The Chicherit and Loeb team “deplores the apathetic management of the aftermath of the fire which ravaged its cars”

Although it dates from July, the fire that hit the Special ONE Racing structure in Lydden Hill (United Kingdom) is still very much talked about. As a reminder, the training which entered two Lancia Delta Evo-e RX for Guerlain Chicherit and Sébastien Loeb was hit by a fire on the sidelines of the English round and simply lost everything.

This forced the leaders of the French team to logically withdraw from the rest of the season, the damage being significant and the time to rebuild two cars of this type too short.

Special ONE Racing will not participate in the season finale

Absent since last July while the championship continued but with the cars in the lower category (RX2e), the FIA ​​wanting to resolve the investigation in order to avoid any new problem with the batteries of the RX1e while the supplier Kreisel Electric does not could not guarantee that such an incident would not recur in the future, Special ONE Racing received an invitation to compete in the final in Hong Kong (November 11-12). Invitation that the French team simply declined, regretting “ the apathetic management of the aftermath of the fire which ravaged its cars and equipment three months ago in England and made it impossible to continue the championship with category 1 cars (RX1e) whose batteries were considered insufficiently reliable for guarantee the absence of risk of new fires (...)

Today, the Special ONE Racing team deplores the fact that no official analysis and results report has been communicated by the FIA, nor by Kreisel Electric. To this day, no one seems to want to take responsibility for the fire that Special ONE Racing suffered three months ago. This disrespectful deficiency does not allow the team or its partners to move forward. In this context, the promoter's invitation to participate in the rallycross of Hong Kong contested on November 11 and 12 with RX2e was declined."

The 2023 season is officially over, even if it has been for a while, the team is demanding answers regarding the causes of the famous episode and above all guarantees in order to return to World RX in 2024. with new, even more exceptional Delta Evo-e RXs."

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