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Volkswagen's WRC 2017 car denied homologation
Volkswagen’s 2017-specification Polo R WRC will not be allowed to compete in the World Rally Championship, after a ruling passed by the FIA on Tuesday. Having missed the original January 1 deadline, Volkswagen Motorsport had hoped to gain a late homologation for the car from the governing body to allow the Polo to be used by private teams in the WRC. A manufacturers’ meeting in Monaco last month raised more questions about how such an extraordinary ruling could work and, despite a fortnight of meetings between the FIA and Volkswagen, the decision is not to allow the car to be homologated. Volkswagen Motorsport director Sven Smeets explained the situation, saying: “Following customer...
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