Sébastien Loeb, nine-time WRC world rally champion, is joining the World Rallycross Championship (World RX) this season, the Special One Racing team announced on Monday, five years after the Frenchman last participated in the championship.
At the wheel of a Lancia Delta converted to electric power, Loeb will be associated with the founder of the team, his compatriot Guerlain Chicherit, four times world champion in freeride skiing turned pilot.
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I'm from the generation that was rocked by the victories of the Lancia Delta in rallies, so obviously I have a weakness for this car.
But when Guerlain first talked to me about entering one in rallycross... I thought he was crazy!
“recalls Loeb.
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And then I tried the car in December 2022 and I was immediately won over by its dynamic qualities
”, he continues, quoted in a press release.
The Alsatian had already participated in the championship between 2016 and 2018 in a Peugeot 208 WRX at the wheel of which he won twice in 36 participations.