Following the decision to cancel Saturday’s RX1e races, a short assertion issued on Friday night acknowledged that World RX’s second-tier RX2e championship and the British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy would proceed as deliberate however with no observe motion for the RX1e automobiles.
An extra replace was issued late on Saturday night that defined the choice “to completely cease spherical 4 of the World Rallycross RX1e championship for security causes”.
Each Lancia-badged automobiles fielded by Guerlain Chicherit’s Particular One outfit, together with one as a result of be raced by Sebastien Loeb, had been destroyed together with a staff transporter within the blaze on Friday. Happily, no one was injured.
The stewards bulletin stated that from video proof, it had deduced “that the hearth was initiated on the battery of the automotive whereas it was within the staff space charging, however it’s not clear why this occurred”.
Battery producer Kreisel has supported investigations initiated by the FIA with the cooperation of the Kent Fireplace service, Lydden Hill observe employees and the championship promoter.
However the replace acknowledged that “the investigation has not progressed far sufficient to find out a root trigger for the failure that led to the hearth. Nor will the investigation be capable of discover the basis trigger in time for the occasion to proceed with the peace of mind of the suitable degree of security for the spectators, staff members and drivers”.
Sebastien Loeb, Particular ONE Racing
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The choice to cancel, after “varied options for the administration of the occasion which may have permitted the Competitors to proceed” was made as “all options can be based mostly on hypothesis on the causes of the extraordinarily harmful fireplace”.
It added that Kreisel “was unable to offer an applicable degree of assurance within the system, pending their investigations”.
In a press release, Hansen Motorsport boss Kenneth Hansen stated the staff “helps the choice of the FIA”.
“The principle motive is that security comes first,” he stated. “We have to be taught from what has occurred and profit from it.
“We like to be on the racing observe, it s our ardour, so we’re unhappy to not have been racing this weekend, however we do not wish to threat something.
“I feel we are able to come again stronger from this – not simply us however the entire championship.”
World RX moved to electrical energy forward of the 2022 season, and was making its return to the non secular dwelling of rallycross for the primary time since 2017 after occasions staged at Silverstone in 2018 and 2019.
There’s a brief turnaround earlier than the subsequent occasion on the Belgian Mettet observe on 5-6 August.