The 2020 FIA WRC2 Championship was the eighth season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by manufacturers and complying with R5 regulations.
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, but they did not defend their titles as they were contesting the World Rally Championship with Toyota.
At the conclusion of the championship, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the Drivers' and Co-Drivers' championships, while Toksport WRT won the teams' title.
Calendar
Entries The following teams and crews that entered in the 2020 WRC2: Entrant Car Driver name Co-driver name Rounds PH-Sport Citroën C3 R5 Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen 1–2, 4, 6–7 Hyundai Motorsport N Hyundai i20 R5 Nikolay Gryazin Yaroslav Fedorov 1–3 Konstantin Aleksandrov 4, 6 Ole Christian Veiby Jonas Andersson 1–4, 6 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II Adrien Fourmaux Renaud Jamoul 1–2, 4–7 Rhys Yates James Morgan 1–2 Toksport WRT Škoda Fabia R5 Evo Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth 2–7 Eyvind Brynildsen Ilka Minor 4–6 Jan Kopecký Jan Hloušek 7 Source:
Summary Citroën's factory team entered selected rounds of the 2019 championship, but did not compete in 2020 after the company withdrew from rallying. The Citroën C3 R5 remained available to independent teams. PH Sport ran one C3 R5 for Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen.
M-Sport Ford WRT committed two cars to the championship for crews led by Adrien Fourmaux and Rhys Yates. Gus Greensmith and co-driver Elliott Edmondson, who drove for the team in 2019, did not contest the championship as they joined the sport's premier class.
Hyundai Motorsport entered the championship under the name Hyundai Motorsport N. The team entered two Hyundai i20 R5s, one for Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov, and the other for Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson.
Toksport WRT became the first independent team to join the championship. The team entered a Škoda Fabia R5 Evo for 2017 WRC2 Championship drivers' champion, Pontus Tidemand.
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 did not enter a works team. The company cancelled all of its petrol-powered motorsport programmes to focus on electric racing, but would allow development of the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 to continue.
Changes In 2019, the existing WRC2 championship was split into two championships for manufacturer teams and privateers. However, this structure was found to be too confusing, and so the category was re-structured for the 2020 season. Professional crews contested WRC2 and privateers in WRC3.
Results and standings Season summary RoundEventWinning driverWinning co-driverWinning entrantWinning timeReportRef.1 Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen PH-Sport 3:25:19.4Report2 Rally Sweden Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen PH-Sport 1:15:53.1Report3 Rally Guanajuato México Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Toksport WRT 2:58:16.9Report4 Rally Estonia Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen PH-Sport 2:08:10.9Report5 Marmaris Rally of Turkey Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Toksport WRT 2:56:02.4 Report6 Rally Italia Sardegna Pontus Tidemand Patrik Barth Toksport WRT 2:51:58.4Report7 ACI Rally Monza Mads Østberg Torstein Eriksen PH-Sport 2:21:18.4Report
Scoring system Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Unlike the World Rally Championship, extra points are not awarded for the Power Stage.
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoints251815121086421
FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers (Results key)
DriverMONSWEMEXESTTURITAMNZPoints1 Mads Østberg111411122 Pontus Tidemand3131121083 Adrien Fourmaux2422Ret4784 Ole Christian VeibyRet23Ret2515 Nikolay Gryazin3625Ret516 Eyvind Brynildsen433427 Rhys Yates45228 Jan Kopecký315DriverMONSWEMEXESTTURITAMNZPointsSource:
FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers (Results key)
Co-DriverMONSWEMEXESTTURITAMNZPoints 1 Torstein Eriksen11141 112 2 Patrik Barth313112 108 3 Renaud Jamoul2422Ret4 78 4 Jonas AnderssonRet23Ret2 51 5 Ilka Minor433 42 6 Yaroslav Fedorov362 41 7 James Morgan45 22 8 Jan Hloušek3 15 9 Konstantin Aleksandrov5Ret 10Co-DriverMONSWEMEXESTTURITAMNZPointsSource:
FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams (Results key)
TeamMONSWEMEXESTTURITAMNZPoints1 Toksport WRT31311 147433 2 PH-Sport11141 1123 Hyundai Motorsport N32252102Ret63RetRet 4 M-Sport Ford WRT2422Ret 8845TeamMONSWEMEXESTTURITAMNZPointsSource:
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References
External links
2020 FIA WRC2 at ewrc-results.com