2C Compétition
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| Base | Thiers, France |
|---|---|
| Team principal(s) | Florent Peronnet |
| Drivers | |
| Chassis | Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC |
| Tyres | Pirelli |
| World Rally Championship history | |
| Debut | 2020 |
| Manufacturers' Championships | 0 |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
2C Compétition is a French rally team based in Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France. It is owned by the company SARL 2 C and was founded in 2009.[1][2]
Competition history
[edit]The team were responsible for running the Škoda Fabia R5 cars that propelled Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais to WRC2 championship title wins in 2019.
The team entered the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers in 2020 and 2021 using a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC.[3] WRC regulations at the time insisted the name of the manufacturer had to be included in the name of the team entry, thus the team competed as Hyundai 2C Compétition.[2][4] It's also likely Hyundai supported the entry as drivers Loubet and Ole Christian Veiby were part of their junior driver programme.[5]
In 2022, the team competed in the American Rally Association national championship with Ken Block driving its Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. To assist with logistics they opened a base in Indianapolis, Indiana.[6]
In 2023, 2C Compétition partnered with Hyundai to contest as the manufacturer's WRC2 entry using their Hyundai i20 N Rally2 cars.[7] Reports suggested they had ambitions to contest the WRC using Rally1 cars but the decision 'was not in their hands'.[8]
Rally results
[edit]WRC results
[edit]| Year | Driver | Rounds | Points | WCM | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 2020 | MON | SWE | MEX | EST | TUR | ITA | MNZ | 8 | 4th | ||||||
 Pierre-Louis Loubet
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Ret | Ret | 7 | ||||||||||||
 Ole Christian Veiby
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Ret | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | MON | ARC | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | BEL | GRE | FIN | ESP | MNZ | 68 | 4th | |
| Pierre-Louis Loubet
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16 | 39 | 29 | Ret | Ret | WD | 7 | 68 | Ret | WD | |||||
 Oliver Solberg
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7 | WD | Ret | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||
 Nil Solans
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8 | ||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "SARL 2 C à THIERS (494231004), CA, bilan, KBIS - Infogreffe". www.infogreffe.fr. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ a b "Hyundai 2C Compétition". WRC - World Rally Championship. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "Loubet set for World Rally Car début". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "juwra.com | Regulations archive - 2020". juwra.com. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ Media, DirtFish (2020-12-30). "Full Rally1 WRC program in 2021 for Loubet". DirtFish. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ Barry, Luke (2022-07-14). "Why the ARA works for a WRC team". DirtFish. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ Rünnenburger, Sabine (2023-01-16). "Title target in WRC2". Hyundai Motorsport Official Website. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ Evans, David (2022-12-29). "2C interested in running a Rally1 car in WRC". DirtFish. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in French)