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The long saga of the 2017 Volkswagen Polo R is finally over. The FIA has ruled not to homologate the car, which means that it won’t be allowed to race in any rallies this season. The decision comes following two weeks of meetings between the World Rally Championship’s governing body and...

Fresh off his class win in a Skoda at Monte Carlo , Andreas Mikkelsen says he hasn’t given up on racing the 2017 VW Polo R WRC this year. While it’s certain that the car won’t race the full season, Mikkelsen hopes he can get the car into three rallies this year. “The aim is to be back in a...

Andreas Mikkelsen was the unfortunate victim of some bad luck this season. The former VW World Rally Championship driver and last year’s driver’s championship runner up found himself without a ride this season the WRC. The reason may have been his loyalty to the team, but whatever the case he...

Following Volkswagen’s surprise decision to exit the World Rally Championship late last year, it was revealed that the automaker wanted to homologate the Polo R WRC so that a privateer team could race the car. Now, though, the other teams have raised concerns about the Polo, making the car even...

The Polo R WRC is set to  go the way of the Audi R18 and the dodo as Volkswagen will stop competing in the World Rally Championship at the end of this season. Autocar reports that at a meeting today Volkswagen decided to end its WRC program on the heels of its fourth Manufacturers'...

Volkswagen Motorsport claimed its fourth straight World Rally Championship manufacturer’s title, thanks in no small part to Sebastien Ogier’s fourth straight rally win at this weekend’s Dayinsure Wales Rally GB. With that, Volkswagen has won this season’s three major WRC titles: the...

Sebastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassa could stay at home and watch the final two legs of the 2016 World Rally Championship on TV and they’d still have enough points to be crowned this season’s champions. That’s because the pair won this weekend’s Rally RACC Catalunya-Costa Daurada in...

ŠKODA kicks off the 2016 motorsport year with the WRC 2 rally in Sweden (11th to 14th February). Like last season, the three works drivers Pontus Tidemand (S), Jan Kopecký (CZ) and Esapekka Lappi (FIN) will set their sights on winning titles for ŠKODA in the Fabia R5 rally car. New to the ŠKODA...

With Volkswagen participating in so many forms of Motorsport around the world, it’s often difficult to keep track of their performance. Luckily for us, Volkswagen Motorsport goes through the trouble of rounding up all of the key information from their various race series, and puts it all in one...

First, fifth and sixth for the Volkswagen drivers “Free practice” on ice and snow whets the appetite for round two of the WRC Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia fastest in the Polo R WRC Volkswagen finished first, fifth and sixth fastest in the Shakedown ahead of the Rally Sweden. Sébastien...

Doha (Qatar) hosts festive highlight at the end of a successful WRC season Volkswagen team presented with trophies for three WRC titles at FIA Gala The World Championship trophy is on its way back to Wolfsburg: Volkswagen was in Doha (Qatar) to receive its three trophies for winning the...

For the 17th time in just 20 rallies, a Volkswagen sits atop the podium after at the FIA World Rally Championship.  Keeping Volkswagen Motorsport's undefeated streak alive,  Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassa finished one minute ahead of teammates Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene to take the...

Volkswagen has won their sixth rally of the season, and tenth in a row with their overall victory at Rally Italy.  Ogier currently leads the points battle for the Driver's Championship with teammate Jari-Matti Latvala sitting seven points behind in second, and Andreas Mikkelsen 49 points back in...

After the first full day of action in Italy, Volkswagen holds first, second and fourth position in the overall standings.  Rally Italy has proven to be a challenge for the cars and drivers of the WRC as temperatures near 30 Celsius and dust has becoming a major issue.  Issues came to a head when...

The Volkswagen Polo R WRCs were second, third and fifth fastest times during the shakedown ahead of Rally Italy.  The successful warmup shows that Volkswagen Motorsport has done their homework ahead of the event in terms of suspension setup and tire choice.  Rally Italy begins later today at...

Volkswagen Rally Driver Andreas Mikkelsen has replaced co-driver Mikko Markkula with Ola Fløene ahead of Rally Italy.  Fløene and Mikkelsen are already quite familiar with one another, being paired from 2006-2012 in the European Rally Championship.  Markkula says that the split is amicable, and...

Volkswagen has now made it five wins in a row with Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila's victory at Rally Argentina.  Series points leaders Sébastien Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia piloted their Polo R WRC to a second place, and Andreas Mikkelsen and Mikko Markkula fought back from a 5...

After an especially strong Saturday in Argentina, the Volkswagen Polo R WRCs are running 1-2-4, with Mikkelsen and Markkula within striking distance of a podium finish.  Jari-Matti Latvala and co-driver Miikka Anttila currently hold a 31.2 second lead over Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia...

After the first full day of Rally Argentina Volkswagen is running first and second overall, with Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila leading, and Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia trailing by 17.7 seconds.  Andreas Mikkelsen and Mikko Markkula have slipped back to 7th place after a faulty...

It doesn't get any better than this.  Halfway through the first full day of action at Rally Argentina, Volkswagen Polo R WRCs hold the first three positions in the overall standings, boasting 1-2-3 finishes in all of the day's stages.  Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila are atop the...