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WRC2 14. 05. 2018

Rally de Portugal 2018: All You Need to Know Before Rally Starts

One of the founding events in the WRC, Rally de Portugal also counts among those most demanding. Although officially denoted as a gravel rally, its route around Porto in northern […]

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WRC2 05. 04. 2018

Tour de Corse News: Kopecký Won, FABIA R5s in 4 of 5 Top Places (UPDATED)

Rallying is always full of surprises. Like today, when everyone was sure that Kopecký and Veiby finished the shakedown in 2nd and 3rd place. Then the track, initially damp after yesterday’s […]

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WRC2 02. 04. 2018

Ten Thousand Curves on Corsica Will Test the Abilities of Both Cars and Drivers

What can we expect from one of the most traditional rallies in the WRC calendar? Will ŠKODA Motorsport drivers repeat their great results from last year? Look at the map […]

02. 04. 2018 Read more

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WRC2 12. 03. 2018

WRC Mexico: A dominant win takes Tidemand to the top of the WRC2 standings

Pontus Tidemand / Jonas Andersson secured back-to-back victories at the Rally Guanajuato Mexico to move into first place in the WRC2 Championship. Tidemand, who won this event in the WRC2 category last year too, also achieved his best overall result in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) too, finishing seventh overall.

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WRC2 07. 03. 2018

WRC Mexico: High altitudes and searing heat in the mountains

The third round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) sees the teams heading to Mexico and the first gravel rally of the season. The Rally Guanajuato México first joined the WRC calendar back in 2004, which means this is its fifteenth anniversary at this level. That makes it the longest-running world championship motorsport event in Mexico. Hopefully, this year’s event will be another truly special rally and live up to the occasion.

07. 03. 2018 Read more

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WRC2 06. 03. 2018

Kalle Rovanperä joins the ranks of ŠKODA Motorsport’s flying Finns

The 17-year-old Finnish driver Kalle Rovanperä will be making his debut for the ŠKODA Motorsport team this weekend at the Rally Guanajuato Mexico (8-11 March). In doing so, he will become the eighth Finnish driver to pilot a ŠKODA works car over the past two decades.

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WRC2 05. 03. 2018

The reigning champion, the rising star and the local hero in a ŠKODA cars in Mexico

Round 3 of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) sees teams and drivers heading to Central America for the Rally Guanajuato Mexico (8-11 March). There will be three ŠKODA FABIA R5s taking part, all of which are registered for the WRC2 Championship.

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WRC2 18. 02. 2018

WRC Sweden: Tidemand starts the title defense with a second place on his home soil

The ŠKODA FABIA R5 showed all its qualities yet again at the Rally Sweden (15-18 February), in the second round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), as no fewer than four cars from Mladá Boleslav finished in the top 5 of the WRC2 category, while five of the top 6 cars in the RC2 class (which includes those not registered for the WRC2 championship) were FABIA R5s too.

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WRC2 14. 02. 2018

Rally Sweden: A winter wonderland but a stern Scandinavian challenge

The second round of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) sees teams heading north to the frozen forests of Scandinavia and the Rally Sweden. This winter rally takes place from 15 to 18 February in the region of Värmland and will also see drivers crossing the border into neighbouring Norway.

14. 02. 2018 Read more