The calendar for the 2016 season of the
FIA World Rallycross Championship was finally presented this
Thursday (29), and although it isn’t a definitive version due to
the wait for analysis from the World Motorsport Council, some changes
are pretty much evident.
At the moment twelve round are
confirmed in the championship, which will start in April and will end
in November, shrinking in one event. Noticeable at first sight is
that the World RX Turkey, held at Istambul Park, and the World
RX of Italy, held at the Franciacorta circuit, will not be
realized next year. While losing two events, a new one joins the
party, as the World RX of Latvia will take place in a circuit at
Riga.
Outside these changes, the other events
of the calendar just exchanged places. April and May will feature the same
events of 2015, as the Montealegre RX, Hockenheim RX, Mettet RX and
the classic Lydden Hill RX will stay in their original slots. The
Hockenheim RX event will still share track time with the
initial DTM event at the German circuit.
June, July and August will have one
round each, as the Hell RX event is moved forward, while the
crowd-bringer Höljes RX stays in its place, as well the the
annual visit to North America in the Trois-Rivieres RX event.
September will have two rounds, as the
popular Loheac RX and the one-year old Barcelona RX
events will keep their places. In October is where the heavy changes
are placed, as the Turkey and Italy events were dropped in favor of
the new Riga RX while the Estering RX event was brought
further back, ending the European travel of the series.
Another thing that remains unchanged is
that the season ends with a trip to South America, as the Rosario
RX event in Argentina closes the curtains on November 27th.
While the 2016 calendar was already
announced, the 2015 season isn’t over yet, as the event in
Argentina will be held in a month, on November 29th, which can crown
the second World RX title to the Norwegian SDRX driver Petter
Solberg.
See the calendar below and find an event near you to go:
PHOTOS: FIA World Rallycross
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