World Rally Championship 2020

2020 WRC season

Season dates
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The 48th edition of the WRC World Rally Championship will be held from January 23 to November 22, 2020. For the first time since 2002, the rally safari in Kenya will again be part of the World Cup calendar. In addition, the New Zealand Rally , which was last part of the World Championship in 2012, and the Japan Rally , which was held between 2004 and 2008 and 2010, will again take place as part of the World Championship. The rallies in Australia, Catalonia and Corsica are not on the line for this.

Attendees

Changes to the preseason

The reigning world champion Ott Tänak switched from Toyota to Hyundai. For its part, the Japanese manufacturer signed the multiple world champion Sébastien Ogier (2019: Citroën), the Welshman Elfyn Evans (2019: Ford) and the young Finnish driver Kalle Rovanperä (2019: Skoda). Jari-Matti Latvala will no longer be used as a works driver and will contest five rallies in a private Yaris with his new co-driver Juho Hänninen . Takamoto Katsuta will take part in seven rallies in Europe as well as his home rally in Japan. Citroën withdrew its team from the World Championship after Ogier left, but remained in the WRC2 classification as a manufacturer for private teams. Last season's second Citroën works driver, the Finn Esapekka Lappi , switched to Ford. Craig Breen , Kris Meeke , Andreas Mikkelsen and Pontus Tidemand have not found a permanent cockpit for the new season.

Driver and team championship

brand	team	automobile	No.	driver	Co-driver	rally
Toyota	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	10	Jari-Matti Latvala	Juho Hänninen	2
			17th	Sébastien Ogier	Julien Ingrassia	1-3
			18th	Takamoto Katsuta	Dan Barritt	1 + 2
			33	Elfyn Evans	Scott Martin	1-3
			69	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen	1-3
Hyundai	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	6th	Dani Sordo	Carlos del Barrio	3
			8th	Ott Tanak	Martin Järveoja	1-3
			9	Sébastien Loeb	Daniel Elena	1
			11	Thierry Neuville	Nicolas Gilsoul	1-3
			16	Craig Breen	Paul Nagle	2
ford	M-Sport Ford WRT	Ford Fiesta WRC	3	Teemu Suninen	Jarmo Lehtinen	1-3
			4th	Esapekka Lappi	Janne Ferm	1-3
			19th	Deividas Jocius	Mindaugas Varla
			44	Gus Greensmith	Elliott Edmondson	1 + 3

calendar

No.	rally	date		winner	Manufacturer	report
		Beginning	The End
1	Rally Monte Carlo	23.1.	26.1.	Thierry Neuville	Hyundai	report
2	Rally Sweden	13.2.	16.2.	Elfyn Evans	Toyota	report
3	Rally Mexico	12.3.	15.3.	Sébastien Ogier	Toyota	report
4th	Rally Estonia	4.9.	6.9.
5	Rally Turkey	18.9.	20.9.
6th	Rally Italy	8.10.	11.10.
7th	Ypres rally	November 19	11/22

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the rallies in South America, Asia, Africa, New Zealand, Germany, Wales and Japan have been canceled.

Ratings

WRC

Driver ranking

rank	driver								Points
01	S. Ogier	2 2	4 3	1					62
02	E. Evans	3 4	1	4th					54
03	T. Neuville	1 1	6 2	13					42
04th	K. Rovanperä	5	3 1	5					40
05	O. Tanak	DNF	2 4	2					38
06th	T. Suninen	8 3	8th	3					26th
07th	E. Lappi	4 5	5 5	DNF					24
08th	S. Loeb	6th							8th
08th	P. Tidemand		15th	6th					8th
10	T. Katsuta	7th	9						8th
11	C. Breen		7th						6th
11	N. Gryazin	16	21st	7th					6th
13	M. Wilkinson			8th					4th
14th	E. Camilli	9							2
14th	G. Greensmith	63		9					2
16	M. Østberg	10	12						1
16	J. Huttunen		10						1
16	O. Veiby	DNF	13	10					1
	J. Latvala		DNF						0
	D. Sordo								0

Manufacturer rating

rank	Manufacturer								Points
01	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	2	1	1					110
		3	3	4th
02	Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team	1	2	2					89
		5	5	6th
03	M-Sport Ford World Rally Team	4th	4th	3					65
		6th	6th	5

WRC2

Driver ranking

rank	driver								Points
01	M. Østberg	1	1						50
02	N. Gryazin	3	6th	2					41
03	P. Tidemand		3	1					40
04th	O. Veiby	DNF	2	3					33
05	A. Fourmaux	2	4th						30th
06th	R. Yates	4th	5						22nd

Team evaluation

rank	driver								Points
01	Hyundai Motorsport N	3	2	2					74
		DNF	6th	3
02	M-Sport WRT	2	4th						52
		4th	5
03	PH sports	1	1						50
04th	Toksport WRT		3	1					40

Web links

• Official WRC website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tanak quits Toyota. WRC.com, October 31, 2019, accessed January 7, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Toyota reveals 2020 line-up. WRC.com, November 27, 2019, accessed January 7, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Latvala targets five rounds in 2020. WRC.com, December 13, 2019, accessed January 7, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Rally Sweden: Latavala starts with Hänninen as co-driver. Rallye Magazin, January 4, 2020, accessed on January 7, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Katsuta given eight Yaris rounds. WRC.com, December 2, 2019, accessed January 7, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Citroën to leave WRC. WRC.com, November 20, 2019, accessed January 7, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Lappi joins M-Sport Ford. WRC.com, January 2, 2020, accessed on January 7, 2020 (English).