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The Volkswagen Polo R WRC is a World Rally Car built and operated by Volkswagen Motorsport and based on the Volkswagen Polo for use in the World Rally Championship.The car, which made its début at the start of the 2013 season, is built to the second generation of World Rally Car regulations that were introduced in 2011, which are based upon the existing Super 2000 regulations, but powered by ...
The WRC Academy was an alternative name for Junior WRC between 2011 and 2012, the first years the championship became a one-make series before reverting to the Junior WRC name. The World Rally Championship Ladies Cup ran from 1990 to 1995 and could be won by any class of car.
Volkswagen Polo R WRC: 10 18 425 145 2014: Volkswagen: Volkswagen Polo R WRC: 12: 18 447 237: 2015: Volkswagen: Volkswagen Polo R WRC: 11 17 413 183 2016: Volkswagen: Volkswagen Polo R WRC: 7 14 377 62 2017: M-Sport [b] Ford Fiesta WRC: 5 19 428 83 2018: Toyota: Toyota Yaris WRC: 5 14 368 27 2019: Hyundai: Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC: 4 13 380 18 ...
The Volkswagen Polo R WRC, car entered by Volkswagen Motorsport, who successfully defended manufacturers' title. The 2015 FIA World Rally Championship was the 43rd season of the World Rally Championship , a rallying championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the highest class of international rallying .
For 2012 season, Volkswagen Motorsport continued developing their Polo R World Rally Car and they also completed a full WRC-campaign (except New Zealand) with a pair of Škoda Fabias. Sébastien Ogier drove it in every round of the campaign, while the second car was shared between Andreas Mikkelsen and Kevin Abbring .
From 2013 the previous Production World Rally Championship was cancelled and replaced by WRC-3. [5] With the introduction of Group R the new WRC-3 was contested by 2WD production based cars from R1, R2 and R3 classes. Teams and drivers competing in the series were free to contest any rallies forming the World Rally Championship.
the 162 kW (only Polo R WRC) and higher versions have stronger pistons and gudgeon pins, new rings, reinforced connecting rods, new bearings, reinforced cylinder block at the main bearing pedestals and cap, new lightweight aluminium-silicon alloy cylinder head for high temperature resistance and strength, adjusted exhaust camshaft timing ...
The itinerary for the 2013 rally sees a mixture of the same stages from 2012.The first stage will be a Super Special Stage held at the rally base in Karlstad.WRC fans had the chance to vote on the Rally Sweden Facebook page as to who they wanted to see starting the rally head-to-head.