Andreas Mikkelsen and Ola Floene have won the Rally Spain with Volkswagen to claim their first victory in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). Their first WRC success completed a remarkable one-two for Volkswagen – the seventh of the season. The Norwegians clinched victory in the dying seconds on the closing Power Stage.
Mikkelsen and Floene won the final stage to finish 3.1 seconds ahead of their teammates Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila, before benefitting from a mistake by fellow Volkswagen men Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia who retired. After twelve podiums with the Polo R WRC, Mikkelsen and Floene climbed onto the very top step of the rostrum for the first time in their career – on their 64th appearance at the pinnacle of rallying. This was victory number 11 of the season for the Polo R WRC, and the 33rd since the car made its debut in January 2013.