[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[Franky]

1. 2017 spec
2. No
3. VW

[jparker]

1. 2017 spec
2. No
3. VW

thanks for answerig so quickly, I just deleted my questions by mistake. Posting from smartphone is not very predictable.

[jparker]

So, if I understand correctly, no 2017 specs VW is currently built. Who is going to build such car for Mikkelsen? Is it to late for that?

[SubaruNorway]

So, if I understand correctly, no 2017 specs VW is currently built. Who is going to build such car for Mikkelsen? Is it to late for that?

Car(s) is already built and race ready

[jparker]

Car(s) is already built and race ready

But who built them?
Are those cars built by VW, or somebody else?

[seb_sh]

But who built them?
Are those cars built by VW, or somebody else?

Everything is built and run by the VW team. No one else can build the cars. They kept preparing till the end of 2016 as if they were going to compete so there exist cars that are race ready or close to that at VW.

[jparker]

Everything is built and run by the VW team. No one else can build the cars. They kept preparing till the end of 2016 as if they were going to compete so there exist cars that are race ready or close to that at VW.

Thank you, it's all clear now.
It will be shame if we don't see them in action.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

To be honest, I really dont see the point in Mikkelsen and his backers making this big effort to get a Polo for 2017 season. It's going to a massive struggle in all kinds of ways and I dont see it happening fast enough for him to have any chance of competing for the Championship. He should just say fresh running the Skoda in some events and wait for a 2018 seat.

[er88]

To be honest, I really dont see the point in Mikkelsen and his backers making this big effort to get a Polo for 2017 season. It's going to a massive struggle in all kinds of ways and I dont see it happening fast enough for him to have any chance of competing for the Championship. He should just say fresh running the Skoda in some events and wait for a 2018 seat.

Think Andreas is only thinking about entering the 2017 VW car in selected events. 3 or 4 at most. No way he'll find the budget for the whole season

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[Rally Power]

To be honest, I really dont see the point in Mikkelsen and his backers making this big effort to get a Polo for 2017 season. It's going to a massive struggle in all kinds of ways and I dont see it happening fast enough for him to have any chance of competing for the Championship. He should just say fresh running the Skoda in some events and wait for a 2018 seat.

Maybe this isn’t just about Mikkelsen getting a chance to drive a ’17 WRC.

We still remember this: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/mo...7-championship

So, a short time after VW’s pull out, VW Motorsport staff and at least one member of the VW board (Dr. Welsch) were trying to do a venture with Al Attiyha and Qatar to homologate and run the Polos on this year championship. We know it was impossible and that VW M people still aren’t allowed by VW board to put a euro on WRC running programmes. This Mikkelsen thing seems to be their C plan…

At least, VW M (and some VW execs) are showing a strong will to put the car on WRC stages, probably to remember the board that it’s a waste to abort this project, and VW’s comeback in ’18 (with a car based on the next Polo generation or under Skoda, or even Seat, brands) would be the right thing to do.