page_title: Hyundai i20 WRC
section_title: Competition history
hierarchical_section_title: Hyundai i20 WRC / Competition history
caption_attribution_description: English: Rally of Portugal 2016. Section of "Baião", on the first pass Galego: Rally de Portugal do ano 2016, tramo de "Baião", na súa primeira pasada Español: Rally de Portugal del año 2016, en el tramo de "Baião", en su primera pasada
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: The cars are prepared by Hyundai's performance division, Hyundai Motorsport, from a base in Frankfurt, Germany, and are driven by Thierry Neuville, with Hayden Paddon and Dani Sordo in the 2nd and 3rd cars. A third i20 will be 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 will be the main test driver for the new Hyundai i20 WRC. He will be entered on selected WRC events later in the year.
  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 Volskwagen 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.
caption: Neuville driving a 2016 spec Hyundai i20 WRC at Rally Portugal.
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