FIA World RX set for return to Finland in 2025 - the home race of Niclas Grönholm
The FIA World RX today announced it will return to Finland in 2025 for the first time in five years, racing at the newly constructed Kymiring which will be the home race for CE Dealer Team star Niclas Grönholm.
"I'm really glad to get a home race in Finland and for the FIA World RX to be back in our country," said Niclas Grönholm, who races together with fellow Nordic racer Klara Andersson.
"The motorsport interest is really big in Finland and the interest for World RX is growing, this will of course further boost this. From what I have seen, the changes for Kymiring look really exciting and I can't wait to race there in 2025."
Located close to the city of Kouvola, 150km north-east of Helsinki, Kymiring will be used in the world championship for the first time as part of an ambitious project spearheaded by TRP Hungary in alignment with the Finnish ASN, AKK.
“Our vision is to develop and operate the leading sports and entertainment centre in the Nordic and the Baltic region, with the FIA World Rallycross Championship playing a major role," said Kymiring CEO Kornél Őry.
“Sustainability and environmental responsibility are of paramount importance to us, and the inclusion of World RX carries symbolic significance in this regard.”
Volvo Construction Equipment, which as an official partner of the FIA World RX, is responsible for track operations during events with its electric machinery and will play a key role in the construction of the Kymiring rallycross track.
Finland has a strong history in rallycross, the country having produced a number of FIA European Champions and with Grönholm a leading contender in the FIA World Rallycross Championship in recent years.
About CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment
CE Dealer Team was founded in 2022 by the PWR Group in cooperation with Volvo Construction Equipment and its partners. The core goal of the rallycross programme is to drive the shift to improved sustainability and diversity in society and highlight the excitement that a move to an electric future offers. CE Dealer Team 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
An evolution of the popular FIA European Rallycross Championship, the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) was launched in 2014. Representing the international pinnacle of the dual-surface discipline, the series blends cutting-edge innovation with family-friendly spectator appeal and visits some of the most iconic venues in the sport. In evidence of its commitment to sustainability, World RX entered a new era in 2022 by embracing electric technology, while 2024 heralds the beginning of the ‘Battle of Technologies’, as the championship’s powerful EV cars take on their sustainably-fuelled combustion counterparts on equal terms for the first time.
