Volland Racing showing blistering pace out of the blocks in EuroRX1

The opening blows in the first round of the 2025 FIA European Rallycross Championship have been struck in the RX1 category, with the brace of Volland Racing Audi S1s setting the early pace.

Yury Belevskiy made a bold move in the second heat of the first qualifying session to take victory on-track and set the fastest overall time. His maximum point score was repeated when the cars returned to the Lousada International Circuit for Qualifying 2 in a heat that saw blistering pace from the Swiss driver. Setting lap times in the 38.0s, it was an impressive turn of speed that will have his rivals working overtime to try and tackle tomorrow.

Hot on his heels was fellow Volland Racing pilot Nils Volland. The German set the second fastest time in the Q1 heats and third fastest in Q2 and wasn’t far from the overall pace of his stablemate. Miika Liimatainen is the Volland team’s closest competitor overnight, with solid runs through today’s heats putting him third in the qualifying points table.

Action returns to the track tomorrow with even more fans and spectacular action expected at this hugely successful return to rallycross in the European Championship.

Click here to view the provisional qualifying points standings in EuroRX1.