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Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

Category	World Rally Car
Constructor	Hyundai
Predecessor	Hyundai i20 WRC
Successor	Hyundai i20 N Rally1
Technical specifications
Suspension	MacPherson
Length	4,100 mm
Width	1,875 mm
Axle track	1,665 mm
Wheelbase	2,570 mm
Engine	Bespoke Hyundai Motorsport Global Race Engine 1,600 cc (97.6 cu in) I4 turbo direct injection
Transmission	Sequential gearbox, six forward gears and one reverse with paddle shift Four-wheel drive Hydraulic in centre, mechanical with ramps in front and rear differential
Weight	1,190 kg
Fuel	Panta
Lubricants	Shell Helix Ultra
Brakes	Ventilated Brembo disc brakes (370mm on tarmac, 300mm on gravel). Air-cooled 4 piston callipers.
Tyres	Michelin (2017-2020) later Pirelli P Zero (for tarmac), Cinturato (for wet tarmac), Sottozero (for ice/snow) and Scorpion (for gravel, clay and rest of dirt-type surfaces) (2021)
Clutch	Cerametallic twin-disk
Competition history (WRC)
Notable entrants	Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai 2C Competition
Notable drivers	Craig Breen Sébastien Loeb Pierre-Louis Loubet Andreas Mikkelsen Thierry Neuville Hayden Paddon Dani Sordo Oliver Solberg Ott Tänak
Debut	2017 Monte Carlo Rally
First win	2017 Tour de Corse
Last win	2021 Rally Catalunya
Last event	2021 Rally Monza
Races Wins Podiums Titles 58 17 62 2
Constructors' Championships	2 (2019, 2020)

The Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC (originally known as the Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) is a World Rally Car built by Hyundai for use in the World Rally Championship starting in 2017. It is based on the Hyundai i20 subcompact car, and is the successor to the Hyundai i20 WRC used between 2014 and 2015.

Three i20 Coupe WRCs were entered for the 2017 season, where they were driven by Thierry Neuville, Hayden Paddon and Dani Sordo. Later into the season they also signed Andreas Mikkelsen. Neuville scored four wins and eight podiums, finishing runner-up behind Ogier, who switched to M-Sport.

All four drivers continued in 2018 season. Neuville won three races and claimed six podiums, but was again outscored by Ogier.

World Rally Championship results

Championship titles

Year	Title	Competitor	Entries	Wins	Podiums	Points
2019	FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers	Hyundai Motorsport	39	4	13	380
2020	FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers	Hyundai Motorsport	21	3	11	241

WRC victories

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver	Entrant
2017	1	2017 Tour de Corse	Tarmac	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	2	2017 Rally Argentina	Gravel	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	3	2017 Rally Poland	Gravel	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	4	2017 Rally Australia	Gravel	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
2018	5	2018 Rally Sweden	Snow	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	6	2018 Rally de Portugal	Gravel	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	7	2018 Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
2019	8	2019 Tour de Corse	Tarmac	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	9	2019 Rally Argentina	Gravel	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	10	2019 Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai Motorsport
	11	2019 Rally Catalunya	Mixed	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
2020	12	2020 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	Hyundai Motorsport
	13	2020 Rally Estonia	Gravel	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Motorsport
	14	2020 Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	Hyundai Motorsport
2021	15	2021 Arctic Rally	Snow	Ott Tänak	Martin Järveoja	Hyundai Motorsport
	16	2021 Ypres Rally	Tarmac	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Motorsport
	17	2021 Rally Catalunya	Tarmac	Thierry Neuville	Martijn Wydaeghe	Hyundai Motorsport

