Thierry Neuville
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| Nation: |
 Belgium
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| World Rally Championship (WRC) | |||||||||
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| First rally: | Rally Finland 2008 | ||||||||
| Co-driver: |
Nicolas Gilsoul Nicolas Klinger
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| Team: |
Hyundai World Rally Team Qatar World Rally Team Citroën Junior WRT |
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| Vehicle: |
Hyundai i20 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC Citroën DS3 WRC |
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| Points: | 1262 | ||||||||
| Status: After rally 3 of 8, 2020 season | |||||||||
| Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) | |||||||||
| First rally: | Ypres rally 2009 | ||||||||
| Co-driver: |
Nicolas Gilsoul
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| Team: | Peugeot Team Bel-Lux | ||||||||
| Vehicle: | Peugeot 207 S2000 | ||||||||
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| Championship title: | - | ||||||||
| Points: | 127 | ||||||||
| Status: After rally 11 of 11, 2011 season | |||||||||
Thierry Neuville (born June 16, 1988 in Sankt Vith ) is a Belgian rally driver from Hünningen near Sankt Vith in the German-speaking Community of Belgium .
Career
Thierry Neuville drove several national rallies from 2007. In 2009 he took part in the Ypres rally in the BF Goodrich Drivers Team's Peugeot 207 S2000 . A few months later, Neuville started his first rally in the World Rally Championship as a driver of the RACB National Team in the Citroën C2 R2 Max at the Rally Catalonia , after he had already registered for the Rally Finland in 2008 but did not start there.
In 2010, the team had Automeca Solutions of Philippe Bugalski decided to support Neuville. Neuville contested five rallies in the Junior World Rally Championship in the Citroën C2 S1600 with co-driver Nicolas Klinger . He won his first JWRC victory at the 2010 Rally Bulgaria . He reached the seventh championship place in the JWRC. During the season he also made it into the Intercontinental Rally Challenge , in which he drove parallel to the JWRC. In the Peugeot 207 S2000 from Kronos Racing , he took part in six IRC rallies. After Neuville had scored his first points at the Rally Sardinia , he achieved his first podium result with third place at the Ypres rally. However, he also had to complain about several failures as a result of accidents. At the end of the season he finished ninth in the overall ranking of the IRC.
In 2011 Neuville started his second IRC season for Kronos Racing. At the beginning of the season he got a new co-driver in Nicolas Gilsoul . At the 2011 Islas Canarias Rally , Neuville finished third. The following Tour de Corse 2011 he led almost continuously and he scored his first victory in the IRC. This made him the youngest driver to ever win an IRC rally. After Neuville won the San Remo Rally and finished sixth at the Scotland Rally , he was third in the championship. In the final statement, he finished fifth with 115 points, as he was eliminated at the last run in Cyprus.
In 2012 Neuville joined the Citroën Junior Team. His best finish was fourth in France. He scored a total of 53 World Championship points and was seventh. In 2013 he drove for the Qatar World Rally Team. Although he did not manage to win, he finished second four times and third three times along with other points, which was enough for him to become vice world champion behind Sébastien Ogier .
Hyundai works driver since 2014
Since 2014 , Thierry Neuville has been participating in the world championship for the Hyundai World Rally Team, which has re-entered . Hyundai has not been in the WRC since 2003. As a Hyundai works driver, Neuville won the Rallye Deutschland , his first victory in the top rally class . In the world championship Neuville finished sixth with 105 world championship points.
Thierry Neuville started the 2015 World Rally Championship with the Hyundai i20 WRC from last year. In the Monte Carlo Rally he managed a fifth place and in Rally Sweden he missed the victory only by 6.4 seconds. The modified i20 WRC was used from the Rally Argentina .
Neuville has been driving at Hyundai WRT since 2014 , won thirteen rallies for the Korean car brand by 2020 and was runner- up four times from 2016 to 2019 . Neuville achieved his greatest victory in 2020 , winning the Monte Rally , arguably the most difficult rally in the world championship.
Other
In 2019 Neuville took part as a guest starter at a TCR Germany race weekend at the Nürburgring . In the first run he started from pole position and won. He finished the second run in fourth place.
Neuville's younger brother Yannick Neuville (* 1991) is also a rally driver.
statistics
WRC victories
Individual results WRC
| Legend | ||
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| 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 |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Web links
- official homepage
- Results and statistics on eWRC-results.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bugalski helps Neuville with the ascent ( Memento from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Rallye-Magazin.de on January 14, 2010).
- ^ Neuville with first JWRC victory ( Memento from February 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Rallye-Magazin.de on July 12, 2010).
- ↑ Neuville gets IRC program (Rallye-Magazin.de on March 27, 2010).
- ↑ Loix wins superiorly at the comeback in Ypres (Motorsport-Total.com on June 26, 2010).
- ^ Neuville with a new co-driver (Motorsport-Total.com on February 17, 2011).
- ↑ SS7-12: Hänninen wins Canary Islands thriller (Motorsport-Total.com on April 16, 2011).
- ↑ Corsica: Neuville makes IRC history (Motorsport-Total.com on May 14, 2011).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Neuville, Thierry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sankt Vith Belgium |