 The team entered a Škoda Fabia R5 Evo for 2017 World Rally Championship-2 drivers' champion Pontus Tidemand, who returned to the championship.Škoda announced that they would not enter a works team, arguing that Škoda Motorsport had proven themselves as a team and that the company would instead turn to supporting independent teams and drivers in 2020.Similarly, Volkswagen will not enter a works team.