WRC Archives - Škoda Motorsport

Season 2020: The End of the WRC 2 Pro and Simplification of the Rules

19. 1. 2020 - 9:45 am 4 min reading

The new rules for this year’s World Rally Championship focus on making it easier for the fans and spectators to make sense of the sport’s categories and groups. At the…

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ŠKODA Motorsport celebrates the most successful season ever, winning 30 titles!

11. 12. 2019 - 8:00 pm 3 min reading

During the annual motorsport press conference in Prague ŠKODA Motorsport reflected on the most successful year in its 118 years of history. Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen won the WRC…

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

6. 3. 2018 - 6:01 am

This is the highest number of drivers from any one single country, including the Czech Republic, to have driven for ŠKODA Motorsport in its modern incarnation since 1993. And in…

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ŠKODA at the Rally Sweden – Milestones & Records

13. 2. 2018 - 7:56 am

Last year, saw the ŠKODA FABIA R5 of Pontus Tidemand claiming victory in the WRC2 category, with Ole Christian Veiby also on the podium. Both drivers are returning for the…

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From the Archives: Jan Kopecký’s Catalunya crush

28. 9. 2017 - 7:36 am

2004 The story begins back in 2004 when Jan Kopecký made his debut appearance at the Rally Catalunya. It was just his fifth appearance in a FIA World Rally Championship…

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From the Archives: 10 years ago, Jan Kopecký claimed his best ever WRC result in Germany

10. 8. 2017 - 10:43 am

It was at this event where he made his FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) debut in 2002 and a year later the same rally saw him compete in a ŠKODA…

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From the Archives: ŠKODA FABIA S2000 wrote the history at the 2012 Rally Italia Sardegna

1. 6. 2017 - 3:29 am

The car in question was being driven under the Volkswagen Motorsport moniker by Frenchman Sébastien Ogier and his co-driver Julien Ingrassia. Ogier, of course, was already a household name on…

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From the Archives: Two ŠKODA OCTAVIA WRCs in top 6 at the 2002 Rally Argentina

20. 4. 2017 - 9:06 am

It was a hugely competitive period and going into the Argentinian event, Gardemeister’s highest finish of the year had been a tenth place at the Rallye Monte Carlo. So, it…