Over the weekend, Swedish rider Johan Kristoffersson overcame a 17-point shortfall ahead of Timmy Hansen to claim his fourth World Cycling Championship (World RX) title. As the Swede lines up for next year’s campaign, which will be all-electric, eyes may not be on him but a Franco-Italian runner tucked in a yard of 14 cars. That’s because the French team World RX GCK Motorsport will be campaigning Lancia The bodywork integrates Delta in next year’s all-electric silhouette series.
Last year, in addition to the racetrack, the French company Green Corp Konnection (GCK) made its debut Lancia Delta Evo-e, a modified Delta Integrale with a dual-motor AWD electric powertrain. GCK is slated to make just 44 units, each with 197 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, can go about 124 miles on a single charge and – get this – switched to five-speed gearbox.
Be part of the company sports car racing active, it provided the charging need for a WRX support series this year, the RX2e is all-electric. The headliner will go electric in 2022 and become the RX1e, each using a special electric powertrain provided by Austrian company Kreisel, twin engines making a total of 671 hp and torque. twist 649 pound-feet. On that chassis, the GCK will power the field and deliver a bodywork that mimics the work of its Exclusive-e unit, fitted of course with the more angular fenders and wings that every WRX car need. GCK says the car will go from 0 to 62 mph in 1.8 seconds. We regret not being able to have a customer version with the same powertrain.
Delta integration initially scans eight FIA World Racing Championship campaign from 1988 to 1992, drivers Juha Kankkunen and Miki Biasion claimed three driver championships, the car winning five manufacturer’s titles. As one of the strongest pillars of support and nostalgia for Lancia lovers, who have lamented the brand’s three-decade decline, in addition to the GCK effort, Automobili Amos created an ICE Delta reboot in 2018, and the Lancia brand has other plans in about six years.
Before GCK’s motorsport arm prepares for next year’s WRX, it’ll be campaigning Its e-Blast H2 hydrogen fuel cells racers next year Dakar Rally.
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