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Added on the 27/04/2021 08:37:28 - Copyright : Auto Moto EN
The ŠKODA RE-X1 Kreisel electric racing car has entered the world of motorsport in full force. At the Rallye Weiz in Austria, it was the first electric car in the history of rally competition to complete the full course without any difficulties. Competing against combustion engine cars, it finished third overall in the race.
ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo crews dominated categories WRC2 and WRC3 during the first leg of Acropolis Rally Greece (9-12 September 2021), ninth round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). After six stages, South-Americans Marco Bulacia/Marcelo Der Ohannesian (BOL/ARG) lead Andreas Mikkelsen/Elliott Edmondson (NOR/GBR), both of ŠKODA Motorsport supported team Toksport WRT. 2019 FIA European Rally Champions Chris Ingram/Ross Whittock (GBR/GBR) fended of Kajetan Kajetanowicz/Maciej Szczepaniak (POL/POL) and Emil Lindholm/Reeta Hämäläinen (FIN/FIN) in the fight for WRC3 lead.
Video of the ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo at Rallye Monte-Carlo, first round of the 2021 FIA World Rally Championship finale. ŠKODA Motorsport supported Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene won WRC2 category
At the iconic Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship ended in style. ACI Rally Monza, brought into the calendar on short notice, turned out as most dramatic. Already on Friday’s first leg, completely run inside the boundaries of the famous Italian F1 race track, the teams had to fight heavy rain and extremely slippery conditions. Only Andreas Mikkelsen from Norway, driving an Eurosol Racing Team Hungary prepared ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo, seemed unimpressed. In WRC3, the former factory driver was a class of his own, building up a lead of nearly one minute until day’s end. Finnish ŠKODA privateers Emil Lindholm/Mikael Korhonen held second from ŠKODA Motorsport supported Oliver Solberg (SWE), who lost some time after stalling the engine. ŠKODA also was the leading car in WRC2 with Pontus Tidemand targeting his second WRC2 title after 2017. Competing in their first WRC rally of 2020, Jan Kopecký (CZE) and co-driver Jan Hloušek (CZE) in the second Toksport WRT Team run ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo struggled to get up to speed in these challenging conditions and settled for category fourth.
In 2018 ŠKODA won not just FIA World Rally Championship (WRC 2), but also many regional and national championships, incl. FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC), FIA South American Rally Championship (CODASUR) and FIA African Rally Championship (ARC).
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