Mikkelsen tops Monte WRC 2 field Two drivers plying their trade in the WRC’s headline category just two months ago head a high-quality WRC 2 entry at the season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo this week. Andreas Mikkelsen won November’s season finale outright in Australia to finish third in the final standings. But, in a bizarre twist of circumstances, he starts the four-day encounter in the French Alps as favourite to win the principal support category.Volkswagen’s unexpected withdrawal from the WRC left Mikkelsen without a full-time drive for 2017. Instead the Norwegian will make a guest appearance in a Fabia R5 for Skoda Motorsport, the team for whom he won the Intercontinental Rally...
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