Capito is not working for VW anymore, how could he give clues for their 2018 plans ?
So, no his statement is not hint for 2018 comeback.
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https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...wagen-zurueck/
Wrong, according to this he is back in VW (but in a different department).
Currently a team has to be officially designated by the manufacturer in order to get manufacturer team status
Only a car manufacturer can promote the homologation of a WRC car; they supply the base model and it’s their name that’s behind the bureaucracy, even if the rest (project, development and running) can be done by an outside team, officially designated by them. Most manus uses in-house structures but Ford is still the exception; MSport runs a WRC team on their behalf since ’97, even if after ’12 Ford’s name was kept out of the manu team label.
Manus are also obligated to run (or making run on their behalf) a new homologated WRC car during one complete season in a two cars team formation, otherwise homologation gets expired. That’s why the ’17 Polo wasn’t homologated.
FIA considering further changes to long haul testing rules for 2018 http://www.rallysportmag.com.au/home...ing-considered
Here is VW media release in English on Capito's new role https://www.volkswagen-media-service..._auth=NaB976Kj