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...

Volkswagen is considering the development of an all-electric rallycross supercar.The German firm's head of technology Frank Welsch says the short, sharp format of rallycross events offers the perfect showcase for advances in electric car technology.Welsch told Autocar: "I can certainly imagine a championship done with all-electric cars. The races are...

The Volkswagen Team Sweden and Marklund Motorsport World Rallycross teams have amalgamated to form Volkswagen RX Sweden, which will field two VW Polos in the 2016 World Rallycross Championship. Johan Kristoffersson and Anton Marklund will drive the cars, making them the first confirmed 2016 World RX signings.While existing Team Sweden...

Scott Speed converted a nearly flawless set of qualifying rounds into his third victory of the 2014 Red Bull Global Rallycross season in Saturday's Red Bull GRC Los Angeles main event, held at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, CA. Speed, the series' only multiple winner in the...

World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier's chances of salvaging points from Rally Germany all but vanished with his second crash of the weekend on Saturday morning.Ogier had gone off the road on Friday's final stage when narrowly leading Volkswagen team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala. Although he was unable to get back onto...

Newly-formed World Rallycross Championship team EKS, founded by double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom, will run a pair of Audi S1 Supercars at select rounds of the series this season.The Swedish squad will build the new machines from scratch at their base in Stockholm for Ekstrom and reigning JWRC champion Pontus...

Newly formed World Rallycross Championship team EKS, founded by double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom, will run a pair of Audi S1 Supercars at select rounds of the series this season. The Swedish squad will build the new machines from scratch at its base in Stockholm for Ekstrom and reigning JWRC...

Double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom (pictured) has set up his own team to compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.The Swedish driver has revealed that his new EKS squad, based in Stockholm, is preparing for a number of World Rallycross events this season."I grew up in a rallycross paddock and...

The rallycross event at the X Games Brazil event in Foz do Iguacu on April 21 looks to have some extra American flavor as 2004 Indy 500 winner Buddy Rice is tipped to make his rallycross debut in a VW Polo, while Scott Speed is also set to take part...