Volkswagen Motorsport (WRC)

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Surname Volkswagen Motorsport GmbH
Companies 100 percent subsidiary of Volkswagen AG
Company headquarters GermanyGermany Hanover
Motorsport Director GermanyGermany Jost Capito
Chief designer FranceFrance Francois-Xavier Demaison
technical director GermanyGermany Willy Rampf
Team manager GermanyGermany Sven Smeets
2016 season
driver FranceFrance S. Ogier J. Ingrassa
FranceFrance 
driver FinlandFinland JM Latvala M. Anttila
FinlandFinland 
driver NorwayNorway A. Mikkelsen A. Jaeger
NorwayNorway 
vehicle Volkswagen Polo R WRC
tires Michelin
World Cup position 1
statistics
First rally world championship run MonacoMonaco Monte Carlo 2013
Constructors' championship 4 ( 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 )
Drivers World Championship 4 ( 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 )
Rally victories 42
Position season 2016 World Champion
(Status: end of season 2016)

Volkswagen Motorsport is the work team of the Motorsport division of German car manufacturer Volkswagen which since the season 2013 in the FIA - World Rally Championship is launched WRC.

Preparations

VW Polo R WRC at the IAA 2013

On May 5, 2011, Volkswagen announced that it would be entering the WRC World Rally Championship for the 2013 season. At the same time, Volkswagen announced that it would be competing with a special model of the Volkswagen Polo V named Volkswagen Polo R WRC . The VW Polo R WRC was officially presented at the 2011 International Motor Show (see picture). In preparation for entering the WRC, two-time rally world champions Carlos Sainz and Dieter Depping completed test drives in the VW Polo R WRC near Trier at the beginning of November 2011 .

In addition, VW announced that it would compete with Jari-Matti Latvala / Miikka Anttila and Sébastien Ogier / Julien Ingrassa for Volkswagen Motorsport and Andreas Mikkelsen / Mikko Markkula for Volkswagen Motorsport II.

WRC (since 2013)

2013

VW Polo R WRC, 2013

At the Rallye Monte Carlo , Sébastien Ogier / Julien Ingrassa took a surprising second place behind World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb in a Citroën . A series of victories in the rallies in Sweden, Mexico and Portugal followed. The worst - and only place outside of the top 10 occupied Ogier / Ingrassa at the Rally Germany with 17th place. At the end of the season, Ogier achieved first place in the driving championship with 290 points and thus the world championship title.

Although Jari-Matti Latvala / Miikka Anttila did not cross the finish line at the first rally in Monte Carlo, the two nonetheless finished in the top 3. In addition to the retirement in Monte Carlo, Latvala / Anttila only landed outside the top 10 twice ( Rally Mexico , 16th place and Rally Finland , 17th place). In the end it was enough with 162 points to a 3rd place in the overall ranking.

2014

The 2014 season started as the 2013 season ended. Four VW victories in a row. The first, third and fourth rallies ( Monte Carlo , Mexico , Portugal ) were won by Sebastién Ogier / Julien Ingrassa, the second rally ( Sweden ) by Jari-Matti Latvala / Miikka Anttila. With the exception of the home rally in Germany, Volkswagen Motorsport had the winner in every round of the season and thus again secured the title in both the manufacturers 'and drivers' championships.

2015

With a triple podium Volkswagen Motorsport (II) started in the Monte Carlo Rally in the 2015 season . As in the previous two years, they dominated the World Rally Championship and were able to win their home game at Rally Germany for the first time in their third year in the WRC . After the Rally Portugal , the third triple podium of the season was achieved here. With the victory of the Rally Australia Sebastién Ogier successfully defended his title and became driver world champion for the third time in a row. The third constructors' title has also already been secured in Australia. In the penultimate race in Spain , Andreas Mikkelsen managed to clinch his first victory in the WRC with Volkswagen Motorsport II.

