Timmy Hansen makes cross-country driving debut at Rallye TT Guadalajara

Last October, Timmy Hansen tried his hand at cross-country rally for the first time when he navigated for Catie Munnings at the Baja Portalegre 500.

While that was in the passenger’s seat, he got to add being on the driver’s side to his decorated résumé this past weekend at the Rallye TT Guadalajara. His debut as a cross-country driver may ended in retirement, but he enjoyed the experience.

The 2019 FIA World Rallycross Champion, Hansen has been trying out a litany of disciplines outside his usual trade in recent years. He was a full-timer in Extreme E until it turned into Extreme H, after which he stepped out and became the team principal of Team Hansen.

His family’s Hansen Motorsport remains in flux after financial turmoil cut short their World Rallycross season in 2025, and he and his brother Kevin have yet to confirm if they’ll make the switch to European Rallycross after World RX’s demise. In the meantime, he’s keeping busy by competing in the UIM E1 World Championship for Team Miami; his teammate Patricia Pita has raced the Dakar Rally twice.

Both Hansen brothers have shown great interest in rally raid, but lamented the archaic methods and high costs of entry. On a January 2025 episode of their podcast, Timmy discussed the lack of a proper feeder series for the W2RC and how drivers seem to come from a multitude of disciplines without a “clear path” to success. Kevin, who raced the Andalucía Rally in 2020, tested an Apache APH-03 in September.

A month later, the older Hansen ran the Baja Portalegre 500 as the navigator for his old Extreme E teammate Munnings. However, their race ended in retirement.

The Rallye TT Guadalajara, the first round of the 2026 CERTT, welcomed Hansen and navigator François Cazalet. The two raced an Oryx T3 from ASM Motorsport.

Unfortunately, things quickly unraveled for the duo as they had two tire punctures in the Prologue. They finished 27th overall and 14th in Challenger for the day, a minute and five seconds behind overall leader João Ferreira.

SS1 was a strong rebound as Hansen finished fifth overall and fourth in class, 16 seconds off Challenger winner Eduard Pons. However, more issues mounted in the second stage that dropped him to 20th (ninth in CHG) before retiring altogether in Stage 3.

Class winners

Class	Overall	Number	Driver	Navigator	Team	Vehicle	Total Time
T1+	1	201	João Ferreira	Filipe Palmeiro	Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa	Toyota Hilux	5:09:54.5
T1	8	208	José Luis García Molina	Manuel Navarro Dominguez	Gamace MC Competicio	Mini John Cooper Works Rally	5:56:58.2
T2	18	501	Jose Alberto Dorsch Buzon	Marcos Martinez Gonzalez	RACE	Toyota Land Cruiser KDJ120	7:00:48.7
CHG1	2	302	Eduard Pons	Candido Carrera	Nasser Racing / Pons Rallysport	Taurus T3 Max	5:14:57.7
SSV Open	11	712	Jordi Esteve	Marcus Gregory	Escuderia Lleida	Yamaha YXZ1000R	6:27:28.4
SSV-S	24	716	Benigno Ferreira Fernandez	Sara Ferreira Cuesta	Motor Club Sabadell	Can-Am Maverick R	8:28:59.4
T4	5	403	Rafael Muñoz	Raquel Cecilia	Federación Andaluza de Automovilismo	Can-Am Maverick X3 XRS Turbo RR	5:49:00.7