Volkswagen Motorsport
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The Volkswagen Motorsport was a works rally team of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, who competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and Dakar Rally.
The team started competing in WRC in
At the end of the 2016 season, Volkswagen Motorsport decided to withdraw from the FIA World Rally Championship.[1]
History
Dakar (2003–2011)
In 2003, Volkswagen entered the Tarek 2WD buggy at the Dakar Rally, with Stéphane Henrard placing 6th outright. The Race Touareg 1 was introduced in 2004, when Bruno Saby finished 6th. In 2005, Jutta Kleinschmidt finished in 3rd overall. With the Race Touareg 2, Giniel de Villiers finished in 2nd place overall in 2006. In 2007, Mark Miller finished 4th overall. Volkswagen won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Dakar Rally, the latter with the Race Touareg 3, with drivers De Villiers, Carlos Sainz and Nasser Al-Attiyah.
2011–2012
In
In November 2011, the team revealed they have made a multi-year contract with the French rally star Sébastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia.
For
The season included some highlights, including Sébastien Ogier's unexpected special stage win in
In October, Volkswagen Motorsport announced that they have signed
2013
Volkswagen Motorsport entered as a fully-fledged manufacturer team in 2013. Sébastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala started the season, whilst Andreas Mikkelsen joined the championship at the fourth round in Portugal. Mikkelsen and his new co-driver Mikko Markkula were registered under a second manufacturer team, known as “Volkswagen Motorsport II” so as to give them as much time as possible testing the Polo R WRC.[4]
The
The team took its first WRC victory in their second rally with the World Rally Car, when Sébastien Ogier dominated the Rally Sweden being fastest in half of the stages of the rally.[6] Jari-Matti Latvala finished fourth, and also scored his first stage win with the team.
Ogier continued his dominance at the next event in Rally Mexico, giving the team its second victory in a row. Ogier won 16 out of 23 stages and lead the rally from the second stage till the finish. Latvala hit a rock in SS2 and after restarting in Day 2 he eventually finished outside of the points. That meant Volkswagen was still 6 points behind Citroën in Manufacturers' standings before moving on to Rally de Portugal.[7]
2014
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2015
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2016
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2016 would turn out to be another successful year for the team; as they collected their fourth consecutive manufacturers’ championship, and Sébastien Ogier claimed his fourth consecutive drivers’ championship.
Just days after the 2016 Wales Rally GB, Volkswagen announced that they would be pulling out of the WRC at the end of the 2016 season. This came as a surprise to many fans and journalists, as the team and their drivers had already been conducting major development and testing work on the new 2017 Polo, based on the new generation WRC cars. Although no direct reason was given for the teams’ withdrawal, it was widely speculated to be a result of Volkswagen’s recent emissions scandal.
2018
Volkswagen Motorsport made a return to the World Rally Championship with an
2019
In November 2019, Volkswagen announced that, consistent with its shift in focus to emphasize the manufacturing of electric vehicles, it would end all motorsport programmes that do not involve electric vehicles.[9]
Complete WRC results
WRC victories
No. | Season | Rally | Driver | Co-driver | Car |
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1 | 1987
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19ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire | Kenneth Eriksson | Peter Diekmann | Volkswagen Golf GTI 16V |
2 | 2013
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61st Rally Sweden | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC |
3 | 27º Rally México | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
4 | 47º Rally de Portugal | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
5 | 59th Acropolis Rally | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
6 | 10º Rally Italia Sardegna
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Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
7 | 63rd Rally Finland | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
8 | 22nd Rally Australia | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
9 | Rallye de France – Alsace 2013
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Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
10 | 49º Rally Catalunya | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
11 | 69th Wales Rally GB | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
12 | 2014
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82ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC |
13 | 62nd Rally Sweden | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
14 | 28º Rally México | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
15 | 48º Rally de Portugal | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
16 | 34° Rally Argentina | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
17 | 11º Rally Italia Sardegna
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Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
18 | 71st Rally Poland | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
19 | 64th Rally Finland | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
20 | 23rd Rally Australia | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
21 | Rallye de France – Alsace 2014 | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
22 | 50º Rally Catalunya
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Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
23 | 70th Wales Rally GB | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
24 | 2015
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83ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC |
25 | 63rd Rally Sweden | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
26 | 29° Rally Guanajuato México | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
27 | 49° Vodafone Rally de Portugal
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Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
28 | 12° Rally d'italia Sardegna
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Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
29 | 72nd LOTOS Rally Poland | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
30 | 65th Rally Finland | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
31 | 33. ADAC Rallye Deutschland | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
32 | 24th Coates Hire Rally Australia | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
33 | 58ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France
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Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
34 | 51º Rally Catalunya
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Andreas Mikkelsen | Ola Fløene | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
35 | 71st Wales Rally GB | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
36 | 2016
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84ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC |
37 | 64th Rally Sweden | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
38 | 30º Rally Guanajuato México | Jari-Matti Latvala | Miikka Anttila | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
39 | 73rd Rally Poland | Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
40 | 34. ADAC Rallye Deutschland | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
41 | 59ème Tour de Corse – Rallye de France | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
42 | 52º Rally RACC Catalunya – Costa Daurada
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Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
43 | 72nd Wales Rally GB | Sébastien Ogier | Julien Ingrassia | Volkswagen Polo R WRC | |
44 | 25th Rally Australia | Andreas Mikkelsen | Anders Jæger | Volkswagen Polo R WRC |
Dakar Rally results
See also
References
- ^ WRC. "VOLKSWAGEN IS TO WITHDRAW FROM THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SEASON AND TURN ITS RALLYING FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLO R5 CAR FOR CUSTOMER USE". Retrieved 2 Nov 2016.
- ^ "Volkswagen driver Sébastien Ogier surprises WRC rivals". vw-motorsport.de. 21 October 2012. Archived from the original on April 22, 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Volkswagen signs Jari-Matti Latvala". vw-motorsport.de. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Volkswagen registers second team for Mikkelsen". WRC.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "SS1: Ogier claims maiden stage win for Volkswagen". WRC.com. 16 January 2013. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ "WRC wrap: Ogier triumphs on snow". WRC.com. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "WRC wrap: Ogier reigns supreme". WRC.com. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ "Solberg joins VW line-up for debut of WRC2 Polo GTI R5 car in Spain". autosport.com. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Volkswagen to cease all non-electric motorsport programmes". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
External links
- Volkswagen Motorsport official website Archived 2021-03-01 at the Wayback Machine