Prodrive Ready For World Rallycross Championship

British firm behind Renault Megane World Rallycross Championship programme.

- David Evans

Prodrive is joining French driver Guerlain Chicherit to work on the latest rally cross entry. Prodrive is, of course, no stranger to rally cross, having developed its Mini World Rally Car chassis into a successful RX racer.

Prodrive chairman David Richards admitted the deal with Chicherit was the conclusion of a long-held desire to compete in rally cross on a permanent basis.

Richards said: “It has long been an ambition of ours to compete in the FIA World Rally cross 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. Guerlain is obviously a very talented driver and we look forward to working with him and developing a race car that both he and Renault will be proud of.”