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Al-Attiyah in talks for fourth Volkswagen WRC seat

Qatari rally driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has revealed he is in talks for a seat at Volkswagen's WRC outfit for the last six rounds of the 2016 season. Although he has been racing in WRC events since 2004, Al-Attiyah only drove a World Rally Car for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, taking a best finish of fourth in Rally Portugal. He then went on to win both the 2014 and 2015 editions of WRC2, amassing seven wins in the process. The multiple Dakar Rally winner and two-time WRC2 champion told Motorsport.com that will not return to the series this year as he concentrates on preparing for the men's skeet competition in the 2016 Summer Olympics. After competing at Rio, he wants to compete in WRC...
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