The newly overhauled FIA European Rallycross championship gets underway in less than a week over the Easter weekend at Lydden Hill, Kent and the entry list looks like a who’s who in the world of Rallycross.
The twenty strong Supercar entry list will see the legendary Solberg brothers go head to head. ex-WRC champion Petter Solberg in his DS3 while brother Henning Solberg will be driving the Per Eklund prepared Saab 93 that Samuel Hubinette drove in the Global Rallycross last year. It will also be a baptism of fire for supercar rookie Andreas Bakkerud in only his second outing in the LD Motorsports Citroen DS3.
LD Motorsport Team Principle Liam Doran will be looking to go one better this year and finish as European Champion.
The only missing name from the permanent line up is likely to be Belgian Michaël De Keersmaecker who is still recovering from his crash in the Belgian Championship earlier this month.
Every name on the entry list is capable of finishing the weekend on the top step not least last years winner Tanner Foust who is entered as a wildcard.
| # | Driver | Nationality | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
TIMERZYANOV Timur |
RUS |
Citroen DS3 |
|
4 |
SCHEVENEELS Ronny |
BEL |
Peugeot 207 WRC |
|
5 |
WALFRIDSON Stig-Olov |
SWE |
Renault Clio III |
|
6 |
JEANNEY Davy |
FRA |
Citroen C4 |
|
7 |
BORSETH Knut Ove |
NOR |
Skoda Fabia Mk2 |
|
8 |
HEDSTRÖM Peter |
SWE |
Skoda Fabia Mk2 |
|
9 |
DE KEERSMAECKER Michael |
BEL |
Ford Focus Mk2 |
|
10 |
LEPPIHALME Jussi-Petteri |
FIN |
Ford Focus Mk2 |
|
11 |
SOLBERG Petter |
SWE |
Citroen DS3 |
|
21 |
HANSEN Timmy |
SWE |
Citroen DS3 |
|
22 |
LYSEN Mats |
NOR |
Renault Clio |
|
25 |
HVAAL Alexander |
NOR |
Citroen DS3 |
|
26 |
SCOTT Andy |
GBR |
Peugeot 208 |
|
33 |
DORAN Liam |
GBR |
Citroen DS3 |
|
34 |
FOUST Tanner |
USA |
Ford Fiesta |
|
46 |
DORAN Pat |
GBR |
Citroen DS3 |
|
54 |
JANSEN Jos |
BEL |
Ford Focus Mk3 |
|
66 |
BAKKERUD Andreas |
NOR |
Citroen DS3 |
|
88 |
SOLBERG Henning |
SWE |
Saab 93 |
|
92 |
MARKLUND Anton |
SWE |
Vw Polo T16 |
2012 – A wet weekend at Lydden Hill
Touring cars
In the support categories its the touring car category that seems the hardest to predict. 2012 champion Anton Marklund has taken the step up to Supercars. Irish favourite and 2011 champion Derek Tohill has only currently committed to the first round after a winter of speculation on a possible Supercar change. 2013 could possibly be one of the hardest fought campaigns for Touring Cars
| # | Driver | Nationality | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
NORDGAARD David |
NOR |
Ford Focus RS |
|
3 |
BRATEN Anders |
NOR |
Ford Fiesta |
|
4 |
LARSSON Robin |
SWE |
Skoda Fabia |
|
5 |
PAUWELS Koen |
BEL |
Ford Fiesta |
|
6 |
LUNDH Daniel |
SWE |
Volvo C30 |
|
11 |
TOHILL Derek |
IRL |
Ford Fiesta |
|
73 |
LONA Torleif |
NOR |
Ford Fiesta |
| CASTORAL Roman |
CZE |
Opel Astra |
Ulkrik Linnemann hotly pursued by Andreas Bakkerud.
Super 1600
With Andreas Bakkerud making the move up to Supercars with LD Motorsport there’s still plenty of drivers more than capable of winning the title this year among them Ulrik Linneman, Eric Faren, Vadim Makarov
| # | Driver | Nationality | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
LINNEMANN Ulrik |
DNK |
Peugeot 207 |
|
4 |
RAKHMATULLIN Ildar |
RUS |
Renault Twingo |
|
6 |
MAKAROV Vadim |
RUS |
Skoda Fabia RS |
|
15 |
NITISS Reinis |
LVA |
Renault Clio |
|
16 |
ZAGUMENNOV Sergej |
RUS |
Skoda Fabia RS |
|
21 |
FAREN Eric |
SWE |
Citröen C2 |
|
30 |
WILHELM Ralph |
DEU |
Renault Clio |
|
37 |
MÜNNICH René |
DEU |
Skoda Fabia |
|
38 |
AUGUST Mandie |
DEU |
Skoda Fabia |
|
42 |
PETRAKOVITZ Christian |
AUT |
VW Polo |
|
89 |
SHIGABOUTDINOV Timur |
RUS |
Renault Twingo |
| STAPONKUS Ernestas |
LVA |
VW Polo |
|
| ERIKSSON Kevin |
SWE |
Renault Clio |
So what are your predictions for 2013, let us know.
Needless to say the 2013 European Rallycross championship will be a season to remember. Before its over there’s 9 rounds of action to look forward to and we at TCF will be working hard to bring you all the news and results.
