8: Driving a Group B RS200 Monster | POV Test Drive Ford RS200 Evo at Lydden Hill

8: Driving a Group B RS200 Monster | POV Test Drive Ford RS200 Evo at Lydden Hill

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 they delivered incredible spectacle until the end of 1992. In this episode of Talking Loose, Hal speaks to owner Steve Harris — who tracked down RS200 Chassis 21 as an unfinished barn find a decade ago, complete with a brand-new Cosworth BDT engine that had never been run — and to European Championship event-winner and British Rallycross Champion Pat Doran, on what it really took to drive these cars in period, before taking the wheel at Lydden Hill. The RS200 and other Group B machinery will be racing at the Lydden Legend Festival, 13 & 14 June at Lydden Hill.

7: Euro RX Hungary: Behind the Scenes Round Up

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’ addition of the Talking Loose podcast as he heads into the paddock post racing on Sunday evening to find out more of what happened from the teams and drivers.

6: Euro RX Latvia: Paddock walk weekend round-up

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.

5: Marcus Grönholm: From debut victory to freak career-ending crash

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 his heat race, an entry to the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb, helping forge a path for rallycross in America and the freak accident at X Games 2012 that ended his competitive driving career. Gronholm reveals the involvement of Hyundai Motorsport in the deal that made the Finn an event-winning team owner at the highest level in World RX, gives honest appraisal of being father to one of the world’s best rallycross drivers today, discusses the World Championship crown that potentially got away in 2019 and rates the drivers that competed for his team. He also talks about his current plans, why he’d like to return to rallycross in the future and much, much more. Don’t forget to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode, and follow @TalkingLoose on social media to keep up with the rallycross news.

4: Discussing the new FIA Rallycross World Cup in Jakarta with Coley, Bakkerud and O’Donovan

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 Champions Andreas Bakkerud and Patrick O’Donovan give their feedback on the news. Don’t forget to like and subscribe to Talking Loose so you don’t miss an episode, and remember to follow @TalkingLoose on social media to keep up with the rallycross news.