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Game, set and match for SKODA Motorsport: Jan Kopecký/Pavel Dresler (CZE/CZE) became WRC 2 champions, 2017 winners Pontus Tidemand/Jonas Andersson finished second overall, and youngsters Kalle Rovanperä/ Jonne Halttunen (FIN/FIN) complete a pure SKODA podium in the final standings of the 2018 FIA World Rally Championship’s WRC 2 category. For the fourth time in a row SKODA Motorsport won the WRC 2 Championship for Teams (all titles subject to official publication of the results by the FIA). Overall, 2018 was the most successful year in the history of SKODA Motorsport.Time to celebrate at the annual Motorsport Press Conference of SKODA Motorsport in Prague: By winning the WRC 2 Championship for Drivers as well as Co-drivers for the third time in a row and also conquering the WRC 2 Team Championship for the fourth consecutive time, SKODA Motorsport topped the already successful 2017 season. The SKODA factory drivers Jan Kopecký, Pontus Tidemand and Kalle Rovanperä occupy the top three places of the WRC 2 final standings.
Clear the way for the new ŠKODA FABIA RS Rally2: ŠKODA Motorsport presents the successor to the FABIA Rally2 evo. The new rally model from Mladá Boleslav is based on the fourth-generation ŠKODA FABIA and follows on from the most successful Rally2 vehicle of recent years. ŠKODA Motorsport has developed a new engine for the FABIA RS Rally2, as well as improving the handling, powertrain and electronics and enhancing the safety features for the driver and co-driver. The new FABIA RS Rally2 has demonstrated its capabilities in a demanding test series on asphalt, gravel and ice as well as in a wide range of weather conditions and is ideally equipped to claim victories and titles in the hands of customer teams in the future.
While all aspects of the safety structure of the new generation ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 have been improved, the main goal was to significantly increase side impact safety. To meet this target, the engineers at ŠKODA Motorsport worked on three areas: seat mountings, roll cage door cross and door panels.
ŠKODA Museum with its let 120 years of ŠKODA Motorsport´ exhibition commemorates the long series of triumphs of the ŠKODA AUTO brand in the field of motorsport. The starting shot was first heard on June 27, 1901 in Paris, when the rider Narcis Podsedníček with a Laurin & Klement motorcycle set off for the three-day race in Berlin.
ŠKODA is celebrating 120 years of motorsport successes this year. Check out this video of Jan Kopecký reminding us of some of the racing legends from the early days to the present.
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