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Volkswagen Polo R WRC

Category	World Rally Car
Constructor	Volkswagen Motorsport
Designer(s)	Heinz-Jakob Neußer (Technical Director)
Predecessor	Volkswagen Golf GTI (1983—1988) Škoda Fabia S2000 (2011—2012)
Technical specifications
Chassis	Reinforced body with welded, multi-point roll cage built to FIA specifications
Suspension (front)	MacPherson-type struts with ZF Friedrichshafen dampers
Suspension (rear)	MacPherson-type struts with ZF Friedrichshafen dampers
Length	3,976 mm (156.5 in)
Width	1,820 mm (72 in)
Height	1,356 mm (53.4 in)
Axle track	1,610 mm (63 in)
Wheelbase	2,480 mm (98 in)
Engine	Bespoke Volkswagen 1.6 L (98 cu in) straight-four engine, turbocharged with anti-lag system and 33 mm (1.3 in) air restrictor, transversally mounted
Transmission	Bespoke Volkswagen 6-speed sequential manual transmission, transversally mounted with front and rear multi-plate limited-slip differential
Weight	1,200 kg (2,646 lb) before drivers or fuel
Fuel	Customised controlled blend specified by FIA for all cars competing under World Rally Car regulations
Lubricants	Castrol Edge
Tyres	Michelin competition tyres: 46 cm (18 in) for tarmac events, 38 cm (15 in) for gravel rallies
Competition history
Notable entrants	Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Motorsport II
Notable drivers	Jari-Matti Latvala Andreas Mikkelsen Sébastien Ogier
Debut	81ème Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo
First win	61st Rally Sweden
Last win	29º Rally Guanajuato México
Last event	29º Rally Guanajuato México
Entries Wins Podiums Titles 84 25 21 6
Constructors' Championships	2013, 2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Drivers' Championships	2013, 2014 FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers

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 debut at the start of the 2013 season, is built to the second generation of World Rally Car regulations that were introduced 2011, which are based upon the existing Super 2000 regulations, but powered by a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine rather than the normally aspirated 2-litre engine found in Super 2000 cars.

The Polo R WRC marks Volkswagen's second entry into the World Rally Championship as a manufacturer. Volkswagen Motorsport had previously entered the Volkswagen Golf GTI and GTI 16V in rallies between 1983 and 1988 with some success, including six podium finishes and a win at the 19ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire during the 1987 season. The company also made the Volkswagen Golf Mk3 and Mk4 available as a kit car to privateer entries during the Group A era from 1993 to 1997, though its use was mostly limited to national championships.

The car was extremely successful from its debut, winning ten of the thirteen rallies it contested in its first season, and continuing the trend in its second with a further eleven wins. Sébastien Ogier won consecutive FIA World Rally Championships for Drivers in 2013 and 2014, whilst Volkswagen Motorsport secured the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers in both years.

Competition history

Development (2011—12)

The Polo R WRC was officially unveiled in May 2011, and spent the next eighteen months in testing, with two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Ogier—who was recruited to the team from the Citroën World Rally Team at the end of the 2011 season—and Volkswagen's testing and development driver Dieter Depping carrying out development in Norway, Finland, Germany, Spain and Mexico to simulate the conditions the car would encounter in competition. The testing phase was not without incident; the team signed Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala in October 2012, but his first test in Mexico was cut short when he collided with a passenger car whilst travelling on public roads between stages. No-one was seriously injured in the crash, but the car was too damaged to continue testing. Further testing also took place in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur to prepare the cars for the unique snow and tarmac roads used in the Monte Carlo Rally, the first event of the 2013 season.

The car was originally intended to make its debut at the 2012 Rally d'Italia in Sardegna, but these plans were abandoned in favour of continuing development, and the car was submitted to the FIA in November for homologation. Parallel to this, Volkswagen Motorsport entered two Škoda Fabias built to Super 2000 specifications in twelve rounds of the 2012 season—and a third car in the 2012 Rallye Deutschland—to develop experience in running a World Rally Championship team. As the team was not competing with a World Rally Car, they were ineligible for championship points. The final build of the Polo R WRC was formally launched in December 2012 in Monaco.

Competition debut (2013)

Two cars driven by Sébastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala contested the full 2013 season of the World Rally Championship. Andreas Mikkelsen competed part-time throughout 2013 in a third car that was entered under the name "Volkswagen Motorsport II". Mikkelsen was entered separately to allow him an additional thirty days of testing for the year, rather than having to share the existing test quota for manufacturer teams with Ogier and Latvala.

