# Grégoire Munster

Grégoire Munster (born 24 December 1998) is a Belgian and Luxembourgish rally driver driving with a licence from Luxembourg. Munster holds dual-citizenship because his father is Belgian and his mother is Luxembourgish, but he drives with a licence from Luxembourg because he receives some financial support from the Automobile Federation of Luxembourg. He lives in Belgium. Grégoire is the son of former Belgian rally icon Bernard Munster.

## Career
### Early career

Munster started his rallying career as a co-driver for his father Bernard, with whom he debuted at the Terre de Lozère Rally in 2015. The following year, the Munster duo won the Rally Nationale Terre de Vaucluse, with Grégoire co-driving a Porsche 911 Carrera RS Proto. In 2017, Munster entered his first championship as a driver, finishing sixth in the ADAC Opel Rallye Cup. His 2018 season proved fruitful, as Munster progressed to win three rallies in the Opel Cup and ended up second in the standings. He also contested the Belgian Junior Championship, winning it with four rally triumphs at the wheel of an Opel Adam R2.
Having made his European Rally Championship debut in 2018, Munster entered the ERC with the ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team in 2019, driving in the ERC-3 Junior category. He scored a best finish of fourth in Spain and finished seventh in the junior class standings. Munster also retained the Belgian Junior title by winning four of the opening five rounds, as well as finishing second again in the ADAC Opel Rallye Cup with three wins from four outings. During 2019, Munster also made his WRC debut, contesting the Monte Carlo Rally with a Škoda Fabia R5. He later also drove at the Rally Finland together with Louis Louka.

### Years at Hyundai

For the 2020 season, Munster joined Hyundai and its junior programme to pilot the i20 R5 in the ERC on a full-time basis. He showed progress to his debut year, as Munster followed two top ten results up with his first podium, as well as first ERC stage win, in Portugal. Another strong result with second at Hungary followed, though Munster lost out on the ERC1 junior title after suffering an early puncture at the Rally Islas Canarias, leaving him third in the overall standings. During 2020, Munster again made several WRC starts in WRC2 machinery. He remained with Hyundai in 2021 and focused on the Belgian Rally Championship, where two victories helped him and Louka to place second overall. In addition, Munster raced in two events of the WRC3 Championship, notably winning seven stages (including the Power Stage) at the Ypres Rally.
Munster joined the Customer Racing Junior Driver programme of Hyundai Motorsport in 2022. As part of the programme, he and Louka competed in several WRC2 events, starting off with fifth in class at Monte Carlo. Five more rounds followed, as Munster took a maiden WRC2 victory in Japan on his way to ninth in the championship. He was later voted as the most improved driver of the WRC in 2022 by fans.

### WRC top class

In 2023, Munster left Hyundai to join M-Sport Ford ahead of another season focused on the WRC2. However, after co-driving with Jourdan Serderidis at the Malcolm Wilson Rally, Munster received the opportunity to make his Rally1 debut at the Rally Chile in the car owned by Serderidis. He then impressed by completing a secure drive in mixed conditions at the Central European Rally later in the month. Munster concluded the year by retiring late in the WRC2 class in Japan after competing for the win on dirty asphalt, leaving him 17th in the class standings.
With Ott Tänak's departure from Ford, M-Sport promoted Munster to contest the 2024 WRC season in what was titled a learning year. Down on mileage compared to his more experienced WRC competitors, Serderidis-backed Munster struggled heavily, making defining errors in Monte Carlo, Portugal, and Finland among others. His performances improved towards the rest of the year, peaking with two successive fifth-place finishes in Central Europe and Japan. Consequently, Munster and Louka were retained by M-Sport for 2025, this time being installed as team leaders as a consequence of Adrien Fourmaux leaving the team. Despite encountering a puncture on Friday and crashing out on black ice late on at Monte Carlo, Munster impressed with his pace, as proven by his maiden stage win in SS10.

