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Trier, Germany, 24 August 2013 – Sepp Wiegand and Frank Christian had a podium position within their grasp in their home event, Rally Germany, only for the ŠKODA duo to then be plagued by bad luck. During the last special stage of the third day, the pair slid off the wet course and damaged their rear left wheel suspension. But Wiegand will be back in action on Sunday thanks to the Rally 2 rule.

"It's incredibly frustrating that this happened. Until that point, things had been going really well for us," Wiegand said. The 22-year-old had already finished third twice in the WRC 2 category during Saturday's stages and was only a fraction behind the driver placed third overall when the unfortunate incident happened.

Wiegand nonetheless made it to the finishing line of the 13th special stage, "Peterberg 2", in spite of losing a lot of time, but his car was no longer able to make it to the service park in Trier. His ŠKODA was therefore towed away to be repaired by the mechanics in preparation for Sunday.

The day's proceedings were overshadowed by a fatal accident involving one of the historic cars taking part in a non-competitive show in which both the Dutch driver and co-driver sadly died. ŠKODA would like to send its heartfelt sympathy and condolences to their families. The second "Panzerplatte Baumholder" stage was subsequently cancelled, but Rally Germany will be continued as planned on Sunday.

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