In its debut season, the car scored six wins in its first eight rallies. After finishing second on the Rallye Monte Carlo, Sébastien Ogier went on to win the rallies of Sweden, Mexico, and Portugal. Jari-Matti Latvala scored his first win for Volkswagen in Greece. Following concerns that the cost of moving to a new specification for the 2014 season would drive Ford and Citroën out of the category, Volkswagen successfully lobbied to keep the current car spec for another year. Ogier continued his winning streak with victories in the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Rally of Finland, and had the opportunity to secure the FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers at the Rally Deutschland. However, a mistake on the first leg forced him into retirement, and while he re-entered the following day under the Rally-2 regulations, doing so came with an automatic five-minute time penalty and Ogier finished seventeenth overall. Despite this, Ogier won the rally's power stage, and as a result, would go on to score points in every round of the championship.

Ogier had another opportunity to win the title in Australia, but Qatar World Rally Team driver Thierry Neuville—by this point, the only driver still in mathematical contention for the championship—finished the rally second overall, forcing the title fight to go unresolved until the next round in France. Ogier needed to out-score Neuville by just a single point to be declared the 2013 champion. He achieved on the first stage of the rally, which in a break with tradition, was run as the event's power stage. Ogier went on to win the rally, and finished the season with two more wins in Spain, where a second place finish for team-mate Latvala was enough to secure the Manufacturers' title for Volkswagen, and Wales, where Latvala against finished second.

At the end of the season, the Polo R WRC had won ten of the thirteen rallies it entered, finished on the podium eight more times, and secured both the Drivers' and Manufacturers' championships at the first attempt. In doing so, Ogier and Volkswagen broke Sébastien Loeb and Citroën's streak of nine consecutive World Drivers' and Manufacturers' Championship titles respectively.

Title defence (2014)

In anticipation of its title defence in 2014, development of the car continued through the 2013-2014 off-season, with the team introducing a series of performance updates to the car ahead of the 2014 Rallye Monte Carlo. Sébastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala remained with the team, whilst Andreas Mikkelsen's programme was expanded to include all thirteen rounds of the championship, but the team did not nominate him to score manufacturer points in Australia.

The car's domination continued, winning the first six rallies of the season. Ogier overcame difficult conditions to win in Monte Carlo by over a minute, before going on to win in Mexico, Portugal, Italy, and Poland, while Jari-Matti Latvala claimed wins in Sweden, Argentina and Finland. Andreas Mikkelsen scored his first podium at the World Championship level in Sweden, followed by a second in Poland, and finishing in the points in every rally. Latvala's win in Argentina, the ninth consecutive win by the Polo R WRC, broke the previous record of eight consecutive rally victories set by the Citroën DS3 WRC in 2011.

Ogier and Latvala had the opportunity to secure the 2014 World Championship for Manufacturers for Volkswagen in the Rally of Germany, but both of them crashed out of the event. With Mikkelsen finishing third overall—behind the Hyundai i20 WRCs of Thierry Neuville and Dani Sordo—the Polo R WRC's record-breaking run came to an end after twelve rounds. The team recovered to take a clean sweep of the podium in Australia, with Ogier winning ahead of Latvala to secure the manufacturers' title. Mikkelsen finished third overall, but was not registered to score manufacturer points.

Ogier had the opportunity to secure his second consecutive drivers' title in France, but lost nine minutes on the first day of the event with a faulty gear selector and a time penalty. Ogier was unable to recover and ultimately finished eleventh, allowing Latvala to take a full twenty-five points out of his championship lead with another win—the first of his career on tarmac—while Mikkelsen matched his career-best result of second place. Despite his problems in France, Ogier entered the penultimate round in Spain with a twenty-seven point advantage over Latvala. Running first on the road, he was unhindered by thick dust that threatened to obscure the vision of his rivals, and he took a comfortable victory and his second consecutive World Championship. Latvala finished the event second, with Mikkelsen struggling through the dust to seventh place. With his second World Championship title secured, Ogier went on to win the Wales Rally GB. Latvala and Mikkelsen struggled throughout, with Latvala finishing eighth and Mikkelsen retiring.

