Hyundai Motorsport
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Full name | Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team |
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Team principal(s) | Michel Nandan |
Technical director | Alain Penasse |
Drivers |
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Co-drivers |
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Chassis | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
Tyres | Michelin |
World Rally Championship career | |
Debut | 2000 |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 10 |
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Hyundai Motorsport (officially Hyundai Motorsport GmbH) is Hyundai's works team in the World Rally Championship. The team is based in Alzenau, Germany.
History
Hyundai Motorsport began when Hyundai competed in the F2 class of the World Rally Championship in 1998 and 1999. It was run by British company Motor Sports Development (MSD), with David Whitehead as team principal. In September 1999, Hyundai unveiled the Accent WRC, a World Rally Car based on the Hyundai Accent. The Hyundai World Rally Team debuted the car at the 2000 Swedish Rally and achieved their first top-ten result at that year's Rally Argentina, when Alister McRae and Kenneth Eriksson finished seventh and eighth, respectively. Eriksson later drove the car to fifth place in New Zealand and fourth in Australia. In 2001, Hyundai debuted a new evolution of the Accent WRC, which was intended to improve reliability, but the performance of the car was still not good enough to challenge the four big teams (Ford World Rally Team, Mitsubishi, Peugeot and Subaru). However, at the season-ending Rally GB, the team achieved their best result with McRae finishing fourth and Eriksson sixth.
For the 2002 season, Hyundai hired the four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen, along with Freddy Loix and Armin Schwarz. Kankkunen's fifth place in New Zealand was the team's best result, but they managed to edge out Škoda and Mitsubishi by one point in the battle for fourth place in the manufacturers' world championship. In September 2003, after a season hampered by budget constraints, Hyundai announced their withdrawal from the WRC ending the partnership with MSD, and planned to return in 2006 which didn't happen.[1]
Hyundai announced at the 2012 Paris Motor Show that they would be returning to the WRC for 2014, using the i20 model built to World Rally Car specifications. Hyundai also announced that their official test drivers for 2013 would be Juho Hänninen, Bryan Bouffier and Chris Atkinson.
On the 19th of December, 2012 Hyundai Motorsport GmbH was established in Alzenau, Germany, as responsible for Hyundai’s global motorsport activities and primarily for its World Rally Championship programme.
Thierry Neuville was confirmed as lead driver of Hyundai Motorsport's World Rally Championship programme from 2014. Neuville, along with his co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul, piloted Hyundai’s new i20 WRC in all 13 WRC events in 2014, beginning with the team’s debut at the Monte-Carlo Rally in January. Thierry Neuville was the first driver that scored a top-three finish for Hyundai in the WRC. He ended third in Rally México.[2] He and Hyundai also won their very first rally at that years' Rallye Deutschland.
- 2013
- 2016
- 2018
Customer Programme
Hyundai i20 R5
Hyundai Motorsport developed the i20 R5 car in 2016 for use in various national and regional championships such as World Rally Championship-2, European Rally Championship and Tour European Rally.
Hyundai i30 N TCR
In early 2017 Hyundai motorsport announced that it will make i30 N touring car based on the TCR rules.[3] The car saw its debut in the Touring Car Endurance Series 24h of Misano before being availlable to customers by the end of the year.[4]
For the 2018 World Touring Car Cup, two teams have entered the car: YMR with Yvan Muller and Thed Björk, and BRC Racing Team with Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz.
- Hyundai i30 N TCR, IAA 2017, Frankfurt
- Hyundai i30 N of Hyundai Motorsport after the 24h Nürburgring
Results
2L-MC era (1998–1999)
Year | Car | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 2L MC | Points |
