Volkswagen Motorsport

Volkswagen Motorsport
Full nameVolkswagen Motorsport
BaseGermany Hannover, Germany
Team principal(s)Germany Jost Capito
Technical directorGermany Willy Rampf
DriversFinland Jari-Matti Latvala
France Sébastien Ogier
Norway Andreas Mikkelsen
Co-driversFinland Miikka Anttila
France Julien Ingrassia
Norway Anders Jæger
ChassisVolkswagen Polo R WRC
TyresM Michelin
World Rally Championship history
Debut2013 Monte Carlo Rally
Last event2016 Rally Australia
Manufacturers' Championships4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Drivers' Championships4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Rally wins44

The Volkswagen Motorsport was a works rally team of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, who competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and Dakar Rally.

The team started competing in WRC in 1978 and used different specs of Volkswagen Golfs before leaving the sport in 1990. Volkswagen competed at the Dakar Rally from 2003 to 2011, claiming three overall wins. The team made its WRC comeback in 2011 Rally Finland with a pair of Škoda Fabia S2000s, and competed with the Volkswagen Polo R WRC from the start of the 2013 World Rally Championship season to the end of the 2016 World Rally Championship season.

At the end of the 2016 season, Volkswagen Motorsport decided to withdraw from the FIA World Rally Championship.[1]

  1. ^ WRC. "VOLKSWAGEN IS TO WITHDRAW FROM THE FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SEASON AND TURN ITS RALLYING FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POLO R5 CAR FOR CUSTOMER USE". Retrieved 2 Nov 2016.