Hyundai Motorsport

Hyundai World Rally Team
Surname	Hyundai Shell World Rally Team
Companies	Hyundai
Company headquarters	Alzenau
Team boss	Andrea Adamo
Technical Director	Alain Penasse
2020 season
driver	Thierry Neuville Daniel Sordo Ott Tänak Sébastien Loeb; ; ;
Co-driver	Nicolas Gilsoul Carlos del Barrio Martin Järveoja Daniel Elena; ; ;
tires	Michelin
World Cup position	-
statistics
First rally world championship run	Rally Sweden 2000
Last rally world championship run	Rally Mexico 2015
Constructors' championship	4th
Drivers World Championship	6 (Thierry Neuville)
Rally victories	1
Position 2014 season	4th
	Status: 4th of 13 World Championship races in 2015

Hyundai Motorsport is the motorsport division of the Hyundai Motor Company , based in Alzenau (Germany). Michel Nandan has been Motorsport Director of Hyundai Motorsport since returning to the World Rally Championship in 2014 .

history

2000 to 2003

In 2000 , Hyundai tried to gain a foothold in the World Rally Championship . The team first took part in the Sweden 2000 Rally . Despite constant further development, Hyundai never managed to catch up with the established teams, and only a few world championship points were scored. A fourth place in the 2001 Rally Great Britain was the best result. During the current 2003 season, Hyundai withdrew from the World Rally Championship and put the Hyundai Accent WRC in the museum.

2014

The Hyundai i20 WRC at the Geneva Motor Show 2014

In 2013 Hyundai Motorsport decided to re-enter the World Rally Championship for the 2014 season . With the Hyundai i20 WRC model, a vehicle was developed that was on the level of the Volkswagen Polo R WRC or the Citroën DS3 WRC . Despite the relatively short preparation time, Thierry Neuville came third in the Rally Mexico . At the Rallye Deutschland , Neuville's first victory followed in front of team-mate Dani Sordo .

