2015 WRC : Ogier, Ingrassia and Volkswagen crowned World Rally Champions for third time – One-two in Australia

2015 WRC-Rally Australia Champions

 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC #1

• Ogier/Ingrassia win the Rally Australia, ahead of Latvala/Anttila, fourth place for Mikkelsen/Fløene
• Volkswagen duo retains world titles in Drivers’ and Co-Drivers’ competitions
• Third WRC Manufacturers title in succession for Volkswagen

Three in one – Volkswagen claimed a triumphant success in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) won the Rally Australia, ahead of team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila (FIN/FIN), to secure their third World Championship title in a row in the Drivers’ and Co-Drivers’ competitions. Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (N/N) finished fourth to complete the fantastic team result. The triumph Down Under also saw Volkswagen wrap up a third back-to-back Manufacturers’ Championship with rallies still to come. So great is their advantage in the overall standings that neither Ogier/Ingrassia nor Volkswagen can be caught in the remaining quarter of season.

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2014 WRC : Volkswagen is World Rally Champion again, courtesy of one-two-three in Australia

Volkswagen Motorsport  @ 2014 WRC Australian Rally

September 14, 2014 - 3..2..1, World Champion*! Volkswagen wrapped up the title in the Manufacturers’ Championship of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) with a one-two-three at the Rally Australia. With three rallies still remaining this season, the best result in the history of the team means Volkswagen can no longer be caught at the top of the overall standings. Winners in Australia, Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F), and team-mates Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila, who finished runner-up down under, successfully defended the title in record time. This is the earliest in a season that a World Championship title has been won for 25 years. Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (N/N) finished third in the final Polo R WRC to round off a perfect team result. The three Volkswagen crews also top the standings in the Drivers’ and Co-Drivers’ Championship. Ogier/Ingrassia and Latvala/Anttila will battle it out between themselves at the remaining three rallies to see who is crowned World Champion at the end of the season.

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Toyota GT86 CS-R3 celebrated a successful debut at Rally Germany

Toyota GT86 CS-R3

COLOGNE : August 25, 2014 - The Toyota GT86 CS-R3 has celebrated a successful debut: As part of the ADAC Rally Germany Trier around the rally version of the Toyota GT86 easily completed its first endurance test.

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2014 WRC : First win for Neuville and Hyundai

2014 WRC :  Rallye Deutschland  winners : Thierry Neuville(BEL) with Nicolas Gilsoul(BEL) 

Hyundai i20 WRC, #7 Hyundai Motorsport             

August 24, 2014 : Thierry Neuville bounces back from his massive shakedown crash to take his first win in the WRC and the first for the new Hyundai World Rally Team.

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2014 WRC : Finnish celebrations – Volkswagen driver Latvala triumphs in WRC home event

2014 Rally Finland winners :  Jari-Matti Latvala / Miikka Anttila : Volkswagen Motorsport - Volkswagen POLO R WRC

A great day for Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila, a great day for Volkswagen, and a great day for Finland: for the first time in four years, a Finnish duo triumphed in their home event in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), giving their compatriots reason to celebrate with abandon. Latvala/Anttila won ‘their’ rally in the Polo R WRC in what proved to be a veritable thriller all the way to the finishing line, clinching victory over their teammates Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) by just 3.6 seconds. Volkswagen’s excellent team success in the toughest rally of the year was rounded off by Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (N/N) finishing in fourth place overall. Volkswagen has therefore equalled its best team result to date in the WRC, which it set at Rally Argentina in May. The rally known as ‘Formula 1 in the forest’ marks the twelfth consecutive rally win for the Wolfsburg-based team, and is also its eighth win in the current season. Ahead of Rally Germany, Volkswagen therefore has match balls to clinch all three WRC championship titles – for the manufacturer, the driver and the co-driver.

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2013 WRC : SORDO WINS RALLYE DEUTSCHLAND

2013 WRC - Rallye Deutschland Champion : Dani Sordo / Carlos Del Barrio - Citroen DS3 WRC - Abu Dhabi Citroen Total World Rally Team

Citroen's Dani Sordo finally broke his duck and won his first WRC event on Rallye Deutschland this weekend, but the Spaniard was made to work for it and was pushed all the way by Thierry Neuville.

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2013 WRC : OGIER WINS RALLY FINLAND

2013 Neste Oil Rally Finland WRC Champion : Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) - 

VW Polo R WRC - Volkswagen Motorsport

Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) claimed their fifth win of the season with Volkswagen in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) – and took a big step towards the World Championship title in the process. 180 km/h through the Finnish forests, jumps of up to 60 metres in length, and all between the ubiquitous trees: the WRC put on a thrilling show for hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic fans in Finland, who saw the overall lead constantly change hands on the first two days of the rally. 

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2013 WRC : SÉBASTIEN OGIER AND VOLKSWAGEN CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WORLD RALLYING CHAMPIONSHIP

2013 WRC : Rally Italia Sardegna Winners : Sébastien Ogier with Julien Ingrassia (F/F)/Volkswagen Motorsport/Volkswagen Polo R WRC

The Frenchman won round seven of 13 on the Mediterranean island by 1min 16.8sec from Thierry Neuville, who claimed a career-best result in a Ford Fiesta RS. Jari-Matti Latvala completed the podium in a Polo R.

