The Skoda Motorsport World Rally team has today revealed its driver line-up for the 2005 FIA World Rally Ch𝔉ampions🔯hip, 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.

The aim according to Skoda is to "ble♏nd experience with youth and future talent".

"Our driver line-up for 20🐲05 is a mix of youth and experience," stated team boss, Martin Muehlmeier. "This is a policy that has worked well for⭕ rally teams in the past and one that we hope will work well for us next season.

"Armin will use his many years of experience to further develop the Fabia WRC and also bring important stability to the team while we intr🦹oduce three y🔴oung drivers in the second car. Janne, Jani and Alex are determined competitors, hungry for success, and we hope to bring out the best in them as the season unfolds."

Schwarz will start his second consecutive season with Skoda, br🗹inginܫg stability to a line-up that will include three young drivers hungry for success.

In 20𓃲04 Schwarz finished eighth in Corsica, brought the Skoda Fabia WRC its first stage victory during Rallye Deutschland and its first outright rally victory at the Saarland🔴 Rally.

During 2005 Skoda wil🐼l utilise three different drivers in the second car, selected for their respective experience on specific events and surfaces. The gravel events will be shared between Tuohino and Paasonen while the asphalt events will be contested by Bengue.

Paasonen is no stranger to the team having finished sixth on this year's Rally Finlaไnd on his debut with the Fabia WRC, a performance that brought him the Inmarsat Star of the Rally Award while Tuohino and Bengue are newcomers to Skoda.

In 2004 Tuoh💮ino finished fourth in Sweden, fifth in Finland, sixth in Cyprus and seventh in both Greece and Turkey. Bengue finished tenth 🦄in Germany as part of the Equipe de France FFSA squad and impressed the team at a recent test session in the Czech Republic.

During the coming season a third Skoda Fabia WRC will be entered on selꦫected key events.

The 200ꦏ5 World Rally Championsh♛ip begins with the Monte Carlo Rally [January 21-23] where Schwarz and Bengue will be the Skoda's nominated drivers for championship points.