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june 06, 2014 - Volkswagen

WRC - Successful dress rehearsal: Volkswagen in good form at the Shakedown in Italy

Successful warm-up for what promises to be a red-hot duel for the World Championship lead: Volkswagen duos Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (F/F) and Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila were second and third fastest in the Shakedown ahead of the Rally Italy.

Their team-mates Andreas Mikkelsen/Ola Fløene (N/N) ended the “free practice” for the sixth round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) in fifth place.

Just two tenths of a second separated World Championship leader Ogier from his closest rival and team-mate Latvala on the 4.33-kilometre “Putifigari” stage in the northwest of Sardinia.

That is the equivalent of four metres and two centimetres – or the length of a car. The fastest time of the morning went to Robert Kubica (M-Sport Ford)...

(more infos downloading press release)