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1998 | Hyundai Coupé Kit Car | MON | SWE | KEN | POR Ret |
ESP 7 |
FRA | ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
5th | 17 | |||||||
Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2 | NZL 3 |
FIN Ret |
ITA Ret |
AUS 3 |
GBR Ret |
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Hyundai Coupé Kit Car | MON | SWE | KEN | POR 4 |
ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE Ret |
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Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2 | NZL Ret |
FIN Ret |
ITA Ret |
AUS Ret |
GBR Ret |
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Hyundai Coupé Kit Car | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP 6 |
FRA 5 |
ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA | AUS | GBR | |||||
1999 | Hyundai Coupé Kit Car Evo2 | MON | SWE Ret |
KEN | POR 2 |
ESP Ret |
FRA | ARG | GRE 1 |
NZL 1 |
FIN Ret |
CHN 2 |
ITA Ret |
AUS 1 |
GBR | 2nd | 95 | |
MON | SWE Ret |
KEN | POR 1 |
ESP Ret |
FRA | ARG | GRE Ret |
NZL 2 |
FIN 3 |
CHN 1 |
ITA Ret |
AUS 3 |
GBR Ret | |||||
WRC era
Year | Entrant | Car | No | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points | WMC | Points |
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2000 | Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team | Hyundai Accent WRC | 14 | MON | SWE 13 |
KEN | POR Ret |
ESP 23 |
ARG 8 |
GRE Ret |
NZL 5 |
FIN 15 |
CYP | FRA Ret |
ITA 45 |
AUS 4 |
GBR Ret |
11th | 5 | 7th | 8 | |
15 | MON | SWE 14 |
KEN | POR Ret |
ESP Ret |
ARG 7 |
GRE Ret |
NZL Ret |
FIN 9 |
CYP | FRA 12 |
ITA 16 |
AUS Ret |
GBR 11 |
– | 0 | ||||||
15 | AUS Ret |
GBR | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hyundai Winfield Rally Team | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN 30 |
CYP | FRA | ITA Ret |
– | 0 | ||||||||
2001 | Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team | Hyundai Accent WRC2 | 9 | MON Ret |
ESP Ret |
ITA Ret |
FRA 8 |
– | 0 | 5th | 17 | |||||||||||
SWE 8 |
POR 7 |
ARG Ret |
CYP Ret |
GRE Ret |
KEN | FIN 12 |
NZL 10 |
AUS 12 |
GBR 6 |
21st | 1 | |||||||||||
10 | MON 7 |
SWE Ret |
POR 6 |
ESP 11 |
ARG 9 |
CYP 7 |
GRE 15 |
KEN | FIN 13 |
NZL 9 |
ITA Ret |
FRA 9 |
AUS 10 |
GBR 4 |
17th | 4 | ||||||
20 | SWE | POR | ARG | CYP Ret |
GRE | KEN | GBR Ret |
– | 0 | |||||||||||||
MON | ESP | FIN Ret |
NZL | ITA | FRA | AUS | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||
2002 | Hyundai Castrol World Rally Team | Hyundai Accent WRC3 | 17 | MON Ret |
SWE Ret |
FRA 13 |
ESP 16 |
CYP 7 |
ARG Ret |
GRE 9 |
KEN Ret |
FIN 13 |
GER Ret |
ITA Ret |
NZL 10 |
AUS Ret |
GBR Ret |
– | 0 | 4th | 10 | |
18 | MON Ret |
SWE Ret |
FRA 9 |
ESP 10 |
CYP Ret |
ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
KEN Ret |
FIN 9 |
GER Ret |
ITA 28 |
NZL 6 |
AUS Ret |
GBR 8 |
17th | 1 | ||||||
19 | MON | SWE 8 |
ESP | CYP Ret |
ARG 7 |
GRE Ret |
KEN 8 |
FIN Ret |
GER | ITA | NZL 5 |
AUS Ret |
GBR 9 |
14th | 2 | |||||||
FRA Ret |
– | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | MON | SWE | ESP | CYP 14 |
ARG | GRE | KEN | FIN | GER | ITA | NZL | AUS | GBR | – | 0 | |||||||
2003 | Hyundai World Rally Team | Hyundai Accent WRC3 | 10 | MON 8 |
SWE 13 |
TUR Ret |
NZL Ret |
ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
CYP 7 |
GER 12 |
FIN 12 |
AUS 13 |
ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | 15th | 3 | 6th | 12 | |
11 | MON Ret |
SWE 10 |
TUR 10 |
NZL Ret |
ARG Ret |
GRE Ret |
CYP Ret |
GER 11 |
FIN 10 |
AUS 8 |
ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | 14th | 4 | ||||||
11 | MON | SWE Ret |
TUR | NZL Ret |
ARG | GRE Ret |
FIN Ret |
AUS | ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | – | 0 | ||||||||
CYP Ret |
– | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GER 18 |
19th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | MON | SWE | TUR | NZL | ARG | GRE | GER 28 |
FIN | AUS | ITA | FRA | ESP | GBR | – | 0 | |||||||
2004 – 2013: Hyundai did not compete as manufacturer entry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Hyundai i20 WRC | 7 | MON Ret |
SWE 28 |
MEX 3 |
POR 7 |
ARG 5 |
ITA 16 |
POL 3 |
FIN Ret |
GER 1 |
AUS 7 |
FRA 8 |
ESP 6 |
GBR 4 |
6th | 105 | 4th | 187 | ||
8 | MON Ret |
ARG Ret |
GER 2 |
FRA 4 |
ESP 5 |
10th | 40 | |||||||||||||||
