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Jan Kopecky: "Andreas certainly deserved to win here, because he was fastest of all of us. On the other hand, we had good luck, one of the things you need in rallying. We are in the lead of the IRC Championship now, which is very positive before the final stages of this series."

Jan Kopecky: It was a nice fight with Freddy until the last metre of the last stage and we enjoyed it a lot. Many people were much more nervous than me, I was quite relaxed and felt no pressure. I have to say it is my best win and we come back in the championship now but there is still a long way to go.

VW to evaluate young drivers with Skoda WRC outings

Freddy Loix maintained his impressive domination of the Ypres Rally to reclaim the IRC points lead.

Pre-event favourite Jan Kopecky will miss the GEKO Ypres Rally after his co-driver was injured in a shakedown crash.

Juho Hanninen: It's been a good weekend with no punctures and no mistakes. The car was working thanks to the team, really there were no dramas. I was trying to stay on the Tarmac and avoid the punctures. I might not have always given maximum on the stages because of this but I knew it would be a long rally. I used my brains this weekend.

Juho Hanninen comes through close battle to claim first tarmac rally success.

Skoda's Juho Hanninen conquers treacherous Scottish stages and notches up third win of the year.

Fredy Loix came out on top of a changing order over the final four stages of the Barum Czech Rally Zlin.

Freddy Loix completed a dream return to the IRC by taking an uncontested victory on home soil in Belgium.

Guy Wilks: "It's not a screaming pain, more a dull pain in the bottom of the back. I want to be back sooner rather than later and everything is possible for Ypres but we have to see what the doctor says first."

Juho Hanninen takes victory on Rally Sardinia to strengthen lead in the IRC standings

Jan Kopecky makes it four different IRC winners in as many events as he heads home a Skoda 1-2-3 on Rally Islas Canarias.

Juho Hanninen dominated Rally Russia this weekend to give Skoda its first win in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge - and on only the Czech manufacturers' fourth appearance.

Francois Duval has revealed that he hopes to return to the Intercontinental Rally Challenge during the 2009 season. The Belgian made his last outing in the series in Portugal last season but was forced to retire from the event due to a wheel bearing failure on his Abarth Grande Punto.

Skoda team leader, Armin Schwarz has revealed that he is 'confident' he will be able to compete at the Swedish Rally in two weeks time, despite his big accident last Saturday, on the Rallye Monte Carlo.

Skoda's Armin Schwarz may be forced to sit out the Uddeholm Swedish Rally in three weeks time, following his 'big accident' yesterday on the Rallye Monte Carlo.

The Skoda Motorsport World Rally team has confirmed that Armin Schwarz has not been seriously injured following his 'big accident' on SS7 of the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo.

The Skoda Motorsport World Rally team has admitted that they had 'hoped for better' on the opening round of the 2005 FIA World Rally Championship, the Rallye Monte Carlo, which started today.

The Skoda Motorsport World Rally team has revealed that a new face will be joining the outfit in 2005, when Joan Sureda takes over from Antonio Rodriguez as team manager.

The Skoda Motorsport World Rally Team has been hard at work testing for the coming 2005 season. Tests have been taking place in recent weeks in the south of France and northern Finland in preparation for the first two events of the new season - Monte Carlo and Sweden.

Armin Schwarz has said he is confident that Skoda will be able to achieve its long term aim to become a regular winner on the World Rally stage.

The Skoda Motorsport World Rally team has today revealed its driver line-up for the 2005 FIA World Rally Championship, one that will see Armin Schwarz lead the team, alongside Finnish stars Janne Tuohino and Jani Paasonen and Frenchman Alex Bengue, who will share the second car.

1995 World Rally champion, Colin McRae has decided he will not join Skoda in 2005. McRae told British newspaper The Guardian , that though his 'proposed salary had not met expectations', a 'range of factors had influenced his decision'.