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Van www.grandprix.com :

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However, another announcement last week is worth mentioning as another VW subsidiary, Skoda Auto, has announced that it is to withdraw from the World Rally Championship. Closer investigation reveals that this is largely cosmetic because the company will provide cars, development and engineers to two private teams which, in effect, means that Skoda is staying in the game in all but name. The key point is that funding for one of the Skoda private teams is coming from Red Bull, which will be run by Raimund Baumschlager's BRR team, which is based at Micheldorf in Austria. This will run a pair of Skoda Fabia WRC cars on 10 events next year for rising Austrian star Andreas Aigner and potentially Francois Duval, who was the winner of the recent Rally Australia.

It is clear from this that Red Bull has what amounts to a works deal in all but name and that its money is being used to build up Skoda's challenge in the WRC with the possibility that later, if the team is successful. Skoda will return as a factory team - probably still with Red Bull backing.
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