Hungary ‘Hoosier Highlight’ winners confirmed

Having won his heat one race on the Saturday, six-time FIA World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson sought to further stamp his authority on proceedings in heat two by flinging his KMS - HORSE Powertrain Volkswagen Polo KMS 601 RX boldly around the outside of his rivals into Turn One – three of them in theoretically faster-starting electric machinery.

As he turned in to take the corner, the Swede was tagged sideways by Niclas Grönholm and had to draw upon all of his legendary skill and car control to keep the back end of his car out of the circuit’s unforgiving barriers. Kristoffersson had stretched his advantage to just over a second when he suddenly slowed with technical issues at the end of lap two.

Twenty-four hours later, Klara Andersson returned to the World RX rostrum as the CE Dealer Team by Volvo Construction Equipment ace maintained her stellar start to the 2024 campaign. Key to the result was a decisive joker in the final – and an even more decisive merge.

As Andersson dived into the joker on lap three, she was nip-and-tuck with Ole Christian Veiby and Kevin Hansen on the standard racing line – and as she rejoined the track, she slotted neatly in-between the pair into third position, with barely a blanket able to be thrown over the trio and fifth-placed Timmy Hansen. She thereafter held station through to the chequered flag.

It was one of many breathless moments over the course of the weekend – and one thoroughly deserving of the season’s fourth ‘Hoosier Highlight’.