Volkswagen Wins Second Consecutive WRC Title

By Santosh

Published: Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 12:50 [IST]

Volkswagen has just clinched its second consecutive World Rally Championship title. The German team has dominated the sport since its entry with the Polo R WRC in 2013, where it won ten of the thirteen rounds and won by a fair margin.

This year too, Volkswagen dominated the field from start of the championship to finish, and after winning the Rally of Spain, has secured the title again, with the Wales Rally still to go.

The driver and co-driver duo of Sebastian Ogier and Julien Ingrassia have a huge lead over the second and third place teams, both driving for Volkswagen again. Matti Latvala and Miika Anttila are currently in second place with Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Fløene sitting behind in third place. So yes, its been all VW this year.

Volkwagen has clinched 11 wins out of 12 rounds this year, losing out only in the German round to Hyundai duo of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul after both cars retired early.

Manufacturers' Championship
Position	Manufacturers	Points
1.	Volkswagen Motorsport	416
2.	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	187
3.	M-Sport	180
4.	Hyundai Motorsport	175
5.	Volkswagen Motorsport II	133
6.	Jipocar Czech National Team	45
7.	Hyundai Motorsport N	26
8.	RK M-Sport WRT	25

FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), Overall Standings Drivers' Championship
Position	Driver	Points
1.	Sébastien Ogier	242
2.	Jari-Matti Latvala	211
3.	Andreas Mikkelsen	150
4.	Mikko Hirvonen	108
5.	Mads Østberg	92
6.	Thierry Neuville	91
7.	Kris Meeke	84
8.	Elfyn Evans	71
9.	Martin Prokop	42
10.	Dani Sordo	40