ESmotorsport's first Skoda for Baciuska in World RX

European Super1600 rallycross champion Rokas Baciuska will debut at world level with the ESmotorsport team, while Kevin Abbring is expected to arrive during the season in a second Skoda Fabia.

Published on 06/03/2019 à 12:49

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ESmotorsport's first Skoda for Baciuska in World RX

A new kid will appear in the World Championship of rallycross (World RX) in 2019. The Lithuanian Rokas Baciuska will discover the Supercars category with a Skoda Fabia from the ESmotorsport team at just 19 years old.

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— ESmotorsport (@ESmotorsport_lt) 31th January 2019

Little known to the general public, Rokas Baciuska is nevertheless the outgoing European champion of the Super1600 class. “I won the title in my first full season, he says. Of course, I didn't expect to repeat such a scenario in World RX, but we will fight for the highest places. Not from the first round (in Abu Dhabi on April 6 and 7. Editor’s note) but later in the year we will aim for podiums. »

As @RBaciuskaRX makes the step up from #EuroRX Super1600 to the World Championship, take a look at his title winning season! pic.twitter.com/H6bkEPIkAp

— FIA World Rallycross (@FIAWorldRX) March 6, 2019

The second Czech car should return to Kevin Abring, as team founder Ernestas Staponkus reveals. “We want to bring this car into the season with the idea of aiming for the Team titles in 2020. In my opinion, Kevin is one of the fastest drivers in Rallycross.

He could win the championship and we are happy that he is trying to do it with us. » Kevin Abbring was one of the developers of the Skoda Fabia RX alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah and Mads Ostberg.