The Å koda Fabia R5 is a rally car built by
Å koda Motorsport
Å koda Motorsport is the division of Czech car manufacturer Å koda Auto responsible for motorsport activities. The team had competed as a manufacturer in the World Rally Championship between 1999 and 2005 and Intercontinental Rally Challenge (be ...
. It is based upon the
Å koda Fabia
The Å koda Fabia is a supermini car produced by Czech manufacturer Å koda Auto since 1999. It is the successor of the Å koda Felicia, which was discontinued in 2001. The Fabia was available in hatchback, estate (named Fabia Combi) and saloo ...
road car and is built to
R5 regulations. It made its competition début in 2015 as a successor to the
Å koda Fabia S2000
The Å koda Fabia S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car built by Å koda Motorsport. It is based upon the Å koda Fabia road car.
History
It made its début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2009, with factory team Škoda Motorsport and drivers Jan Kopecký and ...
. The car proved to be very successful in the
World Rally Championship-2
The FIA WRC2 (previously also known as World Rally Championship 2 and WRC 2), is a support championship of the World Rally Championship. The calendar consists of the same rallies and stages as the main class and crews usually compete immediately ...
class, winning thirty-five events between
2015
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and
2018
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.
Esapekka Lappi
Esapekka Lappi (born 17 January 1991) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2012 Finnish Rally Champion, 2014 European Rally Champion and the 2016 WRC-2 Champion.
Career 2012
Lappi won the 2012 Finnish Rally Championship with Ford Fiesta S200 ...
won the
2016 World Rally Championship-2
The 2016 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the fourth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship recognized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, ran in support of the World Rally Championship. It was ...
drivers title with four victories,
Pontus Tidemand
Pontus Johan Tidemand (born 10 December 1990) is a Swedish rally and rallycross driver. He is the 2017 WRC-2 champion and a previous M-Sport and Å koda Motorsport driver. Pontus is the son of Swedish rally driver Tomas Tidemand and ex-rally c ...
won the
2017 championship and
Jan Kopecký
Jan Kopecký (born January 28, 1982) is a professional rally driver from Czech Republic who drives for Škoda Motorsport. He is the 2013 ERC champion, 2018 WRC-2 champion as well as a multiple champion of the Czech Rally Championship
Career
...
won the
2018 championship.
Å koda Motorsport
Å koda Motorsport is the division of Czech car manufacturer Å koda Auto responsible for motorsport activities. The team had competed as a manufacturer in the World Rally Championship between 1999 and 2005 and Intercontinental Rally Challenge (be ...
won the FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Starting in 2019, Å koda Motorsport entered the Fabia R5 in the
professional class
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of the World Rally Championship-2.
An updated version of the Fabia R5 known as the Å koda Fabia R5 Evo was introduced during the 2019 season. The car was originally launched with the R5 group nomenclature, but in early 2020, Å koda Motorsport announced the update of their car names according to the new FIA pyramid, renaming successor, the Fabia R5 evo as the
Fabia Rally2 evo.
The Fabia R5 has also competed in regional rally championships in
Europe
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the
Asia-Pacific
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and
Codasur South American Rally Championship
The FIA CODASUR Rally Championship is an international Rallying, rally championship which is run by Confederacion Deportiva Automovilismo Sudamericana (CODASUR) under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA and held acr ...
s.
Gaurav Gill
Gaurav Gill is a professional rally driver and an Indian motorsports athlete who competes in the Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. In 2013, Gaurav Gill became the first Indian driver to win the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship
The Asia-Pac ...
won the
2016
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and
2017
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Asia-Pacific titles and
Yuya Sumiyama won the
2018 championship.
Gustavo Saba
Gustavo Saba born July 24, 1979, is a rally driver from Paraguay who currently competes in the Codasur South American Rally Championship as well as the Argentine round of the World Rally Championship. He made his WRC debut during the 2012 Rally A ...
won the
2016
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,
2017
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and
2018
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Codasur South American Rally Championships. The car has also won a further fourteen rounds of the
European Rally Championship
The European Rally Championship (officially FIA European Rally Championship) is an rallying, automobile rally competition held annually on the European continent and organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
The champions ...
.
From a commercial and competitive standpoint, the Fabia is the one of the most successful cars in the history of the R5 category, winning over 700 rally competitions all around the world, and selling over 240 units to independent teams and owners over a three-and-a-half year period.
Results
World Championships
World Rally Championship-2 victories
Regional championships
European Rally Championship victories
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship victories
See also
*
Group R
In relation to motorsport governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, Group R refers to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for rally competition. The Group R regulations were created in 2008 as a gradual ...
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Citroën C3 R5
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Ford Fiesta R5
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* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
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Hyundai i20 R5
The Hyundai i20 R5 is a rally car built by Hyundai Motorsport and based upon the Hyundai i20 road car. It is built to R5 regulations. The i20 R5 made its competitive début at the 2016 Tour de Corse, where it was driven by Kevin Abbring and S ...
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Volkswagen Polo GTI R5
The Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 is a rally car built by Volkswagen Motorsport and based upon the Volkswagen Polo road car. It is built to R5 regulations and is a successor to the Volkswagen Polo R WRC. The Polo GTI R5 made its competitive début at th ...
References
External links
Å koda Fabia R5 at skoda-motorsport.comÅ koda Fabia R5 at ewrc-results.comÅ KODA FABIA Rally2 at fabiarally2.czÅ koda Fabia R5 at 4x4schweiz.ch
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R5 cars
Fabia R5
Cars introduced in 2015
2010s cars
All-wheel-drive vehicles
Cars of the Czech Republic