Thanks to a deal with ESMotorsport, Bakkerud will pilot the team’s second Škoda Fabia. Bakkerud will thus become teammate of Jānis Baumanis, who already announced his Euro RX1 start last week.

However, Bakkerud is putting the brakes directly on the rest of the season, not without aspirations for the coming weekend: “Höljes is a one-off for now, but I’ve definitely got one eye on the future and I’ve always regarded ESMotorsport as a team with real potential in rallycross. Who knows, maybe I can be the driver who breaks the ice and steps onto the podium with them…”

A double-header at Germany’s Nürburgring (July 31-August 1), nestled in the forests of the Eifel, follows shortly thereafter. New to the World RX calendar is the rallycross circuit around the Müllenbachschleife, an amphitheater section of the famous racetrack.

The final round of the campaign will take place on October 23 and 24 at the historic Montalegre circuit in Portugal, high up in the mountains of Vila Real.

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