The Škoda Fabia R5 is a rally car built by

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. It is based upon the

Škoda Fabia The Škoda Fabia is a series of passenger cars produced by Czech manufacturer Škoda Auto since 1999. It is the successor of the Škoda Felicia, which was discontinued in 2001. The Fabia was available in hatchback, estate (named Fabia Combi) ...

road car and is built to R5 regulations. It made its competition début in 2015 as a successor to the

Škoda Fabia S2000 The Škoda Fabia S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is based upon the Škoda 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

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class, winning thirty-five events between

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and

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won the 2016 World Rally Championship-2 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 Škoda Motorsport driver. Pontus is the son of Swedish rally driver Tomas Tidemand and ex-rally co ...

won the 2017 championship and

Jan Kopecký Jan Kopecký (born 28 January 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.

won the FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Starting in 2019, Škoda Motorsport entered the Fabia R5 in the

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of the World Rally Championship-2. An updated version of the Fabia R5 known as the Škoda Fabia R5 Evo was introduced during the 2019 season. The car was originally launched with the R5 group nomenclature, but in early 2020, Škoda 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

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the Asia-Pacific 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 ac ...

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won the

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and

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Asia-Pacific titles and Yuya Sumiyama won the 2018 championship. Gustavo Saba won the

and

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 champion ...

. From a commercial and competitive standpoint, the Fabia is 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

References

External links

Škoda Fabia R5 at skoda-motorsport.comŠkoda Fabia R5 at ewrc-results.comŠKODA FABIA Rally2 at fabiarally2.czŠkoda Fabia R5 at 4x4schweiz.ch
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