Second generation (2015)

The second generation of the Polo R WRC was put into development in early 2014, in anticipation of a 2015 debut, with an ongoing development schedule planned to take the second generation car through to the next revision of the technical regulations in 2017. Two-time World Drivers' Champion Marcus Grönholm joined the team's expanded testing and development programme, while the team retained Ogier, Latvala and Mikkelsen as their drivers. The car was updated to include a brand-new gearbox and revised hydraulic system, a larger rear wing to generate more downforce, and substantial weight reduction, with over seventy-five percent of the car having been developed during the off-season. Ogier and Latvala contested the entire season with the updated Polo, while Mikkelsen started the season with a car built to 2014 specifications before switching to the 2015 build ahead of the Rally of Portugal.

Volkswagen Motorsport took a clean sweep of the podium positions in the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Ogier won after an early battle with nine-time World Champion Sébastien Loeb, whose one-off guest appearance in a Citroën DS3 WRC came to an abrupt end when he crashed out on the second leg of the event. Latvala finished second with Mikkelsen third, though he was ineligible for manufacturer points. Ogier again took an early lead in Sweden, but a spin at the end of the first day and a suspended penalty on the second gave Mikkelsen the lead. Mikkelsen maintained the lead throughout the rally until he came under pressure from the recovering Ogier and spun. Ogier went on to win, with Mikkelsen third and the two Polo R WRCs split by Thierry Neuville on a Hyundai i20 WRC. Latvala struggled throughout the rally, and was ultimately retired from the event during the final run through the third leg. Ogier took his third victory of the season at the next round in Mexico, with Mikkelsen again finishing third. Latvala finished seventeenth overall after returing with suspension damage during the first day's running.

Use in other series

World Rallycross Championship

A variation of the Polo R WRC known as the Volkswagen Polo RX Supercar was entered by Volkswagen Marklund Motorsport and Kristofferson Motorsport in the inaugural season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The car was also eligible to compete in rounds of the FIA European Rallycross Championship accepting Supercar entries, and the Global Rallycross Championship after the series adopted Supercar regulations. The car was homologated under World Rally Car regulations and modified to fit the series' Supercar regulations, allowing for a two-litre engine with supercharger and a 45 mm (1.8 in) air restrictor. The radiator was relocated to the rear of the car to cope with the demands of competition. The Citroën DS3 WRC and Hyundai i20 WRC were similarly converted over to World Rallycross regulations owing to their existing homologations as World Rally Cars.

China Touring Car Championship

A Volkswagen Polo was entered into the China Touring Car Championship by the Shanghai VW 333 Racing Team from the 2011 season onwards. The car, known as the Volkswagen Polo 1.6T—so named for its 1.6 L (98 cu in), turbocharged engine—was entered under the series' Super Production rules, based on the existing Super 2000 and Super 1600 regulations for touring cars and rally cars. Following the competition debut of the Polo R WRC in 2013, the Polo 1.6T's aerodynamic package was updated to reflect the Polo R WRC, though the 1.6T name was retained to distinguish it.

Complete World Rally Championship results

WRC championships

Year	Title	Competitor	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Points
2013	FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers	Sébastien Ogier	13	9	2	290
	FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers	Julien Ingrassia	13	9	2	290
	FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers	Volkswagen Motorsport	26	10	8	425
2014	FIA World Rally Championship for Drivers	Sébastien Ogier	13	8	2	267
	FIA World Rally Championship for Co-Drivers	Julien Ingrassia	13	8	2	267
	FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers	Volkswagen Motorsport	26	12	6	447

WRC victories

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant
2013	1	61st Rally Sweden	Snow	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	2	27º Rally Guanajuato México	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	3	47º Rally de Portugal	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	4	59th Acropolis Rally	Gravel	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport
	5	10º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	6	63rd Rally Finland	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	7	22nd Rally Australia	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	8	Rallye de France — Alsace 2013	Tarmac	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	9	49º RACC Rally Catalunya — Costa Dauruda	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	10	69th Wales Rally GB	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
2014	11	82ème Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	12	62nd Rally Sweden	Snow	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport
	13	28º Rally Guanajuato México	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	14	48º Rally de Portugal	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	15	34º Rally Argentina	Gravel	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport
	16	11º Rally d'Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	17	71st Rally Poland	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	18	64th Rally Finland	Gravel	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport
	19	23rd Rally Australia	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	20	Rallye de France — Alsace 2014	Tarmac	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	Volkswagen Motorsport
	21	50º RACC Rally Catalunya — Costa Dauruda	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	22	70th Wales Rally GB	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
2015	23	83ème Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo	Mixed	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	24	63rd Rally Sweden	Snow	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport
	25	29º Rally Guanajuato México	Gravel	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	Volkswagen Motorsport

