VW News 2012 & WRC 2013

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Originally Posted by Plan9

Do you think that Kopecky is being prepaired for a run at the WRC, it seems that Skoda still favors him and he has some speed in him still.

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Not at all.

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Originally Posted by Plan9

I hope that Hanninen is not going into an end of year slump that could lead him to lose the SWRC and IRC titles. If that happens I expect he won't get higher than a Customer Fiesta for the rest of his career.

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I don't think so... I think Juho would have won in Germany reasonably comfortable without his stupid mistake and Barum is quite a tricky rally where experience seems to count a lot.

It will be interesting to see who VW pick for the remaining events this year if they have already narrowed down their search. I guess Mikkelsen will get at least one more go this year though.

When will we see the first Polo Rally car in testing, no matter what engine?

According to Autonews Magazine » WRC » Volkswagen déjà en essais avec la Polo R WRC ! , Hänninen is testing the first prototype of the Polo for VW on gravel in France. Hans Weijs jr will take over at the end of the week.

Hell yeah! Is Hänninen testing right now, or in future?

very good news...

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Originally Posted by T.Maanteiden kuningas

Hell yeah! Is Hänninen testing right now, or in future?

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This week according to the site.

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Originally Posted by Fly

According to Autonews Magazine » WRC » Volkswagen déjà en essais avec la Polo R WRC ! , Hänninen is testing the first prototype of the Polo for VW on gravel in France. Hans Weijs jr will take over at the end of the week.

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Great! I'm expecially happy for Weijs Jr :)

nice news! Waiting for photos.

That's Hanninen sorted out for 2012 then.