world • monde • welt • värld OUT AND ABOUT WITH MICHAEL BOAK Rallycross SUPERMODIFIED RACER IS #22 – October 2005 A BIT OF A SHOWOFF Is this the Bring it on! end for Isachsen establishes himself as Hansen’s new rival Kenneth Hansen? Drivers secure future of BRC Anne looks for rallycross.info C4 ERC Jan Kåre Rafoss – Jan Kåre Rafoss chance oto: Ph world • monde • welt • värld 3 4 End of the road for King Kenneth? BRDA gets extended Rallycross Multiple European champion waits for Citroën contract to run British Champion stuff to decide his future Championship The European title fight went right down to the In Britain there remains the prospect wire but it was, yet again, Kenneth Hansen who of a three-way fight for the MSA British demonstrated his mastery of this sport. championship in the final round on October 30. But while Hansen waits to see whether he Pat Doran has come on strong in the last 5 has a future as a Rallycross driver, Lars Larsson few events and leads the points race, but John is basking in the success of his second Swedish McCluskey’s second event win at Lydden kept Oliviver Anne wants to championship and France has a new hero in the his title hopes alive. Between the two lies shape of Olivier Anne. Dermot Carnegie who knows exactly how to race in Europe, and builds In this issue of Rallycross World we detail win this thing. why Hansen may quit driving and also have Seven days after the British title is resolved, a C4 (so we can use this news of Anne’s 2006 Citroën C4 and his longer Croft will host the Superprix, which could be term plan to chase the European Rallycross Hansen’s final fling as a driver… lovely picture again!) Championship title. [email protected] Click it! 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Unless anything, would you. subscriptions • abonnement otherwise stated, all text and There are also links from subskription • abonnera photographs are © copyright some editorial items and we Tim Whittington 2005. will always try to offer a live Contributors: Eddi Laumanns, 10 12 link wherever we quote a Click Johnny & Frieda Loix, Jacques website address in editorial Privat, Jan Kåre Rafoss Edditorial The Rallycross World content. – Rallycross Team Norway. Rallycross World is also here This issue published October 7 The final part of Eddi Laumanns’ review of poster – this month the featured at the recently Next issue published Nov. 5 launched website subskription • abonnera [email protected] the spread of Rallycross across Europe and Junior pack squeezes into www.myriorama.com subscriptions • abonnement www.myriorama.com Scandinavia Blyton’s first turn Briefing Has King Kenneth won his last European crown? Kenneth Hansen had just won the closest fought of his 13 European championships but there was little time for celebration. The dust had barely settled after Buxtehude’s title showdown and Hansen was about to leave his team’s Götene base to be at a kart event in Copenhagen with his oldest son, Timmy, when we spoke. The championship had been tough, perhaps the very hardest, Hansen admitted, but reckoned that the experience of the previous 18 years on the ERC trail was, ultimately, the key to this 13th success in 19 campaigns. Hansen is going to need to dig into that bank of experience again, if he goes racing in 2006. And the key word here is if. As you read this, Hansen does not know whether he will be racing in the 2006 season, and it is perhaps a little ironic that having considered calling time on his career earlier this year, outside forces may now put him in a position where he feels he has no option but to stop. “At the beginning of the season it was hard to find motivation Champ may not race in 06 and I thought maybe it was time to stop,” Hansen said, “But as the year went on I was hungry for success again and I decided I’d stay for 2006 at least.” Kenneth Hansen claimed his 13th FIA European Hansen conceded that even if he gets the go “Michael was nervous” For Hansen it seems that the first few weeks of the year, in Rallycross Championship at Buxtehude in ahead before the end of October, his team does Kenneth Hansen says his 2005 ERC title was which he racked up a hat trick of event wins, were too easy, Germany on October 2, but is not yet certain not have much time to prepare for the 2006 probably the hardest to win, and thinks but when he had to fight for his title in the second half of the whether he will race in 2006 season, specially if a new car is needed. he ultimately won through because rival championship, it rekindled his enthusiasm for racing. Perhaps The Swede has driven Citroën cars and “The Citroën C4 is one option for us but it Michael Jernberg cracked under the pressure because he was having to race, and race hard to get his results. enjoyed support from both the importer in is very late to start a new car. If I was going to at the end of the year. Now his future is in the hands of Citroën. If the French company Sweden and Citroën Sport since graduating drive a C4 in 2007 I would like to have started “It looked quite dark for me near the decides to continue supporting its Rallycross ambassador, then he to Division One in 1993. But, with Citroën work on the car by now. At the moment end, but my experience helped me,” Hansen will race on. If not, it’s the end of the road. Sport yet to confirm its own activities for 2006, everything is up to Citroën and not racing said, “Michael [Jernberg] was too nervous, “I won’t race if I cannot do it properly,” says the man who has Hansen does not know if he his own deal with next year is one option. It’s not what I want, he made some mistakes and drove quite set new standards of professionalism in the sport, “Could I stop the manufacturer will continue. but if it’s not possible to do it right [race in a differently in the last two races,” said for one year and comeback? I don’t know, at my age it may not be “I don’t even know if I’m going to be racing professional manner] then it’s best not to race. Hansen who, like Jernberg and third placed easy to comeback and be competitive. I need Citroën and until I next year,” Hansen said, “Citroën hasn’t “Earlier this year I felt it might be time to Sverre Isachsen won three races in 2005. have a decision from them I do not know what will happen.” announced its own plans so I’m not really stop, but as the year went on I felt hungry for “Isachsen was fast but in the past I The ERC survived post-Schanche and will manage without the number one problem. I hope that I will success again,” he said. have won by being consistent and he does Hansen. But from the current crop of would be champions it is know this month [October] or very early in Hansen will conclude his 2005 season with an not have that. It’s the same with [Pavel] difficult to spot such a rounded professional. November what we will do.’ outing at Croft’s Rallycross Superprix in November. Koutny, very fast but not consistent.” Rallycross World #22 – OCTOBER 2005 | 3 Silverstone Showroom/Mail Order: Unit 1, Silverstone Technology Park, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northants NN12 8TN. Tel: +44 (0)1327 855 585 Fax: +44 (0)1327 855 320 London Showroom: Power Road, Chiswick, London, W4 5PY. Tel: +44 (0)208 987 9999 Fax: +44 (0)208 994 2347 RACE SUITS X-LIGHT £539.00 HELMETS GP5K £299.00 GP JET 2 from £240.00 PRO JET from £151.00 BRDA extends BRC management deal The British Rallycross Drivers The official British Rallycross Clubman deal renewed Association has extended Championship had been In tandem with the news RACE BOOTS its contract with the MSA suspended in 1996 when that it would continue to and will continue to run the BRSCC withdrew from organise the MSA BRC, the FUTURE CAT HI £96.00 FUTURE CAT MID £96.00 SPEEDWAY from £63.00 ARE YOU UP TO STANDARD? the MSA British Rallycross its management of the BRDA confirmed that it had FIA 1986 STANDARD IS NO LONGER Championship in 2006. championship – which had renewed its arrangement to ACCEPTABLE FOR FIA & MOST EUROPEAN EVENTS The announcement that been run over just two events. run the Clubmans Rallycross 285 lb-ft the BRDA would retain it’s At the same time as taking Championship on behalf of the SILVER £190.80 SUPER TREND £279.00 management role, while not up the option to retain it’s British Trial and Rally Drivers 98 lb-ft Note: VAT @ 17.5% must be added to all prices HARDWARE unexpected, was made a role in 2006, the BRDA has Association.