Complete World Rally Championship results

Year	Entrant	Driver	Rounds														Points	WCM pos.
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
2017	Hyundai Motorsport	Thierry Neuville	MON 15	SWE 13	MEX 3	FRA 1	ARG 1	POR 2	ITA 3	POL 1	FIN 6	GER 44	ESP Ret	GBR 2	AUS 1		345	2nd
		Dani Sordo	MON 4	SWE 4	MEX 8	FRA 3	ARG 8	POR 3	ITA 12	POL 4	FIN 9	GER 34	ESP 15	GBR 10	AUS
		Hayden Paddon	MON Ret	SWE 7	MEX 5	FRA 6	ARG 6	POR Ret	ITA Ret	POL 2	FIN Ret	GER 8	ESP	GBR 8	AUS 3
		Andreas Mikkelsen	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP 18	GBR 4	AUS 11
2018	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Thierry Neuville	MON 5	SWE 1	MEX 6	FRA 3	ARG 2	POR 1	ITA 1	FIN 9	GER 2	TUR 16	GBR 5	ESP 4	AUS Ret		341	2nd
		Andreas Mikkelsen	MON 13	SWE 3	MEX 4	FRA 7	ARG 5	POR 16	ITA 18	FIN 10	GER 6	TUR 5	GBR 6	ESP 10	AUS 11
		Dani Sordo	MON Ret	SWE	MEX 2	FRA 4	ARG 3	POR 4	ITA	FIN	GER Ret	TUR	GBR	ESP 5	AUS
		Hayden Paddon	MON	SWE 5	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 4	FIN 4	GER	TUR 3	GBR 7	ESP	AUS 2
2019	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Thierry Neuville	MON 2	SWE 3	MEX 4	FRA 1	ARG 1	CHL Ret	POR 2	ITA 6	FIN 6	GER 4	TUR 8	GBR 2	ESP 1	AUS C	380	1st
		Andreas Mikkelsen	MON Ret	SWE 4	MEX Ret	FRA	ARG 2	CHL 7	POR	ITA 3	FIN 4	GER 6	TUR 3	GBR 6	ESP	AUS C
		Sébastien Loeb	MON 4	SWE 7	MEX	FRA 8	ARG	CHL 3	POR Ret	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP 4	AUS C
		Dani Sordo	MON	SWE	MEX 9	FRA 4	ARG 6	CHL	POR 23	ITA 1	FIN	GER 5	TUR 5	GBR	ESP 3	AUS C
		Craig Breen	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	CHL	POR	ITA	FIN 7	GER	TUR	GBR 8	ESP	AUS C
2020	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Ott Tänak	MON Ret	SWE 2	MEX 2	EST 1	TUR 17	ITA 6	MNZ 2								241	1st
		Thierry Neuville	MON 1	SWE 6	MEX 16	EST Ret	TUR 2	ITA 2	MNZ Ret
		Sébastien Loeb	MON 6	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR 3	ITA	MNZ
		Craig Breen	MON	SWE 7	MEX	EST 2	TUR	ITA	MNZ
		Dani Sordo	MON	SWE	MEX Ret	EST	TUR	ITA 1	MNZ 3
	Hyundai 2C Competition	Pierre-Louis Loubet	MON	SWE	MEX	EST Ret	TUR Ret	ITA 7									8	4th
		Ole Christian Veiby							MNZ Ret
2021	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Ott Tänak	MON Ret	ARC 1	CRO 4	POR 21	ITA 24	KEN 3	EST 31	BEL 6	GRE 2	FIN 2	ESP Ret	MNZ			462	2nd
		Thierry Neuville	MON 3	ARC 3	CRO 3	POR 36	ITA 3	KEN Ret	EST 3	BEL 1	GRE 8	FIN Ret	ESP 1	MNZ 4
		Dani Sordo	MON 5	ARC	CRO	POR 2	ITA 17	KEN 12	EST	BEL	GRE 4	FIN	ESP 3	MNZ 3
		Craig Breen	MON	ARC 4	CRO 8	POR	ITA	KEN	EST 2	BEL 2	GRE	FIN 3	ESP	MNZ
		Teemu Suninen	MON	ARC	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ 6
	Hyundai 2C Competition	Pierre-Louis Loubet	MON 16	ARC 39	CRO 29	POR Ret	ITA Ret	KEN WD	EST 7	BEL 68	GRE Ret	FIN		MNZ			68	4th
		Nil Solans											ESP 8
		Oliver Solberg	MON	ARC 7	CRO	POR	ITA WD	KEN Ret	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP 7	MNZ 5

See also

• World Rally Car
  • Citroën DS3 WRC
  • Citroën C3 WRC
  • Ford Fiesta WRC
  • Ford Fiesta RS WRC
  • Hyundai i20 WRC
  • Mini John Cooper Works WRC
  • Toyota Yaris WRC
  • Volkswagen Polo R WRC

References

1. "Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC – About WRC – WRC.com". Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
2. "juwra.com | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC". juwra.com.
3. "Hyundai calls up Craig Breen for WRC return on Rally Finland". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
4. "Sebastien Loeb seals six-round 2019 WRC deal with Hyundai". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
5. "Loubet set for World Rally Car début". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
6. ^ Beer, Matt (28 September 2017). "Hyundai signs Andreas Mikkelsen for 2018-19 WRC seasons". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
7. ^ Evans, David (5 October 2016). "Hyundai retains Neuville alongside Paddon and Sordo for 2017 WRC". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
8. ^ "Hayden Paddon secures Hyundai WRC future". speedcafe.com. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
9. ^ Evans, David (22 August 2016). "Hyundai keeps Dani Sordo for 2017 and '18 World Rally Championships". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
10. "Tänak quits Toyota". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
11. "Hyundai uncovers 2017 i20 at Monza rally show". speedcafe.com. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
12. Evans, David (22 June 2016). "Hyundai to switch its i20 World Rally Championship model for 2017". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links

• Technical details at wrc.com Archived 19 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
• Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC at ewrc-results.com

• World Rally Cars
• Hyundai racing cars
• All-wheel-drive vehicles
• World Rally championship–winning cars