Construction Equipment Dealer Team to make historic World RX debut at Hell in Norway
Construction Equipment Dealer Team will make its highly anticipated FIA World Rallycross Championship-debut this weekend at the classic track Hell in Norway – fielding the world’s first gender equal full-season line-up.
It will be a historic weekend, as the sport now takes the step towards an exciting sustainable future with its new all-electric 680hp cars, which accelerate from 0-100km/h in less than two seconds – quicker than a Formula 1 car.
CE Dealer Team, with the series’ first-ever gender equal full-season driver line-up of Klara Andersson and Niclas Grönholm, will make its on-track debut this weekend as team aims to drive the shift to improved sustainability in society and highlight the excitement that a move to an electric future offers.
The all-electric World RX premiere fields a highly competitive grid, where CE Dealer Team will face experienced opponents such as reigning World Champion Johan Kristoffersson and team-champions Hansen World RX Team.
”We are thoroughly proud to start our groundbreaking journey in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. We are ready to make a mark on and off track together with our partners as we now step in to the new electric and sustainable future of rallycross,” said Jussi Pinomäki, Team Manager of CE Dealer Team.
”We have worked tirelessly with our partners to get the all-new PWR RX1e ready for the premiere and we are humbled by the task as we look forward to a weekend with tough competition in Norway.”
CE Dealer Team driver Niclas Grönholm is a six-time-winner in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The 26-year-old Finn took his first ever World RX-win in Hell back in 2019.
”It will be nice to finally get racing, it has been a long wait to get this project going and the time is here at last. For sure, it will be interesting to see where we are with the pace, and I am excited show the cars and our new team to our partners and fans for the first time,” said Niclas Grönholm.
22-year-old Swede Klara Andersson will make her World RX-debut at Hell together with CE Dealer Team, as the only female driver in a top-tier FIA championship in 2022.
”I'm really looking forward to kicking off the World RX season in Norway this weekend. Making my RX1e debut is a huge milestone for me, and I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity from CE Dealer Team,” said Klara Andersson.
”There will of course be a lot of emotions, but the focus will be on taking it step by step and building confidence in me and the car. The tests have so far gone beyond expectations, and I am really looking forward to start racing.”
The World RX of Norway action starts on Saturday with practice sessions and the two first heats, followed by heat three and finals on Sunday, to be broadcasted worldwide – as well as through the RX+ online streaming platform.
More information about the CE Dealer Team programme is available here: www.cedealerteam.com
A full schedule for the World RX of Norway weekend is available here.
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For more Information contact:
Emil Axelsson
Sporting & Commercial Director
CE Dealer Team
+46(0)70 233 51 23
emil.axelsson@cedealerteam.com
Johan Meissner
PR & Communications Director
CE Dealer Team
+46(0)70 241 3234
media@pwrgrp.com
About CE Dealer team
CE Dealer Team is operated by PWR RX, a sister company of the successful Swedish motorsport team PWR Racing, a company founded in 2012 by Daniel Haglöf and Peter Wallenberg Jr. PWR are constructors of PWR001, the world's first fully electric touring car, and are multiple Scandinavian Touring Car Championship champions. The rallycross programme is run with support from independent dealers of Volvo Construction Equipment, along with several prominent industrial partners, who together share a commitment to leading a sustainable future, both on track and off.
About FIA World Rallycross Championship
The FIA World Rallycross Championship is one of six official World Championship in motorsport alongside Formula 1 and World Rally Championship. The championship runs on seven venues across Europe and Africa. Rallycross is a combination of rallying and circuit racing. It is head-to-head short, sharp races on mixed surfaces (dirt and asphalt) contained within amphitheatre venues. In the headlining FIA World Rallycross Championship, high-profile drivers are equipped with fully electric RX1 cars producing over 600bhp and the ability to accelerate from 0-100km/h in less than two seconds – faster than a Formula 1 car.
