Rally2 (ex-R5) News

[br21]

They don't push with sales, they choose the teams to which they will sell their 2018 cars

[electroliquid]

They don't push with sales, they choose the teams to which they will sell their 2018 cars

Do you know criteria they use to choose customers?

[br21]

Do you know criteria they use to choose customers?

Their own choice, but in general bigger teams, with some history, etc, most likely for some good drivers, also teams which will cooperate with them close, use engineer from VW, etc

[WUff1]

Their own choice, but in general bigger teams, with some history, etc, most likely for some good drivers, also teams which will cooperate with them close, use engineer from VW, etc

For sure BRR Racing of Raimund Baumschlager - he´s already tested the Polo R5.

[mousti]

BMA already declared they will have 2 or 3 this year. We will see if it really happens..

[br21]

Yeah, in Belgium DG Sport also should have one, and Citroën probably also

[PLuto]

I think their priority will be teams close to local dealers. I know there is really big interest in Polo R5, almost everybody wants to have it and there are big fights "behind the scene" to have it...

[dupanton]

Yeah, in Belgium DG Sport also should have one, and Citroën probably also

DG Sport seems odd to me, because they work together with Peugeot Belgium since a couple of years. They run the official Peugeot Belgium program.

[Adler]

They are testing the Polo in Austria now for the next 3 days on tarmac (wet/ice), rumoured Drivers are Tidemand, Baumschlager and Depping.

[electroliquid]

I think their priority will be teams close to local dealers. I know there is really big interest in Polo R5, almost everybody wants to have it and there are big fights "behind the scene" to have it...

I hope that true; Multiple times Lithuania champion Vytautas Švedas has Lithuania's VW, Audi, Seat dealers backing and hoping eventually he will drive Polo R5 to rally stages.