Volkswagen Motorsport, also called Volkswagen R Motorsport, was the works rally team of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, competing in the World Rally Championship and the Dakar Rally. It started in the World Rally Championship in 1978 with different specifications of the Volkswagen Golf and left the sport in 1990. Volkswagen competed at the Dakar Rally from 2003 to 2011 and claimed three overall wins, in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The team returned to the World Rally Championship in 2011 with Skoda Fabia S2000 cars and from 2013 to 2016 ran the Volkswagen Polo R WRC, with Sebastien Ogier and Jari-Matti Latvala among its drivers. It took four consecutive manufacturers championships through 2016, then withdrew at the end of that season. A Polo GTI R5 programme followed in 2018, and in 2019 Volkswagen announced it would end all combustion-engine motorsport.
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works rally team of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen
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works rally team of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen
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who competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and Dakar Rally.
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Volkswagen competed at the Dakar Rally from 2003 to 2011, claiming three overall wins.
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