2020 WRC2 Championship
The 2020 FIA WRC2 Championship was the eighth season of WRC2, a rallying championship organised and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by manufacturers and complying with R5 regulations.[1]
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions,[a] but they did not defend their titles as they were contesting the World Rally Championship with Toyota.[2]
At the conclusion of the championship, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the Drivers' and Co-Drivers' championships, while Toksport WRT won the teams' title.
Calendar
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Entries
[edit | edit source]The following teams and crews that entered in the 2020 WRC2:
| Entrant | Car | Driver name | Co-driver name | Rounds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France PH-Sport | Citroën C3 R5 | Norway Mads Østberg | Norway Torstein Eriksen | 1–2, 4, 6–7 | |
| South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 R5 | Russia Nikolay Gryazin | Russia Yaroslav Fedorov | 1–3 | |
| Russia Konstantin Aleksandrov | 4, 6 | ||||
| Norway Ole Christian Veiby | Sweden Jonas Andersson | 1–4, 6 | |||
| United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT | Ford Fiesta R5 Mk. II | France Adrien Fourmaux | Belgium Renaud Jamoul | 1–2, 4–7 | |
| United Kingdom Rhys Yates | United Kingdom James Morgan | 1–2 | |||
| Germany Toksport WRT | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | Sweden Pontus Tidemand | Sweden Patrik Barth | 2–7 | |
| Norway Eyvind Brynildsen | Austria Ilka Minor | 4–6 | |||
| Czech Republic Jan Kopecký | Czech Republic Jan Hloušek | 7 | |||
| Source:[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] | |||||
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Summary
[edit | edit source]Citroën's factory team entered selected rounds of the 2019 championship, but did not compete in 2020 after the company withdrew from rallying. The Citroën C3 R5 remained available to independent teams.[10] PH Sport ran one C3 R5 for Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen.[11]
M-Sport Ford WRT committed two cars to the championship for crews led by Adrien Fourmaux and Rhys Yates.[12] Gus Greensmith and co-driver Elliott Edmondson, who drove for the team in 2019, did not contest the championship as they joined the sport's premier class.[13]
Hyundai Motorsport entered the championship under the name Hyundai Motorsport N. The team entered two Hyundai i20 R5s, one for Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov, and the other for Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson.[3]
Toksport WRT became the first independent team to join the championship. The team entered a Škoda Fabia R5 Evo for 2017 WRC2 Championship drivers' champion, Pontus Tidemand.[14]
Škoda announced that they would not enter a works team, arguing that Škoda Motorsport had proven themselves as a team and that the company would instead turn to supporting independent teams and drivers in 2020.[15] Similarly, Volkswagen did not enter a works team. The company cancelled all of its petrol-powered motorsport programmes to focus on electric racing, but would allow development of the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 to continue.[16]
Changes
[edit | edit source]In 2019, the existing WRC2 championship was split into two championships for manufacturer teams and privateers. However, this structure was found to be too confusing,[17] and so the category was re-structured for the 2020 season. Professional crews contested WRC2 and privateers in WRC3.[17]
Results and standings
[edit | edit source]Season summary
[edit | edit source]| Round | Event | Winning driver | Winning co-driver | Winning entrant | Winning time | Report | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo | Norway Mads Østberg | Norway Torstein Eriksen | France PH-Sport | 3:25:19.4 | Report | [18] |
| 2 | Sweden Rally Sweden | Norway Mads Østberg | Norway Torstein Eriksen | France PH-Sport | 1:15:53.1 | Report | [19] |
| 3 | Mexico Rally Guanajuato México | Sweden Pontus Tidemand | Sweden Patrik Barth | Germany Toksport WRT | 2:58:16.9 | Report | [20] |
| 4 | Estonia Rally Estonia | Norway Mads Østberg | Norway Torstein Eriksen | France PH-Sport | 2:08:10.9 | Report | [21] |
| 5 | Turkey Marmaris Rally of Turkey | Sweden Pontus Tidemand | Sweden Patrik Barth | Germany Toksport WRT | 2:56:02.4 | Report | [22] |
| 6 | Italy Rally Italia Sardegna | Sweden Pontus Tidemand | Sweden Patrik Barth | Germany Toksport WRT | 2:51:58.4 | Report | [23] |
| 7 | Italy ACI Rally Monza | Norway Mads Østberg | Norway Torstein Eriksen | France PH-Sport | 2:21:18.4 | Report | [24] |
Scoring system
[edit | edit source]Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Unlike the World Rally Championship, extra points are not awarded for the Power Stage.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
FIA WRC2 Championship for Drivers
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Driver | MON Monaco |
SWE Sweden |
MEX Mexico |
EST Estonia |
TUR Turkey |
ITA Italy |
MNZ Italy |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway Mads Østberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 112 | ||
| 2 | Sweden Pontus Tidemand | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 108 | |
| 3 | France Adrien Fourmaux | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 78 | |
| 4 | Norway Ole Christian Veiby | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 51 | ||
| 5 | Russia Nikolay Gryazin | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | Ret | 51 | ||
| 6 | Norway Eyvind Brynildsen | 4 | 3 | 3 | 42 | ||||
| 7 | United Kingdom Rhys Yates | 4 | 5 | 22 | |||||
| 8 | Czech Republic Jan Kopecký | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | MON Monaco |
SWE Sweden |
MEX Mexico |
EST Estonia |
TUR Turkey |
ITA Italy |
MNZ Italy |
Points |
| Source:[25] | |||||||||
FIA WRC2 Championship for Co-Drivers
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Co-Driver | MON Monaco |
SWE Sweden |
MEX Mexico |
EST Estonia |
TUR Turkey |
ITA Italy |
MNZ Italy |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway Torstein Eriksen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 112 | ||
| 2 | Sweden Patrik Barth | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 108 | |
| 3 | Belgium Renaud Jamoul | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 78 | |
| 4 | Sweden Jonas Andersson | Ret | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 51 | ||
| 5 | Austria Ilka Minor | 4 | 3 | 3 | 42 | ||||
| 6 | Russia Yaroslav Fedorov | 3 | 6 | 2 | 41 | ||||
| 7 | United Kingdom James Morgan | 4 | 5 | 22 | |||||
| 8 | Czech Republic Jan Hloušek | 3 | 15 | ||||||
| 9 | Russia Konstantin Aleksandrov | 5 | Ret | 10 | |||||
| Pos. | Co-Driver | MON Monaco |
SWE Sweden |
MEX Mexico |
EST Estonia |
TUR Turkey |
ITA Italy |
MNZ Italy |
Points |
| Source:[25] | |||||||||
FIA WRC2 Championship for Teams
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Team | MON Monaco |
SWE Sweden |
MEX Mexico |
EST Estonia |
TUR Turkey |
ITA Italy |
MNZ Italy |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany Toksport WRT | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 147 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | France PH-Sport | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 112 | ||
| 3 | South Korea Hyundai Motorsport N | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 102 | ||
| Ret | 6 | 3 | Ret | Ret | |||||
| 4 | United Kingdom M-Sport Ford WRT | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Ret | 88 | ||
| 4 | 5 | ||||||||
| Pos. | Team | MON Monaco |
SWE Sweden |
MEX Mexico |
EST Estonia |
TUR Turkey |
ITA Italy |
MNZ Italy |
Points |
| Source:[25] | |||||||||
Notes
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- 2020 FIA WRC2 at ewrc-results.com