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Founded | 2017 |
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Founder(s) | Guerlain Chicherit |
Base | Tignes, France |
Team principal(s) | Guerlain Chicherit |
Current series | FIA World Rallycross Championship |
Current drivers | 36. Guerlain Chicherit 92. Anton Marklund 96. Guillaume de Ridder 113. Cyril Raymond 14. Rokas Baciuška |
GCK Motorsport, formally known as GC Kompetition, is a subsidiary of Green Corp Konnection (GCK) and a French motorsport team founded by freeriding ski champion, rally driver and stunt driver Guerlain Chicherit in 2017. [1] GCK made its debut in the 2018 FIA World Rallycross Championship, fielding two Renault Méganes, built by British motorsport company Prodrive.
The team grew to four cars for 2019, with the two Renault Méganes of GC Kompetition joined by two Renault Clios as part of a new GCK Academy team. From round 5 onwards the team grew again to five cars, with another Renault Mégane for young driver Rokas Baciuška.
For 2020, GCK grew again to five permanent cars competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, with two Renault Méganes now driven by X-Games Gold Medalist Liam Doran & 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship runner-up Andreas Bakkerud as GCK Monster Energy RX Cartel. They were joined by two Renault Clios as part of a new Unkorrupted team driven by Guerlain Chicherit and Rokas Baciuska and another Renault Mégane for Anton Marklund as GCK Bilstein independently. Results were uninspiring for GCK with all cars showing a lack of performance and reliability, most notably Unkorrupted who changed driver line up following Rokas Baciuska departure ahead of Round 3 in Finland, Kevin Abbring stepped in to take his place but both Unkorrupted cars failed to qualify including Liam Doran who was plagued with reliability issues.
GCK Motorsport is not an official Renault factory team, though Chicherit has said he has ambitions to partner with a manufacturer in the future of Rallycross Electrification and Dakar Rally where GCK Motorsport is developing a Hydrogen-powered vehicle for 2024. [2]
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Year | Entrant | Car | No. | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WRX | Points | Teams | Points |
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2018 | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS RX | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | BAR 12 | POR 5 | BEL 12 | GBR 15 | NOR 15 | SWE 14 | CAN 15 | FRA 12 | LAT 10 | USA 9 | GER 13 | RSA 12 | 11th | 68 | 5th | 152 |
74 | Jérôme Grosset-Janin | BAR 11 | POR 14 | BEL 14 | GBR 10 | NOR 14 | SWE 3 | CAN 12 | FRA | LAT | USA | GER | RSA | 12th | 47 | |||||
33 | Liam Doran | BAR | POR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA 8 | LAT 12 | USA | GER 19 | RSA | 16th | 19 | |||||
92 | Anton Marklund | BAR | POR | BEL | GBR | NOR | SWE | CAN | FRA | LAT | USA 12 | GER 9 | RSA 8 | 14th | 35 | |||||
2019 | GC Kompetition | Renault Mégane RS RX | 36 | Guerlain Chicherit | UAE 10 | SPA 9 | BEL 13 | GBR 9 | NOR 11 | SWE 14 | CAN 4 | FRA 13 | LAT 15 | RSA 7 | 12th | 73 | 4th | 192 | ||
92 | Anton Marklund | UAE 7 | SPA 14 | BEL 7 | GBR 3 | NOR DSQ | SWE 8 | CAN 5 | FRA 2 | LAT 9 | RSA 8 | 7th | 119 | |||||||
GCK Academy | Renault Clio RS RX | 96 | Guillaume de Ridder | UAE 16 | SPA 11 | BEL 15 | GBR 16 | NOR 15 | SWE 19 | CAN 14 | FRA 16 | LAT 14 | RSA 10 | 18th | 29 | 6th | 74 | |||
113 | Cyril Raymond | UAE 12 | SPA 5 | BEL 12 | GBR 13 | NOR 10 | SWE 20 | CAN 11 | FRA 15 | LAT 13 | RSA 15 | 13th | 45 | |||||||
Renault Mégane RS RX | 14 | Rokas Baciuska | NOR 16 | SWE 9 | CAN 9 | FRA 4 | LAT 7 | RSA | 11th | 76 |
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