The Hyundai i20 WRC is a World Rally Car built by Hyundai for use from the 2014 World Rally Championship. It is based on the Hyundai i20 subcompact car, and was unveiled at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The launch of the i20 marks Hyundai's return to the World Rally Championship after a ten-year absence. The car made its first competitive appearance at the 2014 Rallye Monte Carlo.
Competition history The cars are prepared by Hyundai's performance division, Hyundai Motorsport, from a base in Frankfurt, Germany, and were driven by Thierry Neuville, with Hayden Paddon and Dani Sordo in the 2nd and 3rd cars. A third i20 was entered in the Rally of Portugal for Sordo, In 2014 2011 Production Car World Rally Champion Hayden Paddon drove the third car in seven events during the second half of the season. Additional development work was carried out by Bryan Bouffier.
For 2015, Hyundai retained Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo and Hayden Paddon. In addition, Dutchman Kevin Abbring was the main test driver for the new Hyundai i20 WRC.
For 2016, Hyundai re-homologated the i20 to compete with the five-door version of the model. Neuville won at Italy and scored seven podiums, finishing runner-up behind Volkswagen driver Sébastien Ogier. Paddon also won in his debut in Argentina.
For the new regulation set in 2017 the car was replaced with the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.
WRC victories Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver 2014 1 Tarmac 2016 2 Gravel 2016 3 Gravel
Complete World Rally Championship results Year Entrant Driver Co-Driver Rounds Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2014 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul MCORet SWE9 MEX3 PRT6 ARG5 ITA9 POL3 FINRet DEU1 AUS7 FRA8 ESP6 GBR4 187 4th Dani Sordo Marc Martí MCORet SWE MEX PRT ARGRet ITA POL FIN DEU2 AUS FRA4 ESP5 GBR Juho Hänninen Tomi Tuominen MCO SWE7 MEX PRT7 ARG ITARet POL6 FIN6 DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR30 Chris Atkinson Stéphane Prévot MCO SWE MEX7 PRT ARG ITA POL FIN DEU AUS10 FRA ESP GBR Hyundai Motorsport N Dani Sordo Marc Martí MCO SWE MEX PRTRet ARG ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR 28 7th Hayden Paddon John Kennard MCO SWE MEX PRT ARG ITA12 POL8 FIN8 DEU AUS6 FRA ESP9 GBR10 Bryan Bouffier Xavier Panseri MCO SWE MEX PRT ARG ITA POL FIN DEURet AUS FRA9 ESP GBR 2015 Hyundai Shell World Rally Team Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul MCO5 SWE2 MEX8 ARGRet PRT38 ITA3 POL6 FIN4 DEU5 AUS7 FRA23 ESP8 224 3rd Dani Sordo Marc Martí MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU FRA ESP GBR John Kennard MONSWE5 AUS5 GBR 5 Hyundai Motorsport N Kevin Abbring MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN DEU AUS FRA ESP GBR 67 6th John Kennard MEX17 ARG16 POR8 ITA2 POL4 FINRet GER9 FRA5 ESP6 Dani Sordo Marc Martí AUS8 Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul GBRRet 2016 Hyundai Motorsport(Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul MON SWE MEX ARG POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS 312 2nd Hayden Paddon John Kennard SWE POR ITA POL FIN AUS Dani Sordo Marc Martí MON MEX ARG POR ITA GER FRA ESP GBR Hyundai Motorsport N(Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) Hayden Paddon John Kennard MON MEX ARG GER FRA ESP GBR 146 5th Kevin Abbring Sebastian Marshall MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER FRA ESP GBR AUS Dani Sordo Marc Martí SWE POL AUS Thierry Neuville Nicolas Gilsoul POR ITA
See also World Rally Car Citroën DS3 WRC Citroën C3 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Mini John Cooper Works WRC Toyota Yaris WRC Volkswagen Polo R WRC
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