› Toksport WRT to field four FABIA Rally2 evos in 2022 and receive factory support in FIA World Rally Championship
› ŠKODA Motorsport offers spare parts and technical support at many rally events
Mladá Boleslav, 14 June 2022 – ŠKODA Motorsport has been supporting numerous customer teams in international rallying since 2020. After purchasing a ŠKODA rally vehicle, the service includes a comprehensive supply of spare parts and technical support on request. Spearheading the customer teams is the factory-backed German team Toksport WRT. Last year, Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen drove for the team based at the Nürburgring where he took the drivers’ title in the WRC2 world championship as well as the European Championship title. This year, the team is fielding two crews in the WRC2 category of the FIA World Rally Championship with defending title holder Mikkelsen and three other drivers.
After numerous successes with the factory team in recent years, the focus at ŠKODA Motorsport has turned to the customer sports programme, starting the 2020 season with a comprehensive range of services. The offer includes a comprehensive supply of spare parts as well as revision work on engines, transmissions and chassis components such as the shock absorbers. After purchasing a rally vehicle from Mladá Boleslav, ŠKODA Motorsport offers this technical support to teams at numerous rally events within the scope of on-site assistance. On request, teams will receive set-up suggestions for upcoming rallies, as well as technical bulletins and training for their engineers and mechanics. The direct contact with the teams begins as soon as they order a rally car from ŠKODA. The sale of vehicles and spare parts is handled exclusively by ŠKODA Motorsport.
On-site assistance and 24-hour support
Excellent customer service and vehicle reliability are crucial to the success of a motorsport customer programme, which is why all customer teams can rely on ŠKODA Motorsport’s 24-7 support. In the FIA World Rally Championship, teams also have the option of using ŠKODA Motorsport’s support truck, equipped with an array of spare parts, which is available at selected WRC rounds and certain events in the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC).
Operation title defence with Toksport WRT
The German team Toksport WRT receives comprehensive factory support. The team, based at the Nürburgring, won the driver titles in the WRC2 and ERC last year with ŠKODA factory driver Andreas Mikkelsen, among others. Successfully defending the WRC title is the goal for the 2022 season. With victories at the legendary Monte Carlo Rally and Rally Sweden, Andreas Mikkelsen has got off to a perfect start. Alongside the reigning World and European Champion, Toksport WRT relies on talented young drivers in the WRC2 category of the FIA World Rally Championship and fields up to four vehicles in two teams. The Bolivian Marco Bulacia, the Russian Nikolay Gryazin and Emil Lindholm from Finland will be competing for Toksport WRT in the various WRC rounds of 2022.
ŠKODA Motorsport customer sports programme began with the FABIA S2000
ŠKODA Motorsport launched its customer sports programme some 13 years ago. The ŠKODA FABIA S2000’s debut in 2009 not only marked ŠKODA Motorsport’s factory return to international rallying; ŠKODA also began delivering this vehicle, which was targeted specifically at cost-effective customer sport, to customer teams and sold 63 vehicles. This signalled the beginning of a success story: Since then, the ŠKODA Motorsport headquarters, not far from Mladá Boleslav, has expanded to an area of 3,844 m² of production and warehouse facilities, as well as 1,859 m² of office space.
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Zbyněk Straškraba
Motorsport Communications
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