, snowboarder Ettala raised the speed stakes by travelling while hanging onto the rally car of WRC driver Rovanperä in Kuusamo, Finnish Lapland. After their adventure, the pair talked about the challengings
CITROËN SECURES ITS SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON WITH OGIER-INGRASSIA
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia produced an incredibly calm and collected performance on Sunday’s final leg to claim their second win from three events in 2019, the C3 WRC retaining its record of finishing on the podium at every round since the start of the season in Monte-Carlo! Citroën Racing
THE C3 WRC LEADS THE WAY WITH OGIER-INGRASSIA
Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia took the overall lead on day one in their C3 WRC, also ending today’s opening leg as top performers with four stage wins in sweltering temperatures and high altitudes of close to 3,000 metres above sea level. Fifth overnight, just behind the fourth-placed crew, Esapekka
CHICHERIT: RX2 ‘A GREAT STEPPING-STONE’ TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL
• GCK founder full of praise for official World RX feeder series • Raymond and De Ridder first RX2 graduates to step up to highest level • Frenchman and Belgian will join forces at GCK Academy in 2019 GC Kompetition founder Guerlain Chicherit has hailed the role played by the RX2 International Series
WRC CONFIRMS RECORD TV FIGURES FROM THRILLING 2018 CAMPAIGN
GCK LAUNCHES FOUR-CAR ASSAULT ON 2019 WORLD RX SERIES
GC KOMPETITION (GCK), founded by French athlete Guerlain Chiche¬rit, will compete in the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship with two permanent teams. GCK entered their debut season in 2018 before expanding the team to three cars at the US and German events. GCK will now grow the operation to include four
QUALITY 2019 ENTRY LIST UNDERLINES STRENGTH OF WORLD RX
The list of permanent competitors for the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy released today, suggests intense competition across the 10 rounds for series honours. The quality, depth and multicultural mix of the competitors underlines the strength of World RX now in its fifth year. A total of 16
HANSEN FAMILY BEATS THE CLOCK TO CONFIRM WORLD RX ENTRY
Hansen Motorsport has today confirmed its entry in the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship, presented by Monster Energy as Team HANSEN MJP. In an exciting new chapter for the Swedish team, brothers Timmy and Kevin will field a pair of Peugeot 208 Supercars. An ever-present force in World RX since its inception