Andreas Mikkelsen’s future in the World Rally Championship remains unclear after he lodged an entry into the WRC2 class of the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally. Mikkelsen finished third across each of the past three years while competing for Volkswagen, taking three victories, including two in 2016. However, Mikkelsen was left without a seat when Volkswagen announced its decision to withdraw from the sport at the end of 2016. Mikkelsen will instead enter the curtain-raiser in a Skoda Fabia R5 for Skoda Motorsport in the secondary class. “The consequence of Volkswagen withdrawing from the championship is that all the WRC seats were already taken,” explained Mikkelsen....
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