Skoda Motorsport’s annual press conference in Mlada Boleslav last week saw the proud presentation of the team’s new headquarters, but left many details of their plans for 2019 unanswered.
The main news to be confirmed was a reduction in the number official drivers, with the announcement that Pontus Tidemand was no longer in the team, along with (as expected) Ole Christian Veiby.
The team drivers for 2019 will therefore be 36-year old Jan Kopecky and 18-year old Kalle Rovanpera.
The new version Skoda Fabia R5 was also presented, but the team confirmed the specification of the car was not yet settled.
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British drivers (Matthew Robinson, Roger Chilman and Simon Tysoe) took the first three places in North Island New Zealand’s eight-day historic Silver Fern Rally, and Ford Escorts took nine of the top 10 places.
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Xavi Pons scored his sixth outright Spanish gravel championship rally victory at the Rallye Tierra de Madrid, the final round of the series, in his Fabia R5.
He was already the unbeatable champion this year.
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