Four-car GCK operation ‘getting there’ – Guerlain Chicherit

GCK’s Guerlain Chicherit is satisfied with his team’s performance with a third of the campaign already in the books.

The French squad expanded to four cars this season, adding an academy operation for multiple RX Lites champion Cyril Raymond and 2018 RX2 runner-up Guillaume De Ridder. Unlike Chicherit and team mate Anton Marklund, Raymond and De Ridder aren’t driving the much talked-about Prodrive-built Renault Megane, but rather Renault Clio supercars developed in France.

While the Clio came into the World championship as something of an unknown quantity this year, it has proven to be a solid package in the first three rounds.

“We knew these two drivers had the potential, the bigger thing was that we weren’t really sure about the real performance of the Clio, but now we can clearly see that the Clio is getting there too,” said Chicherit. “We are proud of the two teams, the two different cars, and sometimes the Clio is faster than the Megane.”

“We have been working a lot, with good and bad results, but here we are and I think we are showing that the cars now have the speed,” he added. “The biggest problem we have now is to put everything together, but we are getting there.”

Preparing for the future both on and off the track

As well as giving up-and-coming drivers the chance to prove themselves on track, GCK is also preparing for the future with a huge push to become more sustainable off it.

The team has already adopted solar power for its off-track operations and will continue to introduce greener solutions over the next few seasons.

“The main idea is that rallycross is going electric pretty soon and we believe it’s not only important to have the electric race cars on track, but to have the full solution,” said Chicherit. “That is why we are working on this new technology and we are 90 percent completely there.”

“Everything is coming from solar and that kind of technology and pretty soon we’re going to have other things coming.”