Andreas Bakkerud claimed his first victory of the World Rallycross Championship season at the penultimate round in Italy, as trouble for Timmy Hansen left Petter Solberg close to the title.Despite the Franciacorta event being the eighth time OlsbergsMSE driver Bakkerud, who won twice in 2014, had reached the final this...

Johan Kristoffersson and Petter Solberg share the overnight lead of the Italian World Rallycross Championship round at Franciacorta, having both set a fastest and second-fastest time in Saturday's heats.Championship leader Solberg might well have led, had he not had to pass Jerome Grosset-Janin in the opening lap of the first...

Former Formula 1 and World Touring Car Championship driver Gianni Morbidelli will compete in his home round of the World Rallycross Championship at Franciacorta in Italy next week.Morbidelli will drive an Audi S3 for the Munnich Motorsport team, replacing 2006 Formula Renault 3.5 champion Alx Danielsson.He will race alongside owner-driver...

Former World Rally Championship driver Gigi Galli says his new Kia Rio Supercar program is a three-year commitment to the World Rallycross Championship, as the car made its test debut.The Italian, a WRC podium finisher, ran the Kia at Franciacorta in front of Italian media on Wednesday ahead of its...

The venue for the World Rallycross Championship's final round in Argentina has been moved from San Luis to Rosario.San Luis hosted World RX's first visit to South America last November but according to a championship statement "local elections have meant that the work required to the rallycross track at San...

British Touring Car Championship star Andrew Jordan will fill in for Mattias Ekstrom in the Swede's EKS World Rallycross Championship team in Italy next month, driving an Audi S1 Supercar.Jordan, the 2013 BTCC champion, raced for Team Peugeot-Hansen at the British World RX return at Lydden Hill earlier this year,...

Italian former World Rally Championship driver has confirmed he will join the World Rallycross Championship with a new Kia project from his home round at Franciacorta next month. The WRC podium finisher will drive a brand new Kia Rio Supercar and has employed the services of his former co-driver Giovanni...

Former GP3 driver Tamas Pal Kiss will make his World Rallycross Championship event debut in Italy next month.The Hungarian single-seater convert moved to rallycross full-time in 2015, competing in his national championship, where he has won once.He will compete in the European Championship section of the Italian event at Franciacorta.Kiss...

Kevin Eriksson, son of Ford OlsbergsMSE team owner Andreas, will make his Supercar debut at the final round of the World Rallycross Championship in Argentina next month. The Swede will race a Ford Fiesta Supercar as his prize for winning the RX Lites Cup division that runs as a support...

Timmy Hansen claimed victory in the 10th round of the World Rallycross championship at Franciacorta, while Petter Solberg finished third and was crowned champion.The Norweigan scored enough points at the Italian-based event to ensure that nobody can catch him, even with two rounds remaining, and he became the first person...