Individual results WRC

year	team	automobile	No	driver	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	rank	Points	rank	Points
2000	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC	14th	Sweden Kenneth Eriksson	MON	SWE 13	KEN	POR DNF	ESP 23	ARG 8	GRE DNF	NZL 5	FIN 15	CYP	FRA DNF	ITA 45	OFF 4	GBR DNF	11	5	7th	8th
			15th	United Kingdom Alister McRae	MON	SWE 14	KEN	POR DNF	ESP DNF	ARG 7	GRE DNF	NZL DNF	FIN 9	CYP	FRA 12	ITA 16	FROM DNF	GBR 11	-	0
			15th	Australia Michael Guest													FROM DNF	GBR	-	0
	Hyundai Winfield Rally Team		15th	Australia Michael Guest	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	ESP	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN 30	CYP	FRA	ITA DNF			-	0	-	0
2001	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC	9	Italy Piero Liatti	MON DNF			ESP DNF							ITA DNF	FRA 8			-	0	5	17th
			9	Sweden Kenneth Eriksson		SWE 8	POR 7		ARG DNF	CYP DNF	GRE DNF	KEN	FIN 12	NZL 10			OFF 12	GBR 6	21st	1
			10	United Kingdom Alister McRae	MON 7	SWE DNF	POR 6	ESP 11	ARG 9	CYP 7	GRE 15	KEN	FIN 13	NZL 9	ITA DNF	FRA 9	OFF 10	GBR 4	17th	4th
			20th	Italy Piero Liatti		SWE	POR		ARG	CYP DNF	GRE	KEN						GBR DNF	-	0
			20th	Finland Juha Kankkunen	MON			ESP					FIN DNF	NZL	ITA	FRA	OUT		-	0
2002	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC	17th	Germany Armin Schwarz	MON DNF	SWE DNF	FRA 13	ESP 16	CYP 7	ARG DNF	GRE 9	KEN DNF	FIN 13	GER DNF	ITA DNF	NZL 10	FROM DNF	GBR DNF	-	0	4th	10
			18th	Belgium Freddy Loix	MON DNF	SWE DNF	FRA 9	ESP 10	CYP DNF	ARG DNF	GRE DNF	KEN DNF	FIN 9	GER DNF	ITA 28	NZL 6	FROM DNF	GBR 8	17th	1
			19th	Finland Juha Kankkunen	MON	SWE 8		ESP	CYP DNF	ARG 7	GRE DNF	KEN 8	FIN DNF	GER	ITA	NZL 5	FROM DNF	GBR 9	14th	2
			19th	Poland Tomasz Kuchar			FRA DNF												-	0
			27	Poland Tomasz Kuchar	MON	SWE		ESP	CYP 14	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	GER	ITA	NZL	OUT	GBR	-	0
2003	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai Accent WRC	10	Germany Armin Schwarz	MON 8	SWE 13	TUR DNF	NZL DNF	ARG DNF	GRE DNF	CYP 7	GER 12	FIN 12	OFF 13	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR	15th	3	6th	12
			11	Belgium Freddy Loix	MON DNF	SWE 10	TUR 10	NZL DNF	ARG DNF	GRE DNF	CYP DNF	GER 11	FIN 10	OFF 8	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR	13	4th
			11	Finland Jussi Välimäki	MON	SWE DNF	DOOR	NZL DNF	ARG	GRE DNF			FIN DNF	OUT	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR	-	0
				United Kingdom Justin Dale							CYP DNF								-	0
				Austria Manfred Stohl								GER 18							19th	2
			25th	United Kingdom Justin Dale	MON	SWE	DOOR	NZL	ARG	GRE		GER 28	FIN	OUT	ITA	FRA	ESP	GBR	-	0
2014	Hyundai World Rally Team	Hyundai i20 WRC	7th	Belgium Thierry Neuville	MON DNF	SWE 28	MEX 3	POR 7	ARG 5	ITA 16	POL 3	FIN DNF	GER 1	OFF 7	FRA 8	ESP 6	GBR 4		6th	105	4th	187
			8th	Spain Daniel Sordo	MON DNF				ARG DNF				GER 2		FRA 4	ESP	GBR		10	30th
				Finland Juho Hänninen		SWE 19		POR 8		ITA DNF	POL 6	FIN 6				ESP	GBR 26		13	20th
				Australia Chris Atkinson			MEX 7							OFF 10		ESP	GBR		18th	7th
	Hyundai Motorsport N		20th	Spain Daniel Sordo				POR DNF								ESP	GBR		-	0	7th	28
				New Zealand Hayden Paddon						ITA 12	POL 8	FIN 8		OFF 8		ESP 9	GBR 10		14th	19th
				France Bryan Bouffier									GER DNF		FRA 9	ESP	GBR		2	12

Bryan Bouffier did not drive the Monte Carlo Rally for Hyundai, he finished second there and secured 18 championship points. He finished 12th in the 2014 drivers' championship .

Beyond world rally championships

In addition to its involvement in the World Rally Championship , Hyundai Motorsport develops rally and touring cars for customer racing .

The first touring car based on the i30 N was developed with touring car size Gabriele Tarquini . The TCR vehicle has a 250 kW (340 hp) engine with a maximum torque of 410 Nm as well as 380 mm internally ventilated brake discs with 6-piston Brembo brake calipers at the front; the price is around 152,000 euros.

In 2019, Max Hesse and the Engstler team won the TCR Germany driver and team standings.

i30 N TCR (touring car)
i30 N 24h

24h race

In 2017, Hyundai took part in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring with two Hyundai i30Ns. Hyundai took part again in 2018 and 2019. In the 2019 qualification, the i30 Fastback achieved second place in the "V2T" class for near-series vehicles. Despite a collision, the Engstler team was able to achieve third place in this class.