Former Volkswagen World Rally Championship driver Andreas Mikkelsen says that “I don’t know what more I could have done to get a drive this year” after the FIA’s decision to not let VW’s 2017 specification Polo run in the series this season.
Toyo Tires will become the title sponsor of the MSA British Rallycross Championship for the next three years beginning in 2017 and will also introduce a bonus prize scheme with cash awards for drivers who win events using Toyo Tires.
20-year-old Oscar Solberg is to join the Junior British Rally Championship class in a Ford Fiesta R2T ran by MH Motorsport for a full season campaign alongside Patrik Barth.
Sébastien Loeb and Timmy Hansen will once again drive for Team Peugeot-Hansen in the 2017 World Rallycross Championship with Kevin Hansen also driving for the team this season.
Reigning MSA British Rallycross Champion Dan Rooke will not defend his title in 2017 and instead take a forced sabbatical as he focuses on his future in the sport.
Former British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan will return to the FIA World Rallycross Championship at the UK round of the series at Lydden Hill driving for MJP Racing Team Austria.
Mads Østberg will miss the next round of the World Rally Championship in Mexico to avoid the chance of missing his son’s birth.
Jake Harris will contest a full season in the Supercar category of the 2017 British Rallycross Championship driving his father’s Citroen DS3.
The managing director of the Prestone British Rally Championship Ben Taylor is sure that: “This year is going to take the UK’s premier championship to another level”.
Prodrive will develop an all-new Renault Megane for Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit to be run in the 2018 World Rallycross Championship.
