Talking Loose

The annual ‘Magic Weekend’ at Holjes in Sweden produced more drama than any rallycross event had seen in recent years, where Johan Kristoffersson ultimately claimed victory ahead of KMS team mate Ole Christian Veiby and first-time Euro RX podium-finisher Casper Janson. Join Hal Ridge for a ‘behind the scenes’ addition of the Talking Loose podcast as he ventures into the Holjes paddock after the fi...

Driving a legendary Group B Ford RS200 Evo at the home of rallycross! In this special track test edition of Talking Loose, Hal Ridge heads to Lydden Hill to drive one of the most iconic Group B machines to ever turn a wheel in rallycross — the Ford RS200 Evo. When the FIA banned Group B from rallying at the end of 1986, many of those extraordinary machines found a new home in rallycross, where the...

European Rallycross returned to Nyirad in Hungary for round two of the 2026 season, where Andreas Bakkerud claimed victory in a historic podium lock-out for the SET Promotion team and points’ leader Johan Kristoffersson crashed out of contention at turn one of the final. While the Nyirad ‘Red Cauldron’ once again provided plenty of action on track, join Hal Ridge for this ‘behind the scenes’ addit...

The 2026 European Rallycross Championship began at Riga in Latvia where Johan Kristoffersson claimed RX1 final victory ahead of Ole Christian Veiby and Joni Turpeinen, but that result didn’t tell the whole story. Join Hal Ridge for a walk around the Riga paddock as the teams packed up, to get the low down on the how the weekend unfolded.

World rally legend Marcus Gronholm began a fruitful rallycross career at 40-years-old, winning on his debut in the European Championship at Holjes. In this episode of Talking Loose with Hal Ridge Finnish driver Gronholm gives insight into a wide range of aspects from his rallycross tenure, from how the cars compared to his WRC machines to rolling in the Joker Lap in Poland 2008 but still finishing...

The FIA announced today (March 10) that the first-ever FIA Rallycross World Cup will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on December 5-6 this year. In this breaking news edition of the Talking Loose podcast, Hal Ridge and FIA rallycross commentator Andrew Coley discuss the news; give thoughts as to what the new event might look like and which drivers could attend. Meanwhile former European Rallycross Ch...

British driver Andrew Jordan began his career in rallycross, before going on to win the biggest prize in British motor racing, the British Touring Car Championship crown in 2013. Before that, he became the youngest Supercar driver ever and almost won the British title, but without the commercial opportunities to continue in rallycross, left for a professional career in circuit racing. When he retu...

Petter Solberg is a three-time FIA World Champion, with two of his crowns achieved in rallycross. Best known for his time winning with Subaru in the World Rally Championship, Solberg’s professional rally career was book ended by rallycross, from humble beginnings of running his car from the family farm in Norway, to returning after his WRC career drew to a close, at the highest level, in World RX....

Three-time European Rallycross Champion Andreas Bakkerud is one of the most popular drivers in rallycross today. Having climbed from domestic level in his native Norway to the heights of winning for manufacturer teams in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, Bakkerud’s career experiences are unique. In this in-depth discussion with Hal Ridge, Bakkerud opens up about the highs and lows of winning...

Talking Loose focuses largely on arguably the world’s most exciting motor racing discipline; rallycross, while also covering other areas of off-road motor sport. Hal Ridge delves into the stories and personalities that have shaped rallycross, sitting down with the people who live and breathe the mixed-surface discipline, from World Champion drivers to team principals, engineers, event organisers a...