SWE 19 |
POR 8 |
ITA Ret |
POL 6 |
FIN 6 |
GBR 26 |
13th | 20 | |||||||||||||||
MEX 7 |
AUS 10 |
18th | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hyundai Motorsport N | 20 | POR Ret |
– | 0 | 7th | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
ITA 12 |
POL 8 |
FIN 8 |
AUS 6 |
ESP 9 |
GBR 10 |
14th | 19 | |||||||||||||||
GER Ret |
FRA 9 |
12th | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 WRC | 7 | MON 5 |
SWE 2 |
MEX 8 |
ARG Ret |
POR 39 |
ITA 3 |
POL 6 |
FIN 4 |
GER 5 |
AUS 7 |
FRA 23 |
ESP 8 |
6th | 90 | 3rd | 224 | |||
GBR 4 |
8th | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | MON 6 |
MEX 5 |
ARG 5 |
POR 6 |
ITA 20 |
POL 10 |
FIN 11 |
GER 4 |
FRA 7 |
ESP 3 |
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SWE 5 |
AUS 5 |
GBR 5 |
9th | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hyundai Motorsport N | 20 | MON | MEX 17 |
ARG 16 |
POR 8 |
ITA 2 |
POL 4 |
FIN Ret |
GER 9 |
FRA 5 |
ESP 6 |
6th | 67 | |||||||||
AUS 8 |
8th | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
GBR Ret |
6th | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||
SWE 11 |
– | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | MON | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL 15 |
FIN | GER 11 |
AUS | FRA Ret |
ESP | GBR Ret |
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2016 | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC | 3 | MON 3 |
SWE 14 |
MEX Ret |
ARG 6 |
POL 4 |
FIN 4 |
GER 3 |
CHN C |
FRA 2 |
ESP 3 |
GBR 3 |
AUS 3 |
2nd | 160 | 2nd | 312 | |||
POR Ret |
ITA Ret |
4th | 138 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | MON 6 |
MEX 4 |
ARG 4 |
POR 4 |
ITA 4 |
GER 2 |
CHN C |
FRA 7 |
ESP 2 |
GBR 6 |
5th | 130 | ||||||||||
SWE 2 |
POL 3 |
FIN 5 |
AUS 4 |
4th | 138 | |||||||||||||||||
Hyundai Motorsport N | 10 | MON 25 |
5th | 146 | ||||||||||||||||||
SWE | MEX | ARG | POR Ret |
ITA 15 |
POL | GER | CHN | FRA | ESP 7 |
GBR | AUS | 16th | 10 | |||||||||
20 | SWE 6 |
POL Ret |
AUS 5 |
5th | 130 | |||||||||||||||||
MEX 5 |
ARG 1 |
GER 5 |
CHN C |
FRA 6 |
ESP 4 |
GBR 4 |
4th | 138 | ||||||||||||||
POR 29 |
ITA 1 |
2nd | 160 | |||||||||||||||||||
MON | FIN 9 |
16th | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 4 | MON Ret |
SWE 7 |
MEX 5 |
FRA 6 |
ARG 6 |
POR Ret |
ITA Ret |
POL 2 |
FIN Ret |
GER 8 |
GBR 8 |
AUS 3 |
8th | 74 | 2nd | 345 | |||
ESP 16 |
12th | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 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 |
2nd | 208 | |||||||
6 | MON 4 |
SWE 4 |
MEX 8 |
FRA 3 |
ARG 8 |
POR 3 |
ITA 12 |
POL 4 |
FIN 9 |
GER 34 |
ESP 15 |
6th | 95 | |||||||||
GBR 4 |
AUS 13 |
12th | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | GBR 10 |
AUS | 6th | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC | 4 | MON 13 |
SWE 3 |
MEX 4 |
FRA 7 |
ARG 5 |
POR 16 |
ITA 18 |
FIN 10 |
GER 6 |
TUR 5 |
GBR 6 |
ESP | AUS | 6th* | 83* | 2nd* | 297* | ||
5 | MON 5 |
SWE 1 |
MEX 6 |
FRA 3 |
ARG 2 |
POR 1 |
ITA 1 |
FIN 9 |
GER 2 |
TUR 16 |
GBR 5 |
ESP | AUS | 1st* | 189* | |||||||
6 | MON Ret |
MEX 2 |
FRA 4 |
ARG 3 |
GER Ret |
ESP | 7th* | 60* | ||||||||||||||
SWE 5 |
POR Ret |
ITA 4 |
FIN 4 |
TUR 3 |
GBR 7 |
AUS | 9th* | 55* | ||||||||||||||
16 | POR 4 |
7th* | 60* | |||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress.
WRC-2 results
Year | Entrant | Car | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WRC-2 | Points | Teams | Points |
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2016 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | CHN C |
FRA Ret |
ESP | GBR Ret |
AUS | NC | 0 | NC | 0 | |
2018 | Hyundai Motorsport | Hyundai i20 R5 | MON | SWE 6 |
MEX 6 |
FRA | ARG | POR 12 |
ITA | FIN 2 |
GER 12 |
TUR | GBR 4 |
ESP | AUS | 8th* | 44* | 5th* | 54 | ||
* Season still in progress.
References
- ↑ "Hyundai to quit World Rally". BBC. 2003-09-17. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ↑ http://www.wrc.com/news/neuville-signs-with-hyundai-for-2014/?fid=19344
- ↑ "Hyundai confirms TCR programme with all-new i30". TouringCarTimes. 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ↑ "Hyundai i30 TCR to make its race debut at the Misano 24 Hours". TouringCarTimes. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
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