The FIA has announced that the World Rallycross Championship will revert to a European Championship from 2026, with a standalone "World Cup" event.

Reigning Champion Mattias Ekstrom has won round one of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Barcelona after taking a lights-to-flag victory at the wheel of his Audi S1 EKS RX quattro. Germany's Timo Scheider finished runner-up in his MJP Racing-run Ford Fiesta RXS Supercar after a stunning debut which saw...

Finland's Topi Heikkinen finished fastest in Q2 at the opening round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Barcelona to conclude the day as top qualifier in the Intermediate Classification.The EKS driver set the fastest time in Q2 in his Audi S1 quattro as worsening wet weather conditions hampered the...

A four-part video series showcasing the technology, tools, and team of engineers that helped design and optimize the Ford Focus RS RX driven by Ken Block and Andreas Bakkerud in the FIA World Rallycross series.The videos focus on four different elements of the race car: the wing, suspension, driveshaft, and...

Mattias Ekstrom's EKS team added the World Rallycross teams' championship to its chief's drivers' title in an Argentina season finale won by Andreas Bakkerud.Bakkerud qualified on pole position thanks to winning the second semi-final and finishing higher than fellow semi-final victor Johan Kristoffersson at the Intermediate Classification.Bakkerud beat Kristoffersson into...

Two time DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom claimed his first ever FIA World title by securing the World Rallycross Championship in Germany.Driving for his self-made EKS rallycross team, Ekstrom finished fifth in the final - won by Sweden's Kevin Eriksson – at the Estering circuit and is now 30 points ahead...

SAFEisFast.com presents "The Challenge of Rallycross," with FIA World Rallycross Ace and two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom taking readers' questions as part of the "Ask A Pro" series.SAFE stands for Skilled, Assured, Fit and Empowered. The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) has created the SAFEisFAST program to offer online tutorials...

Mattias Ekstrom reclaimed the World Rallycross Championship lead by storming to victory at the Barcelona Formula 1 venue on a bad day for rival Petter Solberg.Ekstrom led the final from start to finish, after an early challenge from Timur Timerzyanov, and kept the advantage when he took a late joker...

Johan Kristoffersson dominated the Loheac World Rallycross final as Sebastien Loeb secured a home podium with a last-lap move on long-time World Rally rival Petter Solberg.While Kristoffersson was unchallenged from pole on the way to the Volkswagen Sweden team's first win of 2016, the fight for second was intense throughout.Works...

Sebastien Loeb began his World Rallycross Championship campaign with fifth as double champion Petter Solberg led home an epic season opener at Montalegre in Portugal.Loeb (ABOVE), who was knocked out in the semis on his last RX start in the series' European predecessor at Loheac in 2013, was the only...