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Volkswagen has petitioned the
FIA to hold on to the current specifications for cars in the
World Rally Championship,
according to Autosport.com. The move is evidently an effort to keep as many competitors in the sport as possible, despite the fact that using the current spec racers may actually hurt Volkswagen's chances at winning. The three factory teams currently competing in the
WRC are at the end of a three-year homologation cycle at the end of 2013, and new cars are expected to bow next year. But developing new racers could cost as much as $4.7 million.
That price tag would put
M-Sport (which fields
Ford racers) out of the WRC game for 2014 and would put
Citroën participation in question as well. VW has already begun work on the next iteration of its
Polo R WRC, and the hatch has nabbed four wins in six rounds this season. Now it appears that car won't bow until at least 2015. The FIA has officially agreed to freeze homologation of new WRC cars until the end of next season.
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