The World Rally Championship is currently seeing a renaissance in both the cars that are running (super aggressive super minis anyone?) and and overall popularity. Volkswagen is not a manufacturer to miss out and has prepared a Polo R WRC car, which should be sitting on the starting line some time in 2013.
The test rally was conducted at the 47th Rally de Espana and featured a varied profile over a 406.52-kilometre distance of special stages. On Friday the gravel sections were on the agenda, which culminated in a spectacular night stage. On Saturday and Sunday the terrain changed to quick, winding tarmac roads. Here, Yeray Lemes and his co-driver Rogelio Peñate marked three fastest stage times at their home round, but lost the chances of clinching an even better result due to a puncture.
Volkswagen will continue its WRC preparations at Wales Rally GB from 10-13 November. German Sepp Wiegand will drive with Dakar Rally winning co-driver Timo Gottschalk while the Dutchman Kevin Abbring will line-up with co-driver Lara Vanneste.
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