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Volkswagen Polo R WRC

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From its debut, the car achieved 43 victories and 37 additional podium finishes across 53 rally entries.[1]

How it changed

The Polo R WRC was unveiled in May 2011 and tested for eighteen months with drivers Carlos Sainz, Sébastien Ogier, and Dieter Depping.[2] It was originally planned to debut at the 2012 Rally d'Italia but the team postponed the debut to continue development.[3] The car debuted in the 2013 season and won six of its first eight rallies.[4] In its first season, the Polo R WRC won ten of thirteen rallies and secured both Drivers' and Manufacturers' titles.[5]

The car broke the record for consecutive rally wins in 2014, surpassing the Citroën DS3 WRC's streak of eight.[6] A second-generation Polo R WRC was developed for 2015 with a new gearbox, revised hydraulics, larger rear wing, and weight reduction.[7] The car continued to dominate in 2015, winning twelve of thirteen rallies.[8] Volkswagen withdrew from the WRC at the end of 2016 due to the emissions scandal.[9]

The Polo R WRC was later made available to privateer entries starting in 2017.[10]

What the maker and period sources say

The same source notes Volkswagen Motorsport had previously entered Golf models in rallies from 1983 to 1988 and offered Golf kit cars to privateers from 1993 to 1997.[11][12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sordo's stage win seals Ogier's title", WRC.com; "WRC Rally of Spain: Sebastien Ogier clinches second title with win", autosport.com, 26 October 2014; "Sebastien Ogier claims third straight WRC crown", Speedcafe.com, 13 September 2015; "Capito's Delight after Title Double", WRC.com; Howard, "Ogier fends off Latvala to clinch Rally Australia", SpeedCafe.com, 14 September 2014; Evans, "Volkswagen confirms it will leave the WRC at the end of 2016", autosport.com, 2 November 2016; Beer, "VW reveals WRC2 Polo livery for one-off Rally en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The Making Of – the development and the test programme of the Polo R WRC", volkswagen-motorposrt.com; Evans, "Volkswagen confirms Latvala for 2013", Autosport.com, 17 October 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Evans, "WRC Polo set for Rally d'Italia debut", Autosport.com, 12 July 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Evans, "Monte Carlo Rally: Loeb wins as final stages cancelled", Autosport.com, 19 January 2013; "Ogier brings first WRC win for VW at Rally Sweden", Speedcafe.com, 11 February 2013; "Ogier secures Mexico victory", Autosport.com, 11 March 2013; "Ogier wraps up third straight win", Autosport.com, 14 April 2013; "Latvala seals first VW win in Greece", Autosport.com, 2 June 2013; Burrows, "Volkswagen halt 2014 development to ensure WRC future", SpeedCafe.com, 20 June 2013; Evand, "Ogier claims fourth victory of 2013", autosport.com, en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sordo's stage win seals Ogier's title", WRC.com; "Capito's Delight after Title Double", WRC.com; Moe, "Volkswagen topples Citroen to take WRC crown", roadandtrack.com, 7 October 2013; Stuart, "WRC 2014 team previews: Volkswagen", redbull.com, 6 January 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "WRC: Latvala Gives Volkswagen Ninth Consecutive Win at Rally Argentina", Earl Karanja, 12 May 2014; Makes statistics > Win streaks juwra.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Evans, "VW plan early debut for 2015 Polo World Rally Car", Autosport.com, 18 March 2014; "Grönholm takes VW test role", WRC.com, 11 August 2014; "VW keeps Ogier, Latvala, Mikkelsen in 2015 World Rally Championship", Autosport.ccom, 23 October 2014; "Volkswagen uncovers its 2015 WRC fighter", Speedcafe.com, 16 January 2015; "Latvala ends barren run with Portugal win", World Rally Championship, 24 May 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mikkelsen takes dramatic win in Spain", speedcafe.com, 25 October 2015; "Ogier takes emotional win at Wales Rally GB", speedcafe.com, 16 November 2015; eWRC-results.com, "Stage results Wales Rally GB 2015", eWRC-results.com; eWRC-results.com, "Season 2015 - eWRC-results.com", eWRC-results.com; eWRC-results.com, "Season 2015 - eWRC-results.com", eWRC-results.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Evans, "Volkswagen confirms it will leave the WRC at the end of 2016", autosport.com, 2 November 2016; Evans, "Volkswagen Polo WRC to run with a privateer for first time", autosport.com, 24 April 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Evans, "Volkswagen Polo WRC to run with a privateer for first time", autosport.com, 24 April 2017; Evans, "Volkswagen Polo WRC to run with a privateer for first time", autosport.com, 24 April 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Volkswagen Polo R WRC" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Williams, "Rally Cars", Könemann, 2000, p. 420; Williams, "Rally Cars", Könemann, 2000, p. 529 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Open Library record, ISBN 3829046251 ("Rally Cars"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Volkswagen Polo R WRC (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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