## Rally results
### ADAC Opel Rallye Cup results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
| 2017 | Grégoire Munster | Opel Adam R2 | VOG 11 | SUL 5 | SAC 12 | STE 10 | DEU1 7 | DEU2 5 | NIE 4 | 3SR 4 | 6th | 122 |
| 2018 | Grégoire Munster | Opel Adam R2 | SAA 3 | SAC 2 | STE 3 | WAR 1 | DEU1 1 | DEU2 Ret | ERZ 6 | 3SR 1 | 2nd | 233 |
| 2019 | Grégoire Munster | Opel Adam R2 | SAA 14 | SAC C | STE 1 | SUL 1 | ERZ Ret | 3SR 1 | | | 2nd | 150 |

### Belgian Rally Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
| 2018 | Hainaut Motor Club | Opel Adam R2 | HAS Ret | SPA 7 | TAC Ret | WAL 14 | SEZ 11 | YPR 18 | OVV 17 | EBR | CON Ret | | 7th | 48 |
| 2019 | East Belgian Racing Team | Škoda Fabia R5 | HAS 14 | SPA 7 | TAC Ret | WAL 18 | SEZ 11 | YPR | OVV | EBR 6 | CON 11 | | 8th | 48 |
| 2020 | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 R5 | HAS 4 | OUD Ret | | | | | | | | | 10th | 38 |
| 2021 | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 N | SBR Ret | YPR 7 | OVV 4 | EBR 1 | WAL 2 | SEZ 1 | CON 3 | SPA 2 | | | 2nd | 125 |
| 2022 | East Belgian Racing Team | Hyundai i20 N | HAS | SBR 2 | TAC | WAL | SEZ 2 | YPR 11 | OVV | EBR | CON | SPA 2 | NC | 0 |

### ERC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
| 2018 | EBRT | Opel Adam R2 | ERC-3 | AZO | CAN | GRC | CYP | ITA | CZE 8 | POL | LAT | 23rd | 7 |
| 2019 | ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team | Opel Adam R2 | ERC-3 | AZO 11 | CAN 6 | LAT Ret | POL Ret | ITA 7 | CZE Ret | CYP | HUN | 16th | 20 |
| 2020 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | ERC | ITA 7 | LAT 6 | PRT 3 | HUN 2 | CAN 18 | | | | 3rd | 83 |
| 2021 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | ERC | POL 20 | LAT 17 | ITA 13 | CZE | AZO | PRT | HUN | CAN | 55th | 3 |

### WRC2 results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
| 2019 | BMA Autosport | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA | FIN 8 | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP | AUS C | 43rd | 4 |
| 2022 | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | MON 5 | SWE | CRO 25 | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL 5 | GRE Ret | NZL | ESP 12 | JPN 1 | | 9th | 48 |
| 2023 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | MON 8 | SWE | MEX | CRO 11 | POR 27 | ITA 7 | KEN Ret | EST | FIN 9 | GRE 5 | CHL | EUR | JPN Ret | | 17th | 22 |

### WRC results

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
| 2019 | Grégoire Munster | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA | FIN 45 | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP | AUS C | NC | 0 |
| 2020 | Grégoire Munster | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2020 | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 R5 | | SWE WD | MEX | EST 24 | TUR | ITA | MNZ Ret | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 R5 | MON | ARC | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | BEL 16 | GRE | FIN | ESP | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | | | | | | | | | | | | MNZ 15 | | | NC | 0 |
| 2022 | Grégoire Munster | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | MON 12 | SWE | CRO 48 | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN | BEL 11 | GRE Ret | NZL | ESP 22 | JPN 7 | | 23rd | 6 |
| 2023 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta Rally2 | MON 17 | | | CRO 26 | POR 42 | ITA 11 | KEN Ret | | FIN 15 | GRE 12 | | | JPN Ret | | 21st | 6 |
| 2023 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | | | | | | | | | | | CHL 13 | EUR 7 | | | 21st | 6 |
| 2023 | Grégoire Munster | Ford Fiesta Rally3 | | SWE 26 | MEX | | | | | EST 18 | | | | | | | 21st | 6 |
| 2024 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | MON 20 | SWE 23 | KEN 15 | CRO 7 | POR Ret | ITA 5 | POL 7 | LAT 9 | FIN 49 | GRE Ret | CHL 7 | EUR 5 | JPN 5 | | 8th | 46 |
| 2025 | M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Puma Rally1 | MON Ret | SWE 8 | KEN | ESP | POR | ITA | GRE | EST | FIN | PAR | CHL | EUR | JPN | SAU | 11th* | 4* |
* Season still in progress.