Vic Elford. British test day.RX Italia this weekend.

14 March / The British Rallycross Championship will host a media and test day at Lydden on 14 April, two days before the first event of the year also at Lydden Hill. The championship has also recently announced that Julian Godfrey (Ford Fiesta VI) and Tristan Ovenden (Citroen DS3) will both race in the Supercar category again this year. For details of how to take part in the test click here.

Vic Elford died on 13 March, he was 86-years-old. Important here because he won the first rallycross event, the Englishman is widely regarded as one of the greatest allrounders ever in motor sport. In a long and illustrious career he made it to F1 via rallies and racing but it was as a sportscar driver that he found greatest success and fame. Formidable on the most challenging of courses, Elford excelled at the Nurburgring and Targa Florio and was one of few drivers ever to truly extract the maximum from the Porsche 917.

This weekend / RX Italia begins its 2022 season with a visit to Ittiri. Introduced to the Campionato Italiano Rallycross last year, the Sardinian venue has been improved since its first events and will feature twice in this year’s series which returns in September. The semi-finals and finals will be streamed live here: and also here.