In detail

Year	Entrant	Driver	Co-driver	Rounds													Points	WCM pos.
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
2013	Volkswagen Motorsport	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	MCO DNF	SWE 4	MEX 10	PRT 3	ARG 3	GRE 1	ITA 3	FIN 7	DEU 5	AUS 4	FRA 3	ESP 2	GBR 2	425	1st
		Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	MCO 2	SWE 1	MEX 1	PRT 1	ARG 2	GRE 10	ITA 1	FIN 1	DEU 10	AUS 1	FRA 1	ESP 1	GBR 1
	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	MCO	SWE	MEX	PRT 5	ARG 8	GRE 4	ITA DNF	FIN NC	DEU WD	AUS	FRA	ESP DNF	GBR 5	50	7th
			Paul Nagle	MCO	SWE	MEX	PRT	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	DEU	AUS 6	FRA 7	ESP	GBR
2014	Volkswagen Motorsport	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	MCO 4	SWE 1	MEX 2	PRT 8	ARG 1	ITA 3	POL 5	FIN 1	DEU DNF	AUS 2	FRA 1	ESP 2	GBR 8	447	1st
		Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	MCO 1	SWE 5	MEX 1	PRT 1	ARG 2	ITA 1	POL 1	FIN 2	DEU DNF	AUS 1	FRA 11	ESP 1	GBR 1
	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Andreas Mikkelsen	Mikko Markkula	MCO 6	SWE 2	MEX 9	PRT 4	ARG 4	ITA	POL	FIN	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	133	5th
			Ola Fløene	MCO	SWE	MEX	PRT	ARG	ITA 4	POL 2	FIN 4	DEU 3	AUS NC	FRA 2	ESP 7	GBR DNF
2015	Volkswagen Motorsport	Jari-Matti Latvala	Miikka Anttila	MCO 2	SWE DNF	MEX 7	ARG	PRT	ITA	POL	FIN	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	99	1st
		Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	MCO 1	SWE 1	MEX 1	ARG	PRT	ITA	POL	FIN	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR
	Volkswagen Motorsport II	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene	MCO NC	SWE 3	MEX NC	ARG	PRT	ITA	POL	FIN	DEU	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR	15	6th

Notes:

• † — Season in progress.
• ‡ — Team ineligible to score manufacturer points.

Footnotes

1. The Škoda Fabia S2000 remained in use throughout the 2013 and 2014 seasons, competing in the World Rally Championship-2 under Group R regulations and in the European Rally Championship under Super 2000 rules.
2. Volkswagen Motorsport II is operated by parent team Volkswagen Motorsport, but is structured as a separate team for points-scoring purposes.

See also

• Volkswagen Motorsport
• World Rally Car
  • Citroën DS3 WRC
  • Ford Fiesta RS WRC
  • Hyundai i20 WRC
  • Mini John Cooper Works WRC
  • Toyota GT86 WRC
  • Toyota Yaris WRC
• Super 2000
  • Škoda Fabia S2000

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Concept vehicles	1-Litre/L1/XL1 Concept Alltrack Concept ARVW Auto 2000 Bio Runner BUDD-e Bulli Concept C Coupe GTE Chico Concept A Concept BlueSport Concept D Concept R CrossBlue Concept Cross Coupe GTE concept EcoRacer EDAG Biwak (New Beetle estate) GTI Roadster/Supersport Vision Gran Turismo GX3 ID.2all I.D. Buggy I.D. Buzz I.D. Crozz I.D. R I.D. Roomzz I.D. Space Vizzion ID. Vizzion ID. Life ID. Aero ID.Next Iroc Magellan Microbus Concept Milano Taxi New Beetle Ragster New Compact Coupé Phaeton D2 Concept SMV Concept Stanley T-Cross Breeze Concept T-Roc Concept T-Prime Concept GTE Taigun Concept Tarok Concept Touran HyMotion W12 Coupe/Roadster (Nardò) XL Sport Concept e-Beetle Concept
Racing cars	Polo R WRC I.D. R Formula Vee EMPI Imp Baja Bug Meyers Manx Race Touareg
Engines	Petrol engines Discontinued petrol engines G40 / G60 VR6 engine Diesel engines Discontinued diesel engines North American engines Air-cooled engine Wasserboxer
Factories	Autoeuropa Bratislava Chattanooga Transparent Factory Westmoreland Wolfsburg Zwickau
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