THE FAMOUS FIA World Rallycross Championship could soon be coming to Coventry as Motofest bosses have entered ‘advanced talks’ with the sport’s organisers.
The city could host a round of the prestigious World RX championship on a unique sprint circuit which would be created around Coventry’s renowned ring road.
The FIA World Rallycross Championship is aiming to host a street race at MotoFest Coventry in 2025, after engaging in advanced discussions with the UK’s largest free to attend annual motoring and motorsport festival event.
There has been no street circuit in Britain since the days of the Birmingham Superprix from 1986 to 1990 and Rallycross Promoter is working hard to bring the spectacular dual-surface discipline to MotoFest Coventry, sponsored by E.ON, next year.
James Noble, MotoFest Coventry festival director, said everyone was hugely excited to have entered into advanced discussions to host a World RX round at the 2025 festival weekend.
“We have made no secret in the past of our ambition to stage competitive motorsport on Coventry Ring Road and having successfully delivered closed-road time trials, we are now driving forward with the next phase of that plan.
“We are now actively seeking commercial partners to provide the necessary infrastructure and finance required to turbocharge our ambitions and take the plan off the start line.
“With the ambition to stage exhilarating, all-electric racing on our unique city centre sprint circuit, we are taking MotoFest Coventry to the next level by putting the event at the heart of sustainable motorsport for now and the future.
“This is a massive opportunity to showcase Coventry’s motoring past with a project that will help secure its future as a city at the heart of transport innovation and development.”
A proposed layout has already been drafted with the support and input of Kevin Hansen, 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship runner-up, and over the next few months, a period of consultation will take place with partners and importantly local residents to agree how the project can be taken forward.
The World RX championship round would form part of an extended MotoFest Coventry festival weekend, sitting alongside its current well-established sprint circuit programme, including the British Automobile Racing Club’s (BARC) Connaught Speed Championship Rounds.
MotoFest Coventry will also continue to host its dedicated Crewsade Drift Arena, live action arenas, dynamic and static car displays and full entertainment programme across the festival weekend.
MotoFest Coventry is a two-day festival dedicated to the city of Coventry’s motoring heritage. This year’s event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2.
It will feature a unique blend of racing demonstrations, static displays, live music and more with a connection to Coventry, transport and the city’s motoring heritage.
