FIA World Council gives RX green light The World Motor Sports Council (WMSC) meeting on December 5, held as a part of the FIA Annual General Assembly in Istanbul, approved the regulations and calendar for the 2013 FIA European Rallycross Championship. The press statement issued after the WMSC highlighted some details from the regulations (below), other items of change having previously been approved by the FIA at the September WMSC meeting.

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The 2013 FIA European Rallycross Championship will be promoted by  IMG, the world leader in sports, fashion and media. A revised event format that will create a clear visual progression through the event will be introduced and events will benefit from improved television coverage with higher production values and unrivalled distribution through IMG which is also the world’s largest independent distributor of sports programming.   The WMSC approved the following amendments to the 2013 Sporting Regulations: - Drivers will no longer be excluded from the race as a result of a false start; instead a driver will be required to complete two Joker laps - The number of cars permitted to take part in the Final is set at six - Results from each round of the Championship will count towards the title - A ‘Rookie of the Year’ prize will be awarded to the highest-placed driver competing in their first FIA SuperCar season - The limitation on the permitted number of tyres per event has been amended from four to eight [Supercar only] - Drivers will be permitted a maximum of three engines per season. Any additional engines will be penalised by the deduction of 20 Championship points per engine - Only two turbos are authorised per event. Any additional turbos will be penalised by the deduction of 15 Championship points   FIA European Rallycross Championship March 31 – April 1 Lydden Hill, Great Britain April 27-28 Montalegre, Portugal May 25-26 Nyirad, Hungary June 8-9 Kouvola, Finland June 15-16 Hell, Norway July 6-7 Holjes, Sweden August 17-18 Mondello Park, Irish Republic* August 31 – September 1 Loheac, France September 14-15 Greinbach, Austria September 21-22 Buxtehude, Germany

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Bekanntmachung der ERC Regeln 2013 

FIA EUROPEAN RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

The following amendments have been made to the 2013 Sporting Regulations:

• Drivers will no longer be excluded from the race as a result of a false start; instead a driver will be required to complete two Joker laps
• The number of cars permitted to take part in the Final is set at six
• Results from each round of the Championship will count towards the title
• A ‘Rookie of the Year’ prize will be awarded to the highest-placed driver competing in their first FIA SuperCar season
• The limitation on the permitted number of tyres per event has been amended from four to eight
• Drivers will be permitted a maximum of three engines per season. Any additional engines will be penalised by the deduction of 20 Championship points per engine
• Only two turbos are authorised per event. Any additional turbos will be penalised by the deduction of 15 Championship points

Some Pictures from the new RX Polo =) 

 2013 FIA/IMG RX approved

The FIA World Motor Sports Council (WMSC) has given the 2013 European Rallycross Championship (RX) its final approval 

The last 2012 FIA World Motor Sports Council (WMSC) meeting, that was held yesterday in Istanbul (Turkey) as part of the FIA Annual General Assembly, has given green light to the 2013 European Rallycross Championship, that will be run under its new ‘RX’ tag by promoter IMG. The meeting paved the way for some new regulations and confirmed eight of the ten proposed dates, while the other two remain provisional and subject to currently missing track homologations.

• 2013 FIA/IMG European Rallycross Championship (RX) Calendar:
• 31.03.–01.04. Lydden Hill Race Circuit at Wootton (Great Britain)
• 27.04.–28.04. Pista Automóvel de Montalegre at Montalegre (Portugal)
• 25.05.–26.05. Nyirádi Motorsport Centrum at Nyirád (Hungary)
• 08.06.–09.06. Tykkimäen Moottorirata at Kouvola (Finland)
• 15.06.–16.06. Lånkebanen at Hell (Norway)
• 06.07.–07.07. Höljesbanan at Höljes (Sweden)
• 17.08.–18.08. Mondello Park Circuit at Naas (Ireland) (subject to FIA track homologation)
• 31.08.–01.09. Circuit de Lohéac at Lohéac (France) (subject to FIA track homologation)
• 14.09.–15.09. PS Racing Center at Greinbach (Austria)
• 21.09.–22.09. Estering at Buxtehude (Germany)

• The following amendments to the 2013 Sporting Regulations have been approved:
• Drivers will no longer be excluded from the race as a result of a false start; instead will be required to complete two Joker Laps.
• The number of cars permitted to take part in the Final is set at six.
• Results from each round of the Championship will count towards the title.
• A ‘Rookie of the Year’ prize will be awarded to the highest-placed driver competing in their first FIA SuperCar season.
• The limitation on the permitted number of tyres per event has been amended [for SuperCars only] from four to eight.
• Drivers will be permitted a maximum of three engines per season. Any additional engines will be penalised by the deduction of 20 Championship points per engine.
• Only two turbos are authorised per event. Any additional turbos will be penalised by the deduction of 15 Championship points.

Euro Rallycross Challenge

The first written information about an alternative series to the 2013 European Rallycross Championship (RX) came up during the 2012 ERC Finale in Buxtehude on Saturday, September 29 when an unsigned press release was distributed by a wellknown Rallycross official to just a few by then present people in the Estering press centre. As the paper carried no name nor indication of where it came from it was subsequently claimed to be set-up rumours, produced to disturb the work of those who were busy to work on the future of Rallycross. However, after Buxtehude there was no other written information for ‘Joe Public’ from those people who worked on the challenge project, but now time is ripe and ERC24 able to release some of the information that we were given over the past weeks.

On Saturday, November 1 representatives of six international Rallycross organisers and some ASN members had a meeting in Holland where they agreed to launch a European Rallycross Challenge in 2013. The new series of events will be held in central Europe, to be run at at least six different venues. So far the French ASN FFSA and the Dutch ASN KNAF have already commited to the new challenge, other federations are said to follow soon. The challenge is claimed to become recognised by the FIA under the rules for ‘International Series’, the six provisional dates to be found below. The “alternative ERC” will host the three known categories SuperCars, Super1600s and TouringCars, but should see some changes and improvements to the former format.

The challenge was initiated and will be run by the Dutch ASN KNAF. Its motto reads “Rallycross the way it’s meant to be”, and together with adjusted rules and friendly entry fees it is claimed to be the Rallycross of the future. Those new regulations should be friendlier, clearer and are based on 40 years of Rallycross experience. Rules that are difficult to control will be deleted and the winners will be awarded with attractive round and championship prizes. The total prize money for 2013 is announced to be of more than €100,000.00.

The European Rallycross Challenge (ERC) will see open paddocks and will be promoted to the big crowd from one central organisation. A uniform appearance and promotion will add to the awareness of the competition. All traditional and modern communication will be used: TV contacts will be approached and races will be made available through live streaming!

• 2013 European Rallycross Challenge (ERC) Calendar:
• 20.04.–21.04. Wachauring at Melk (Austria)
• 18.05.–19.05. Circuit des Ducs at Essay (France)
• 27.07.–28.07. Circuit de Kerlabo at Cohiniac (France)
• 10.08.–11.08. Duivelsbergcircuit at Maasmechelen (Belgium)
• 17.08.–18.08. Eurocircuit at Valkenswaard (The Netherlands)
• 21.09.–22.09. Autodrom Česká Lípa at Sosnová (Czech Republic)
• Note: The challenge organisers are keen to hear from other interested venues!