New Megane World Rallycross car

Prodrive is building it too...

Rallycross is enjoying something of a resurgence under the World RX banner, with big draw names, incredibly fast cars and properly exciting racing. That now looks to continue in 2018, with the confirmation of the Prodrive Renault Megane World RX car.

Now this does look promising

Isn't it interesting that Prodrive will be building a top level RX car next year and, as far as we know, not a WRC car? Dave Richards said "It has long been an ambition of ours to compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. It is the fastest growing motorsport series in the world and gives us the opportunity to use all our engineering experience to create a car capable of winning the world title." And for building a rally car, RX or WRC, who better than Prodrive?

As you can see, the car will be based on the latest Renault Megane and powered by a 2.0-litre turbo engine. The driver will be Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit, a former free skiing world champion. Having competed in a few World RX events during 2015 and 2016, he has now formed his own team (GCK) to compete in 2018 with Prodrive. He added "I absolutely trust Prodrive to build the best car and I'm excited to bring my brand and partners to the Championship in 2018."

The car will be built at Prodrive's base in Banbury (see you there soon for the Sunday Service) and is due to be shown at the French round of this year's championship in Loheac on September 1-3. Testing will commence in the autumn. Get your livery suggestions in now...