VW-duo Ogier & Latvala - friends or foes ?

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Originally Posted by SubaruNorway

No, from the 4th round in Portugal. Skipping MC, Sweden and Mexico. And i guess they won't bring a 3rd car to the long haul events in Argentina and Australia...

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To bad he'll have to do without the Polo on his home ground.

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Originally Posted by Humber

I hope VW has learned from the Dakar situations between Sainz and Al Attiyah to establish the WRC rally team rules before the start of the season.

e.g 2011 Dakar | Al-Attiyah vs Sainz - YouTube

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That's insane!!!

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Originally Posted by Gard

To bad he'll have to do without the Polo on his home ground.

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Agreed - would fancy him as a dark horse for a podium on the white stuff. Wait for 2014 and top step may even be an option if we're lucky!

Understand that this is a production speed issue. Timewindow btw homologation and producing 3 cars before season start is to narrow.

Will he then be driving a Skoda for the 3 first, or just training with the Polo mule?

I'm curious to see how this 2 teams thing shakes down. Clearly there is a big plan on the wall at VW HQ (the potential surprise push through the Ardennes at Boucles time has been covered up though).
I would have thought concentrating all your efforts on just 2 cars for the first season would have been the least risky option. That they are increasing the number of cars to be serviced so soon indicates to me that they are feeling pretty confident about their product

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Originally Posted by Sulland

Will he then be driving a Skoda for the 3 first, or just training with the Polo mule?

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VW will run only Polo next year. All Skodas for sale after Spain.

From autosport magazine:

VW keeps junior team

Volkswagen’s junior rally team willcontinue next year, most likely in the form

of individually-tailored programmes. The

manufacturer will sell its Skoda Fabia S2000sand farm out the team, which is likely to

include kevin Abbring and Sepp Wiegand.

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Originally Posted by CWJ

VW will run only Polo next year. All Skodas for sale after Spain.

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Yeah, Autosport magazine says the VW junior team will continue next year, "most likely in the form of individually-tailored programmes. The manufacturer will sell its Skoda Fabia S2000s and farm out the team, which is likely to include Kevin Abbring and Sepp Wiegand."

Also confirmation Sardinia will still be the Italian WRC round in 2013.

Great, an early summer break to Sardinia sounds good!!

there was a rumour in a greek site about Carlos Sainz driving 2 events in 2013 with the Polo, one of them being Acropolis. Any confirmation?