Scene is set for climax
WORLD RALLYCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP: CAPE CIRCUIT VENUE FOR DECIDER
The championship will be won on November 9 and 10.
South African motorsport fans are set for a sensational showdown when the 2019 World Rallycross Championship comes to a dramatic head at the Killarney Raceway season finale on November 9 and 10.
Swede Timmy Hansen (Hansen MJP Peugeot 208) will come to Cape Town just one point ahead of Norwegian Andreas Bakkerud (Monster RX Cartel Audi), and one of the two will clinch the world championship on that weekend.
Others who could interfere with their fight will be Kevin Hansen (Hansen MJP Peugeot 208), Finn Nicklas Gronholm (Taneco Hyundai), Janis Baumanis (STARD Ford Fiesta), Russian Timur Timerzyanov (Taneco Hyundai), Briton Liam Doran (Audi), Swede Anton Marklund (Renault Megane), Germany’s Timo Scheider (Seat) and Hungarian Kristan Szabo (Audi). Other World RX stars that local fans can look forward to seeing at Killarney include Latvian Reinis Nitiss (Hyundai), Frenchman Cyril Raymond (Renault Clio), Belgian Guillaume de Ridde (Renault Clio), Norwegian Pal Try (Ford Fiesta), Sweden’s European RX champion Robin Larsson (Audi), Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit (Renault Megane), Lithuanian Rokas Baciuska (Renault Megane), Brit Oliver Bennett (Mini) and Russian Matvey Furazhkin (Skoda).
The closest FIA World Rallycross Championship season yet has seen six different winners in nine rounds in a dramatic title chase that began in Abu Dhabi in April, travelled to the Americas and through Europe and now heads to South Africa.
Hansen takes a one-point lead to Killarney
Tickets and packages for the final round 2019 FIA World Rallycross Cape Town are available at quicket.co.za