Rally Australia: Aussie ups and downs for Mikkelsen

Volkswagen junior driver Andreas Mikkelsen has expressed his satisfaction after finishing sixth on Rally Australia and has given stand-in co-driver, Paul Nagle top marks following their first event together.Mikkelsen led initially in Oz following Thursday night's short super specials, and while he dropped back on the Friday and had two scares on both runs through Newry, he remained in the top-seven throughout.The Norwegian...

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After SS2: Mikkelsen leads after Thursday’s stages

Stage description: This new stage is based in the heart of Coffs Harbour, across the road from the service park. It features two cars at a time, with a simultaneous start on opposite sides of a former velodrome oval before breaking out on to surrounding streets, and the finish back in the oval. The surface is a combination of asphalt and gravel. How the action unfolded:  Volkswagen’s Andreas Mikkelsen holds a slender...

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Paul Nagle to co-drive for Mikkelsen in Australia

Volkswagen has revealed that Ireland's Paul Nagle will co-drive for works team driver Andreas Mikkelsen at Rally Australia.  Nagle will stand in for Mikkelsen’s usual co-driver, Mikko Markkula, who is recuperating after injuring two vertebrae at Rally Finland.  Mikkelsen had to withdraw from last week’s Rally Germany at the last minute, as Markkula’s injury was too severe to allow him to start.  Nagle and...

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Andreas Mikkelsen pulls out of Germany

Andreas Mikkelsen has withdrawn from ADAC Rallye Deutschland due to an injury to co-driver Mikko Markkula.  Markkula (pictured left) has fractured his seventh vertebrae and partially fractured his eighth vertebrae. The injuries happened during Rally Finland earlier this month and Volkswagen Motorsport made the decision to withdraw the duo this morning.  Markkula complained of back problems in Finland, but the pain...

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Rallye Deutschland: Germany the most challenging asphalt rally - Mikkelsen

Norwegian rally star Andreas Mikkelsen reckons Rallye Deutschland is 'the most challenging asphalt rally' there is. The Volkswagen Motorsport junior driver fought his way back to claim the final point in Finland last time out, his fifth points finish with the Polo R WRC from just six starts. Germany, however, will be a very different test this coming week, and while this will be the 24-year-old's fourth run on the Trier-based...

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Rally-fit with Andreas Mikkelsen

Sports-wise, there appears to be little that Polo-R-WRC driver Andreas Mikkelsen hasn't tried. Except for synchronized swimming or dressage. Although come to think of it, we're not 100 per cent certain that he hasn’t tried those either. "Mountain biking, bike racing, cross-country skiing, slope skiing, swimming, weight training, football, boxing," responded Mikkelsen when we asked him what sports he likes playing. Sorry, we almost...

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WRC Portugal 2013: Mikkelsen ready to 'step up'

Andreas Mikkelsen believes he is ready for the WRC ahead of his debut with the Volkswagen Motorsport II team on this weekend's Rally of Portugal. Despite it being his first rally with the Polo R WRC, the young Norwegian feels he is ready to 'step up' to the challenges of the WRC after having spent two years in the International Rally Championship with a Skoda Fabia “After two successful years in the IRC, I feel ready to take...

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MIKKELSEN: A STORM APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH

A new addition to the Volkswagen team: from the Rally Portugal onward, Andreas Mikkelsen and Mikko Markkula will take part in the World Rally Championship in a third Polo R WRC. After two years in a Skoda Fabia in the Super 2000 category, where the cars have 30 hp less, the youngest driver ever to win world championship points (at the Rally Sweden in 2008) will now make his big debut. So how do you feel, Andreas? "Fantastic....

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