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The lights are about to go green at the start of the 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship – as the opening round of the spectacular all-electric series begins at the World RX of Portugal this weekend (3-4 June).

Emil Axelsson has been appointed FIA World Rallycross Championship Sporting Manager, bringing with him more than 15 years of top-level motorsport experience to the consultancy role.

Sébastien Loeb will make a full-time return to the FIA World Rallycross Championship this year, driving an all-electric Lancia Delta Evo-e RX.

Hong Kong will host the final round of the 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship when the World RX of China takes place on November 11-12.

The 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship calendar has been announced, and to celebrate its tenth season World RX will visit Africa and Asia next year – as well as iconic European venues and featuring the return of some old favourites, including the fabled birthplace of the sport.

Johan Kristoffersson ended the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship in style at the Nürburgring...

Guerlain Chicherit and Anton Marklund will race in the premier World RX category at the final round of this year’s FIA World Rallycross Championship at the Nürburgring this weekend (12-13 November), when the Frenchman debuts the exciting new Lancia Delta Evo-e RX and the newly-crowned Euro RX champion pilots a SEAT Ibiza RX1e.

The Lancia Delta Evo-e RX will become the latest all-electric RX1e car to race in the FIA World Rallycross Championship when four-time World Freeriding champion and experienced rallycross racer Guerlain Chicherit debuts the GCK Motorsport-built machine at the World RX of Germany (12-13 November).

Johan Kristoffersson clinched his fifth FIA World Rallycross Championship crown – and the first of the series’ new electric era – at the World RX of Catalunya today (30 October), unleashing one of the most dominant performances of his glittering career to seal the deal in style.

Timmy Hansen secured his first win of the 2022 FIA World Rallycross Championship campaign with a commanding performance at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya today (29 October), meaning that countryman Johan Kristoffersson will have to wait at least one more day to clinch his fifth drivers’ crown.