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A first hint of the new livery on the new car:...

It happened in a strange way but Škoda has just officially announced that Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler are World Champions! :)

It seems that they were waiting for closing of entries for...

Chill out, hybrid is not an electric car. Electric cars won't come anytime soon into WRC (unlike in rallycross).

Not that I like hybrids but the sound is the last thing to be afraid of with them....

I may be wrong but I understood that in 2021 we'd get some sort of hybrid WRC and that all manufacturers have known about that already for quite some time.

Škoda will likely enter WRC only with new technical rules in 2021. Now it seems pretty sure that it won't happen earlier.

Yes and no. Škoda UK paid but Mikkelsen had works car and works service. You can check Yourself that Andreas and Jan actually used the same chassis at some occasions through the 2011 season (No. 48)...

You're talking rubbish. Mikkelsen and Kopecký were both doing the whole championship and they both did all events. Kopecký did better in the season than Mikkelsen but Mikkelsen won by 1,5 points...

The question is if he is entered to WRC2 or not.

Not very understandable with google translator but an article and an interview with Kopecký after the finish:...

And 19 podiums in a row since the Tour de Corse in April 2017 (power steering failure) :)

Who could have imagined that both of them would get a double puncture in the same stage with another puncture for Pontus in another stage. Sometimes the reality is wilder than the imagination...
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Yes but that's absolutely not enough for a worthy championship if You ask me. Also nothing against Tidemand but they could have sent him to at least one asphalt. In the end it looks like if škoda...

And Kopecký does Spain so no direct fight for the title at all.

The meaning of the press release in Czech language is different. It clearly says same number of events per season. It explicitly states that both will have same chances for the title.

Anyway...

It can be a works team entry. No problem with that. Only the car must be physically run by someone else. This year Škoda already used Kresta Racing or Wevers Sport services while the cars were in...

Škoda works team don't have the capacity to run four cars at the same time. One or two cars would have to be run by some other team. Anyway I'm quite sure there won't be four in Finland.

No problem with that. Škoda skips Příbram regularly. That's the only event where other drivers win (Dohnal in last two years).

I expect Jan to do Germany and Catalunya. He has very good chances to win there. However all of the other events are not strong at all for him.

So now Pontus 3x 1st, 1x 2nd from 4 start. Jan 3x 1st from 3 starts. The only one who managed to take a victory from these two was Katsuta in Sweden.

This is a double-edged sword. I can give You really a lot of examples where WRC2 (or even WRC) drivers failed against ERC ones - Barum regularly, Ypres regularly, this year's Canarias etc. There are...

AFAIK at least with Lappi it was mostly his own driving mistakes.

I ma quite sure that they don't pay everything from their own budget, especially in case of Gill I expect him to have his own budget from Indian sponsors.

But otherwise for sure they have now...

I would not be sure about full season for Kopecký.

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I always had a feeling that nobody from European drivers wants to do the APRC but for marketing purposes somebody has to - hence it's always someone new to drive it alongside Gaurav Gill.