WRC results

year team automobile No driver 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th Driver ranking Points Manufacturer rating Points
2013 Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC 8th FranceFrance Sébastien Ogier MON
2 		SWE
1 		MEX
1 		POR
1 		ARG
2 		GRE
10 		ITA
1 		FIN
1 		DEU
17 		OFF
1 		FRA
1 		ESP
1 		GBR
1 		- 1 290 1 425
7th FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala MON
DNF 		SWE
4 		MEX
16 		POR
3 		ARG
3 		GRE
1 		ITA
3 		FIN
17 		DEU
7 		OFF
4 		FRA
3 		ESP
2 		GBR
2 		- 3 162
Volkswagen Motorsport II 9 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen MON
 SWE
 MEX
 POR
6 		ARG
8 		GRE
4 		ITA
DNF 		FIN
10 		DEU
 OFF
6 		FRA
7 		ESP
DNF 		GBR
5 		- 10 50 7th 50
2014 Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC 1 FranceFrance Sébastien Ogier MON
1 		SWE
6 		MEX
1 		POR
1 		ARG
2 		ITA
1 		POL
1 		FIN
2 		DEU
DNF 		OFF
1 		FRA
13 		ESP
1 		GBR
1 		- 1 267 1 447
2 FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala MON
5 		SWE
1 		MEX
2 		POR
14 		ARG
1 		ITA
3 		POL
5 		FIN
1 		DEU
DNF 		OFF
2 		FRA
1 		ESP
2 		GBR
2 		- 2 218
Volkswagen Motorsport II 9 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen MON
7 		SWE
2 		MEX
19 		POR
4 		ARG
4 		ITA
4 		POL
2 		FIN
4 		DEU
3 		OFF
3 		FRA
2 		ESP
7 		GBR
DNF 		- 3 150 5 133
2015 Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC 1 FranceFrance Sébastien Ogier MON
1 		SWE
1 		MEX
1 		ARG
17 		POR
2 		ITA
1 		POL
1 		FIN
2 		DEU
1 		OFF
1 		FRA
15 		ESP
DNF 		GBR
1 		- 1 263 1 414
2 FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala MON
2 		SWE
12 		MEX
15 		ARG
DNF 		POR
1 		ITA
6 		POL
4 		FIN
1 		DEU
2 		OFF
2 		FRA
1 		ESP
2 		GBR
51 		- 2 183
Volkswagen Motorsport II 9 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen MON
3 		SWE
3 		MEX
3 		ARG
DNF 		POR
3 		ITA
36 		POL
2 		FIN
DNF 		DEU
3 		OFF
4 		FRA
3 		ESP
1 		GBR
3 		- 3 171 5 131
2016 Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC 1 FranceFrance Sébastien Ogier MON
1 		SWE
1 		MEX
2 		ARG
2 		POR
3 		ITA
3 		POL
6 		FIN
24 		DEU
1 		CHN
C 		FRA
1 		ESP
1 		GBR
1 		OFF
2 		1 268 1 377
2 FinlandFinland Jari-Matti Latvala MON
DNF 		SWE
26 		MEX
1 		ARG
16 		POR
6 		ITA
2 		POL
5 		FIN
2 		DEU
48 		CHN
C 		FRA
4 		ESP
14 		GBR
7 		OFF
9 		6th 112
Volkswagen Motorsport II 9 NorwayNorway Andreas Mikkelsen MON
2 		SWE
4 		MEX
DNF 		ARG
3 		POR
2 		ITA
13 		POL
1 		FIN
7 		DEU
4 		CHN
C 		FRA
3 		ESP
DNF 		GBR
12 		OFF
1 		3 154 3 163
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VW will start in 2013 with the Polo R in the World Rally Championship . In: motorsport-total.com . sport media group GmbH. May 11, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ Volkswagen does it again! ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Volkswagen Motorsport @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.volkswagen-motorsport.com
  3. ↑ Pure drama at the end - Mikkelsen with maiden win! ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Volkswagen Motorsport @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.volkswagen-motorsport.com