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2013 WRC : OGIER WINS RALLY DE PORTUGAL

2013 WRC : Rally de Potugal Winners : Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (F/F)/Volkswagen Motorsport/Volkswagen Polo R WRC

Volkswagen works driver Sébastien Ogier (Polo R WRC #8) has won the Rally Portugal. "I wouldn't have believed that was possible on Monday, when I was still pretty ill. This is a fantastic win," said the delighted Frenchman after his third World Championship victory in a row. "That was really hard work, and we had to fight for every single second," added co-driver Julien Ingrassia. The duo was not to be denied the spectacular finish it deserved, turning on the style to win "Almodovar 2" – at 52 kilometres the longest special stage of the year so far, and the "Power Stage" at the Rally Portugal. Ogier was rewarded for this success with an additional three World Championship points. With a total of 28 points, he has extended his lead at the top of the World Championship standings.

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2013 WRC : OGIER WINS RALLY SWEDEN

2013 WRC : Rally Sweden Winners : Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (F/F)/Volkswagen Motorsport/Volkswagen Polo R WRC

A milestone for Volkswagen in motorsport: Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia (F/F) have won the Rally Sweden at the wheel of the Polo R WRC. In doing so, Volkswagen has already far exceeded its own expectations of what is the team’s debut season in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). In only its second competitive outing, the 315-hp World Rally Car from Wolfsburg emerged triumphant on the Scandinavian ice and snow against strong opposition – including nine-time world champion Sébastien Loeb (Citroën).

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LOEB CLAIMS SEVENTH MONTE-CARLO VICTORY

2013 Rallye Monte-Carlo Champion : Sebastien Loeb

A dramatic final evening of Rallye Monte-Carlo ended with the cancellation of the last two stages to enable Sebastien Loeb to claim his seventh victory in the opening round of the 2013 FIA World Rally Championship.

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2012 WRC : Ford Sweeps WRC Podium After DQ

Mikko Hirvonen (FIN) Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN), Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën Total World Rally Team     

The result of the Vodafone Rally de Portugal was turned on its head shortly after Mikko Hirvonen began celebrating his first win for Citroen, when scrutineers found what they deemed to be illegal parts on his DS3.

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2012 WRC : Latvala wins Rally Sweden

2012 WRC - Rally Sweden Winners : Jari-Matti Latvala & Miikka Anttila - Ford Fiesta WRC - FORD WRT

Ford World Rally Team drivers Jari-Matti Latvala and Miikka Anttila won Rally Sweden today by 16.6sec after a tense finale to this second round of the FIA World Rally Championship.  Victory in a Ford Fiesta RS World Rally Car was Ford’s sixth consecutive success at the only true winter rally of the season.

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2012 WRC : Loeb and Elena win Rallye Monte-Carlo for the sixth time

2012 WRC - Rallye Monte-Carlo winners : Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena - Citroën Total World Rally Team

• Loeb and Elena win Rallye Monte-Carlo for the sixth time
• Citroën Total World Rally Team score a 1-2 finish in the power stage for additional points
• Citroën now lead both the drivers and manufacturers championship standings 

The 80th Rallye Monte-Carlo drew to a close yesterday with victory going to Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena, their sixth win in the Principality. The eight-time World Champions enjoyed a clean sweep as they also picked up the three bonus points awarded to the winner of the Power Stage. Fourth overall in the rally, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen also collected two points for their performance on the final stage. This result means that Citroën Total World Rally Team takes the lead in the Manufacturers’ World Championship.

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Volkswagen POLO R WRC

2013 Volkswagen POLO-R WRC

World premiere at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA): Volkswagen has presented the first drivable prototype of the Polo R WRC that will be used to launch the testing programme this year in preparation for the FIA World Rally Championship. In 2013 Volkswagen will start to contest the top rally racing category, thus setting new aims for the brand after three consecutive victories at the Dakar Rally. The new Polo was unveiled in Frankfurt on Monday evening to an audience of about 2,000 international media representatives and will be showcased on the Volkswagen stand for the duration of the motor show.

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2011 WRC : Hirvonen wins Rally Australia

2011 WRC - Rally Australia Winners : Mikko Hirvonen / Jarmo Lehtinen - Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team - Ford Fiesta RS WRC

Ford Abu Dhabi's Mikko Hirvonen won Rally Australia today, although only after team-mate, Jari-Matti Latvala slowed in the penultimate test to allow his fellow countryman through to take the maximum 25 points.

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2011 WRC : Ogier wins Rallye Deutschland

2011 WRC - Rallye Deutschland winners : Sebastien Ogier / Julien Ingrassia No.2 Citroen Total World Rally Team - Citroen DS3 WRC

Sebastien Ogier has claimed his first victory on a Tarmac-round of the World Rally Championship by winning ADAC Rallye Deutschland, which finished in the historic city of Trier yesterday.

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2011 WRC : Loeb wins Neste Oil Rally Finland

2011 WRC - Rally Finland winner : Sebastien Loeb - Citroen Total World Rally Team - Citroen DS3 WRC

Sebastien Loeb took 'one of his greatest' ever wins  in Finland, triumphing on the classic for the second time.

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2011 WRC : Ogier wins Acropolis Rally

2011 WRC - Acropolis Rally Winners : Sebastien Ogier (F) Julien Ingrassia (F) Citroen DS3 WRC, Citroen Total World Rally Team

ACROPOLIS : June 19, 2011 - Citroen ace Sebastien Ogier took a strategic win in Greece today to reignite his championship hopes.

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2011 WRC : Loeb fights back to win sixth Argentina title

2011 WRC - Rally Argentina winners : Sebastien Loeb (FRA) Daniel Elena (MON), Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën Total World Rally Team

Seven-times world champion Sebastien Loeb overcame a one-minute time penalty to take a narrow victory in the Rally of Argentina on Sunday.

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