The return to Europe for the FIA
World Rallycross Championship also meant at least a change of
drivers as the LOCO World RX Team will have a new face behind
the wheel of their Volkswagen Polo RX, with a surname that
means a lot for the off-road racing world.
Guy Wilks posted on social media
on Wednesday that he would relinquish his seat in the Volkswagen Polo
RX and wished the best for the newcomer on World RX Alister McRae,
just the younger brother of WRC legend Colin McRae.
Wilks jumped into the Polo RX after
occasional entries in World RX with JRM and Olsbergs in their
Minis of Ford Fiestas, with the 2017 season being intended to be his
first full season effort in the championship, but this has been
plagued by a string of unfortunate results, with the best of them
being a 7th place at Barcelona.
Alister
McRae has his fair share of rallying in his records with 75
events as a driver for Subaru, Mitsubishi and Hyundai, but his
success is more specifically in Asia, conquering the Asia-Pacific
Rally Championship as a factory driver for Proton. He also has a
participation in rallycross in a SuperCar Lites machine in the only
round of the Extreme Rallycross championship in Australia.
McRae's drive is set to go until the
end of the season, starting with the Lohéac RX on September 3rd.
PHOTO: FIA World Rallycross Championship
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