World Rallycross outfit Particular ONE Racing has hit out on the FIA and the sequence for what it calls the “lackluster dealing with of the aftermath” of the hearth which destroyed each of the staff’s electrical Lancia Delta Evo-e race automobiles along with its gear at Lydden Hill in July.

In addition to ruling the staff out for the rest of the yr, the hearth — which occurred within the staff’s paddock space earlier than that weekend’s on-track motion had begun — additionally put your entire RX1e championship on maintain.

The Lydden Hill spherical, and subsequent occasions in Belgium and Germany, had been referred to as off, with the spherical in South Africa and the upcoming season finale in Hong Kong being contested with single-make automobiles from the RX2e help class.

Particular ONE Racing identified the reason for the hearth in a press release issued Thursday, saying, “Varied testimonies, surveillance digicam footage, telemetry information, and experience primarily based on samples taken from the particles have definitively established the origin of the blaze: a thermal runaway of the lithium-ion battery onboard the automobile.

“Kreisel Electrical, the provider of this gear, which is widespread to all RX1e class fashions, couldn’t assure that such an incident wouldn’t recur sooner or later. Due to this fact, the FIA has determined to not permit these automobiles to compete till additional discover,” the assertion continued. “If this case persists, it should have the consequence of jeopardizing the way forward for the self-discipline, because it undermines the well-being of all its stakeholders.”

Whereas the FIA and World RX started an investigation into the reason for the hearth in its speedy aftermath, there hasn’t been a major replace because it started.

“At the moment, the Particular ONE Racing staff regrets that no official evaluation report or outcomes have been offered by the FIA or Kreisel Electrical,” the staff mentioned. “Up to now, nobody appears keen to take accountability for the hearth that Particular ONE Racing skilled three months in the past. This lack of respect doesn’t permit the staff or its companions to maneuver ahead.”

The staff was additionally invited to contest the Hong Kong finale on November 11-12, utilizing a pair of Zeroid X1 RX2e automobiles offered by the sequence, however declined because of the response to the incident.

“On this context, the promoter’s invitation to participate within the Hong-Kong rallycross on 11 and 12 November with RX2e automobiles has been declined,” the staff mentioned.

Spcial ONE hasn’t dominated out constructing a brand new pair of Delta Evo-e automobiles and returning to the sequence. Driver Sebastien Loeb beforehand instructed media together with RACER, “I don’t assume so,” when requested if the staff may return to World RX, including, “First we have to see how this championship will keep on, then we will take a call.”

Now the staff has opened the door to a comeback, suggesting that it may compete once more as soon as it is aware of the championship’s subsequent steps in response to the hearth.

“Because the 2024 season approaches, the Particular ONE Racing hopes to obtain solutions concerning the causes of previous occasions and seeks assurances to allow the staff to renew the championship subsequent yr with much more distinctive Delta Evo-e RX automobiles,” it mentioned.

Particular ONE Racing’s response comes two days after Components E testing was paused on account of one other, albeit unrelated, battery hearth. Components E’s battery comes from a unique provider — WAE — and that incident occurred when the battery in query had been faraway from the automobile it had been in for inspection following an on-track concern earlier within the day.