# Hyundai i20 WRC

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 | 2014 Rallye Deutschland | Tarmac | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul |
| 2016 | 2 | 2016 Rally Argentina | Gravel | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard |
| 2016 | 3 | 2016 Rally Italia Sardegna | Gravel | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul |

## Complete World Rally Championship results

| Year | Entrant | Driver | Co-Driver | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Rounds | Points | WCM pos. |
| Year | Entrant | Driver | Co-Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Points | WCM pos. |
| 2014 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | MCO Ret | SWE 9 | MEX 3 | PRT 6 | ARG 5 | ITA 9 | POL 3 | FIN Ret | DEU 1 | AUS 7 | FRA 8 | ESP 6 | GBR 4 | 187 | 4th |
| 2014 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | MCO Ret | SWE | MEX | PRT | ARG Ret | ITA | POL | FIN | DEU 2 | AUS | FRA 4 | ESP 5 | GBR | 187 | 4th |
| 2014 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Juho Hänninen | Tomi Tuominen | MCO | SWE 7 | MEX | PRT 7 | ARG | ITA Ret | POL 6 | FIN 6 | DEU | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR 30 | 187 | 4th |
| 2014 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Chris Atkinson | Stéphane Prévot | MCO | SWE | MEX 7 | PRT | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN | DEU | AUS 10 | FRA | ESP | GBR | 187 | 4th |
| 2014 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | MCO | SWE | MEX | PRT Ret | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN | DEU | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | 28 | 7th |
| 2014 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | MCO | SWE | MEX | PRT | ARG | ITA 12 | POL 8 | FIN 8 | DEU | AUS 6 | FRA | ESP 9 | GBR 10 | 28 | 7th |
| 2014 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Bryan Bouffier | Xavier Panseri | MCO | SWE | MEX | PRT | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN | DEU Ret | AUS | FRA 9 | ESP | GBR | 28 | 7th |
| 2015 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | MCO 5 | SWE 2 | MEX 8 | ARG Ret | PRT 38 | ITA 3 | POL 6 | FIN 4 | DEU 5 | AUS 7 | FRA 23 | ESP 8 | | 224 | 3rd |
| 2015 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | MON 6 | SWE WD | MEX 5 | ARG 5 | POR 6 | ITA 20 | POL 10 | FIN 11 | DEU 4 | | FRA 7 | ESP 3 | GBR 4 | 224 | 3rd |
| 2015 | Hyundai Shell World Rally Team | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | MON | SWE 5 | | | | | | | | AUS 5 | | | GBR 5 | 224 | 3rd |
| 2015 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Kevin Abbring | Sebastian Marshall | MON | SWE 11 | MEX | ARG | POR | ITA | POL 15 | FIN | DEU 11 | AUS | FRA Ret | ESP | GBR Ret | 67 | 6th |
| 2015 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | | | MEX 17 | ARG 16 | POR 8 | ITA 2 | POL 4 | FIN Ret | GER 9 | | FRA 5 | ESP 6 | | 67 | 6th |
| 2015 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | | | | | | | | | | AUS 8 | | | | 67 | 6th |
| 2015 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR Ret | 67 | 6th |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport (Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | MON 3 | SWE 14 | MEX Ret | ARG 6 | | | POL 4 | FIN 4 | GER 3 | FRA 2 | ESP 3 | GBR 3 | AUS 3 | 312 | 2nd |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport (Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | | SWE 2 | | | POR Ret | ITA Ret | POL 3 | FIN 5 | | | | | AUS 4 | 312 | 2nd |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport (Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | MON 6 | | MEX 4 | ARG 4 | POR 4 | ITA 4 | | | GER 2 | FRA 7 | ESP 2 | GBR 6 | | 312 | 2nd |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport N (Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) | Hayden Paddon | John Kennard | MON 25 | | MEX 5 | ARG 1 | | | | | GER 5 | FRA 6 | ESP 4 | GBR 4 | | 146 | 5th |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport N (Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) | Kevin Abbring | Sebastian Marshall | MON | SWE | MEX | ARG | POR Ret | ITA 15 | POL | FIN 9 | GER | FRA | ESP 7 | GBR | AUS | 146 | 5th |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport N (Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) | Dani Sordo | Marc Martí | | SWE 6 | | | | | POL Ret | | | | | | AUS 5 | 146 | 5th |
| 2016 | Hyundai Motorsport N (Hyundai New Generation i20 WRC) | Thierry Neuville | Nicolas Gilsoul | | | | | POR 29 | ITA 1 | | | | | | | | 146 | 5th |