LOEB AND KRISTOFFERSSON TAKE SILVERSTONE’S FIRST RALLYCROSS HONOURS

WHERE: SILVERSTONE WHEN: MARCH 17, MAY 27 Silverstone’s first ever rallycross event, on a track constructed inside the Stowe circuit, was held in bitterly cold March conditions for the British RX season opener.

Rally legend Sebastien Loeb claimed victory in a podium lockout for factory World RX teams.

Loeb’s Peugeot colleague Timmy Hansen and EKS Audi driver Andreas Bakkerud also used the event as a test and finished ahead of the national contenders.

The Northamptonshire rallycross circuit was built so World RX could switch from Lydden Hill to Silverstone for 2018 and Johan Kristoffersson won the first World RX round to be held at the venue, despite careering into a tyre wall at the start of the semi-finals following contact with PSRX Volkswagen team-mate Petter Solberg. While Solberg retired from the re-run race, Kristoffersson won.

The World RX round was part of the Speedmachine festival weekend, headlined by Dizzee Rascal, but it was Kristoffersson who stole the show.