Elfyn Evans

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Elfyn Evans
Elfyn Evans at the Rally Germany 2014
Nation: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wales
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally: Rally Great Britain 2007 2007
Last rally: Rally Mexico 2020
Co-driver: United KingdomUnited KingdomCraig Parry Daniel Barritt Scott Martin
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Team: JapanJapan Toyota WRT M-Sport World Rally Team
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Vehicle: Toyota Yaris WRC
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Ford Fiesta R5
Ford Fiesta RRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP
89 2 11 55
Points: 560
Status: After Rally 3 of 14, 2020 season

Elfyn Evans (born December 28, 1988 in Dolgellau ) is a rally driver from Wales who has competed in the World Rally Championship since 2007 . His father Gwyndaf Evans was a former British rally champion (1996).

Career

Beginnings

As the offspring of the Welsh rally drivers, Evans started his professional career in 2007 in the Fiesta Sporting Trophy , where he finished third overall. The following year, 2008, he won the series. In 2010 he won again in the Sporting Trophy series, he won the Junior British Rally title and was Pirelli Star Driver .

WRC junior classes

In 2012 Evans won the WRC Academy Cup in the FIA young driver category . His prize was a sponsored WRC2 participation in 2013 where he finished seventh overall (Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team), as well as a job at M-Sport, where he was allowed to test and help develop the Ford Fiesta RS WRC .

WRC class from 2014

In 2014 Elfyn Evans is driving the first full season in the World Rally Championship with the M-Sport World Rally Team . He finished fourth at the Rally Mexico as the best result of the season. In 2015 Elfyn Evans is under contract with M-Sport and driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC . He regularly placed himself in the world championship points. At the Rally Argentina , he climbed onto the podium for the first time in third place. He finished second at the Corsica Rally , his best career result to date. With 89 points Evans was ranked seventh in the drivers' world championship.

Back to WRC2 despite good performances

Despite the good performance in the season 2015 Evans was supported by M-Sport -Teamchef Malcolm Wilson only for the WRC2 class reported 2016 . With the WRC2 car Ford Fiesta R5, Evans finished eighth overall at the Monte Carlo Rally and ninth overall at the Sweden Rally . He won world championship points for the WRC despite the defeated car. In the WRC2 class, he won both world championship races.

Return to the 2017 WRC

Elfyn Evans 2020 in the Toyota Yaris WRC

After a year break, Evans was back in the top WRC class in 2017 . Again he got a seat in the M-Sport team as the third driver next to Sebastien Ogier and Ott Tänak . He led the Rally Argentina for a long time and finally missed victory against Thierry Neuville in a Hyundai by just 0.7 seconds . He repeated this result at the Rally Finland , this time behind Esapekka Lappi . At his home rally in Wales , he scored his first victory in the World Rally Championship . In the overall standings Evans finished the season in fifth place with 128 championship points.

Switch to Toyota 2020

After another season in 2019 with M-Sport, Evans moved to the Toyota WRT Team, where he won his second world championship run at the Rally Sweden .

Single results

WRC victories

No. season rally Co-driver vehicle
1 2017 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rally Great Britain Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC
1 2020 SwedenSweden Rally Sweden Martin Scott Toyota Yaris WRC

WRC

year team vehicle 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2007 Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta ST MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE NorwayNorway NOR MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG ItalyItaly ITA GreeceGreece GRE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU New ZealandNew Zealand NZL SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA JapanJapan JPN IrelandIreland IRL United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR - -
42
2011 Elfyn Evans Ford Fiesta R2 SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR JordanJordan JOR ItalyItaly ITA ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU AustraliaAustralia OUT FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR - -
DNF 16 DNF
2013 Qatar M-Sport Ford Fiesta RRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE ItalyItaly ITA FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU AustraliaAustralia OUT FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 12 20th
23
Ford Fiesta RS WRC
6th
Ford Fiesta R5
DNF 6th 11 DNF 8th
2014 M-Sport Ford Fiesta RRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG ItalyItaly ITA PolandPoland POLE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU AustraliaAustralia OUT FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 81 8th
6th DNF 4th 22nd 9 5 35 7th 4th 8th 6th 14th 5
2015 M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX ArgentinaArgentina ARG PortugalPortugal POR ItalyItaly ITA PolandPoland POLE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU AustraliaAustralia OUT FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 89 7th
7th 6th 4th 3 69 4th 50 12 6th 9 2 34 6th
2016 M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5 MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX ArgentinaArgentina ARG PortugalPortugal POR ItalyItaly ITA PolandPoland POLE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR AustraliaAustralia OUT 6th 20th
8th 9 17th 30th 13 11 11
2017 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX FranceFrance FRA ArgentinaArgentina ARG PortugalPortugal POR ItalyItaly ITA PolandPoland POLE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR AustraliaAustralia OUT 128 5
6th 6th 9 21st 2 6th DNF 8th 2 6th 7th 1 5
2018 M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX FranceFrance FRA ArgentinaArgentina ARG PortugalPortugal POR ItalyItaly ITA FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU TurkeyTurkey DOOR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR SpainSpain ESP AustraliaAustralia OUT 80 7th
6th 14th DNF 5 6th 2 14th 7th 25th 12 20th 3 6th
2019 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX FranceFrance FRA ArgentinaArgentina ARG ChileChile CHL PortugalPortugal POR ItalyItaly ITA FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU TurkeyTurkey DOOR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR SpainSpain ESP AustraliaAustralia OUT 102 5
DNF 5 3 3 DNF 4th 5 4th 5 6th C.
2020 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT Toyota Yaris WRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX EstoniaEstonia EST TurkeyTurkey DOOR GermanyGermany DEU ItalyItaly ITA JapanJapan JPN 54 2
3 1 4th

WRC2

year team vehicle 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 Points rank
2013 M-Sport Ford Fiesta RRC MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG GreeceGreece GRE ItalyItaly ITA FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU AustraliaAustralia OUT FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR 65 7th
23
Ford Fiesta R5
DNF 2 2 DNF 1
2016 M-Sport Ford Fiesta R5 MonacoMonaco MON SwedenSweden SWE MexicoMexico MEX ArgentinaArgentina ARG PortugalPortugal POR ItalyItaly ITA PolandPoland POLE FinlandFinland FIN GermanyGermany DEU China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR AustraliaAustralia OUT 120 3
1 1 4th 14th 2 3 1
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings


Web links

Commons : Elfyn Evans  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. wrc.com: The story so far July 26, 2020
  2. ewrc-results.com: WRC 2014 July 26, 2020
  3. ewrc-results.com: WRC 2017 July 26, 2020
  4. ewrc-results.com: Elfyn Evans driver profile July 26, 2020