Being very well
known for bringing lots of wildcard entries and also a ton of
spectators, the next FIA World
Rallycross Championship at Lohéac will
also see lots of in-house talent eager to pull an upset the highest
profile event of the season.
The first
confirmation in the paddock was that Guerlain
Chicherit comes back to the wheel of
the JRM Mini RX
after almost a year out of the British monster. Chicherit drove a
Monster Energy-liveried Mini at Lohéac and Franciacorta, and now
along with the French round he will participate of the events at
Barcelona and Estering, hoping to improve from what he experienced
last year, where after a slow start in France he scored a single
point in Italy.
Another highlight is
the presence of Adeline Sagnier,
a Super 1600 ace in France that jumped into the Supercars in 2015 and
now will try her luck against the top class World RX opposition,
becoming the second woman to join the championship after Ramona
Karlsson. Her machine of choice is a privately run Peugeot 207, but
her partner, Jean-Baptiste Dubourg,
conquered podium last year driving the outdated Citroën C4, so if
everything goes right we can see another privateer show. Dubourg is
also in the list, but now he updated his weapon of choice to a
Citroën DS3, but with the opposition improving dramatically this
year, it depends of his talent to repeat the podium and the feat of
giving Petter Solberg a run for his money.
In the permanent
teams there will be a change that will put a French driver in the
wheel of a full-time car, as Kevin Eriksson will not race at Lohéac
to focus in his RallyX Nordic title defence, giving place to Yann
Le Jossec to drive the Olsbergs
MSE Fiesta ST.
From the national
rallycross championship a number of representatives will join the
World RX grid to take advantadge of track knowledge, like Hervé
“Knapick” Lemonnier, a well-known face in the World RX paddock,
and Patrick Guillerme, Pascal Le Nouvel, Fabien Chanoine, Philippe
Maloigne and Andros Trophy ace Jean-Philippe Dyaraut.
The World RX of
France at Lohéac will occur in only two weeks on September 4th.
PHOTOS: JRM Group, DA Racing, Knapick/Ouest France
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