WRX: Szabo Moves to GRX for Part-Time WRX Season

Hungarian Krisztian Szabo will move to the Hyundai GRX team for the 2020 World Rallycross Championship, and will race in selected rounds of the season.

Szabo ran his first full WRX season last year with EKS Sport in an Audi S1, finishing 10th overall, and having a best result of P4 in Abu Dhabi.

For 2020 however, he will race identical Hyundai i20s to the full-time GRX Taneco drivers of Niclas Gronholm and Timur Timerzyanov. Gronholm in particular will have his eyes set on the title, only missing out on the 2019 crown after missing several rounds due to recovering from appendicitis. He finished 4th, just 25 points of the title.

Szabo said, “2020 has come with its own challenges and I am really happy that despite everything I can be a part of the FIA World RX grid for multiple events this year. Even more so – I will be driving one of the best and most advanced cars in the championship, supported by a very experienced and professional team. My main focus will be to have a consistent and competitive pace from race to race and to prove myself as a driver, who can challenge the main “players” of the sport.”

GTX Taneco Team Manager Jussi Pinomaki said, “Krisztian is a very perspective and talented young driver who has worked hard and achieved a lot throughout his career. He has vast Super1600 class experience not only on-track, but also the humble and family-like life in the paddock, and I really see him fitting right in at our team. We are here to help him to take his performance to the next step, and hopefully we’ll see him fighting with the top drivers in the championship.”

The full 2020 WRX grid so far can be seen below: