Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo

Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo
A Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo driven by Mattias Ekström at the 2021 Arctic Rally Finland
CategoryGroup Rally2
ConstructorŠkoda Motorsport
Homologation1 April 2019
PredecessorŠkoda Fabia R5
SuccessorŠkoda Fabia RS Rally2
Technical specifications[1]
Length3,999 mm (157.4 in)
Width1,820 mm (71.7 in)
EngineVW EA888 1.6 L (98 cu in) 4-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged
Transmission5-speed sequential 4-wheel drive
Weight1,230 kg (2,711.7 lb)
Competition history
Notable entrantsCzech Republic Škoda Motorsport
Notable driversWorld Rally Championship-2 Pro:
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký[2]
Finland Kalle Rovanperä[2]
DebutWorld Rally Championship-2 Pro:
Portugal 2019 Rally de Portugal
Czech Rally Championship:
Czech Republic 2019 Rallye Český Krumlov
First winWorld Rally Championship-2 Pro:
Portugal 2019 Rally de Portugal
Czech Rally Championship:
Czech Republic 2019 Rallye Český Krumlov
Teams' Championships1 (Toksport, 2020)[3]

The Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo[4] (former name prior to 2019 rule changes was R5 evo) is a rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is an upgraded generational update of the original Fabia R5, based on the facelifted Škoda Fabia production car. After four years of success in the R5 discipline with the original Fabia, Škoda announced the Fabia R5 evo at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019. The car was showcased as an improvement over the 2015 Fabia in nearly all areas, most notably the power and response of the engine. After many kilometers of testing, The Evo passed international homologation on the 1st of April 2019, and made its competitive rallying debut in the hands of Jan Kopecký at the third round of the Czech Rally Championship, Rallye Český Krumlov.[5] The car would make a successful first impression, winning the rally overall. Soon after it would make its World Rally Championship debut at Rally de Portugal, where it would once again emerge victorious in the hands of Kalle Rovanperä.[6]

Rally victories

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World Rally Championship-2 Pro

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1 Portugal 2019 Rally de Portugal Gravel Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen
2 Italy 2019 Rally Italia Sardegna Gravel Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen
3 Finland 2019 Rally Finland Gravel Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen
4 Germany 2019 Rallye Deutschland Tarmac Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Czech Republic Pavel Dresler
5 United Kingdom 2019 Wales Rally GB Gravel Finland Kalle Rovanperä Finland Jonne Halttunen
Sources:[7]

World Rally Championship-2

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1 Germany 2019 Rallye Deutschland Tarmac Germany Fabian Kreim Germany Tobias Braun
2020 2 Mexico 2020 Rally Mexico Gravel Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Patrik Barth
3 Turkey 2020 Rally Turkey Gravel Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Patrik Barth
4 Italy 2020 Rally Italia Sardegna Gravel Sweden Pontus Tidemand Sweden Patrik Barth
2021 5 Monaco 2021 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene
6 Estonia 2021 Rally Estonia Gravel Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene
7 Greece 2021 Acropolis Rally Gravel Norway Andreas Mikkelsen United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson
2022 8 Monaco 2022 Monte Carlo Rally Mixed Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Torstein Eriksen
9 Sweden 2022 Rally Sweden Snow Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Torstein Eriksen
10 Italy 2022 Rally Italia Sardegna Gravel Authorised Neutral Athletes Nikolay Gryazin[a] Authorised Neutral Athletes Konstantin Aleksandrov[b]
11 Kenya 2022 Safari Rally Gravel Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
12 Estonia 2022 Rally Estonia Gravel Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Torstein Eriksen
13 Finland 2022 Rally Finland Gravel Finland Emil Lindholm Finland Reeta Hämäläinen
14 Greece 2022 Acropolis Rally Gravel Finland Emil Lindholm Finland Reeta Hämäläinen
2023 15 Kenya 2023 Safari Rally Gravel Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
Sources:[9][10][11][12][13]

World Rally Championship-3

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2020 1 Turkey 2020 Rally Turkey Gravel Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
2 Italy 2020 Rally Monza Tarmac Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Anders Jæger
2021 3 Finland 2021 Arctic Rally Snow Finland Teemu Asunmaa Finland Marko Salminen
4 Croatia 2021 Croatia Rally Tarmac Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
5 Portugal 2021 Rally de Portugal Gravel Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
6 Estonia 2021 Rally Estonia Gravel Alexey Lukyanuk[c] Yaroslav Fedorov[d]
7 Greece 2021 Acropolis Rally Gravel Poland Kajetan Kajetanowicz Poland Maciej Szczepaniak
8 Finland 2021 Rally Finland Gravel Finland Emil Lindholm Finland Reeta Hämäläinen
9 Spain 2021 Rally Catalunya Tarmac Finland Emil Lindholm[e] Finland Reeta Hämäläinen[f]
Sources:[14][15]

European Rally Championship

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Year No. Event Surface Driver Co-driver
2019 1 Czech Republic 2019 Barum Czech Rally Zlín Tarmac Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Czech Republic Pavel Dresler
2020 2 Hungary 2020 Rally Hungary Tarmac Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene
2021 3 Italy 2021 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac Italy Giandomenico Basso Italy Lorenzo Granai
4 Czech Republic 2021 Barum Czech Rally Zlín Tarmac Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Czech Republic Jan Hloušek
5 Portugal 2021 Azores Rallye Gravel Norway Andreas Mikkelsen United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson
6 Portugal 2021 Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras Gravel Norway Andreas Mikkelsen United Kingdom Elliott Edmondson
2022 7 Portugal 2022 Azores Rallye Gravel Spain Efrén Llarena Spain Sara Fernández
8 Poland 2022 Rally Poland Gravel Poland Mikołaj Marczyk Poland Szymon Gospodarczyk
9 Latvia 2022 Rally Liepāja Gravel Latvia Mārtiņš Sesks Latvia Renārs Francis
10 Italy 2022 Rally di Roma Capitale Tarmac Italy Damiano De Tommaso Italy Giorgia Ascalone
11 Czech Republic 2022 Barum Czech Rally Zlín Tarmac Czech Republic Jan Kopecký Czech Republic Jan Hloušek
Sources:[16][17][18][19]

Notes

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  1. ^ Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
  2. ^ Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]
  3. ^ Alexey Lukyanuk is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
  4. ^ Yaroslav Fedorov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
  5. ^ Reeta Hämäläinen appears as the driver on official documents.
  6. ^ Emil Lindholm appears as the co-driver on official documents.

References

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  1. ^ "ŠKODA FABIA Rally2: The Queen of the Rally". Škoda Motorsport. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b Evans, David (28 November 2018). "Skoda Motorsport scales back for 2019 WRC2 season, Tidemand exits". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Østberg goes one better in 2020". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. ^ "ŠKODA FABIA Rally2 evo: New Season, New Name". Škoda Motorsport. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Kopecký Scored His First Victory with Updated FABIA R5". skoda-motorsport.com. Škoda Motorsport. May 18, 2019. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Sunday in Portugal: Rovanperä claims Pro lead". wrc.com. WRC. June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "WRC2 Pro 2019". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b "FIA announces World Motor Sport Council decisions in relation to the situation in Ukraine". Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  9. ^ "WRC2 2019". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  10. ^ "WRC2 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  11. ^ "WRC2 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  12. ^ "WRC2 Open 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  13. ^ "WRC2 2023". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  14. ^ "WRC3 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  15. ^ "WRC3 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  16. ^ "ERC 2019". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  17. ^ "ERC 2020". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  18. ^ "ERC 2021". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  19. ^ "ERC 2022". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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