Double FIA European Rallycross TouringCar Champion Derek Tohill has announced that he will contest a full programme of events in the FIA European Rallycross Championship next season, driving an OlsbergsMSE built Ford Fiesta Supercar.

After becoming the first and only Irish driver to compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship last year, Derek has spend the 2015 season planning next year’s campaign and contesting selected events in Ireland. He will now debut the freshly built Supercar at the seventh round of the Irish Rallycross Championship this weekend at Mondello Park.
 
Derek, who is a Director of the PartsforCars Motor Factor Group and the 2010 and 2013 European TouringCar champion, tested the Fiesta for the first time at Strangnas in Sweden on Monday with OlsbergsMSE. PFCRX team got to grips with the new car, which has previously been used in the FIA World Rallycross Championship and was recently updated to the latest specification ahead of the 2016 season.

OlsbergsMSE is one of the front-running teams in the FIA World Rallycross Championship and in 2014 scored three victories to secure the Teams' Championship title at the final event in Argentina. The four-wheel drive OlsbergsMSE Ford Fiesta Supercar produces 600bhp with around 800nm torque. Rallycross Supercars are widely regarded as being some of the most exciting cars in motorsport, and can accelerate to 100kph in two seconds.
 
Tohill will be aided in his quest for glory in the European Rallycross Supercar category by PFCRX chief engineer; Graham Ronan, team coordinator; Gordon Lynch and chief technician; Ross Sutov.

After the test6 session Derek said, "We had a very successful shakedown and test at Strangnas. We got excellent training and support from Andreas Eriksson and the OMSE team. We know we’ve a lot to learn but I’m really excited to be able to prepare through the winter for the 2016 season. I really believe we can compete for finals in the European Championship.” He adds, "The car is currently on its way to Ireland. It’s great to bring it home and to be able to race it for the first time at Mondello Park. I’ve dreamt all my life about racing my own Supercar at Mondello and it’s about to happen. It will be great to support the IRX too. We want to go and have some fun in the remaining two rounds of IRX and recapture some of the Fiesta magic that took us to two European TouringCar Championship titles. We’ve all worked very hard for this and I think the lads are as excited about the future as I am.”