Volkswagen Motorsport

VWR Motorsport
Full nameVolkswagen R Motorsport
Base Hannover, Germany
Team principal(s) Jost Capito
Technical director Willy Rampf
Drivers Jari-Matti Latvala
Sébastien Ogier
Andreas Mikkelsen
Co-drivers Miikka Anttila
Julien Ingrassia
Anders Jæger
ChassisVolkswagen Polo R WRC
TyresM Michelin
World Rally Championship history
Debut2013 Monte Carlo Rally
Last event2016 Rally Australia
Manufacturers' Championships4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Drivers' Championships4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Rally wins44

The Volkswagen R Motorsport was a works rally team of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen, who competed in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and Dakar Rally.

The team started competing in WRC in 1978 and used different specs of Volkswagen Golfs before leaving the sport in 1990. Volkswagen competed at the Dakar Rally from 2003 to 2011, claiming three overall wins. The team made its WRC comeback in 2011 Rally Finland with a pair of Škoda Fabia S2000s, and competed with the Volkswagen Polo R WRC from the start of the 2013 World Rally Championship season to the end of the 2016 World Rally Championship season.

At the end of the 2016 season, Volkswagen Motorsport decided to withdraw from the FIA World Rally Championship.