Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo

The Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo^[4] (former name prior to 2019 rule changes was R5 evo) is a rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is an upgraded generational update of the original Fabia R5, based on the facelifted Škoda Fabia production car. After four years of success in the R5 discipline with the original Fabia, Škoda announced the Fabia R5 evo at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019. The car was showcased as an improvement over the 2015 Fabia in nearly all areas, most notably the power and response of the engine. After many kilometers of testing, The Evo passed international homologation on the 1st of April 2019, and made its competitive rallying debut in the hands of Jan Kopecký at the third round of the Czech Rally Championship, Rallye Český Krumlov.^[5] The car would make a successful first impression, winning the rally overall. Soon after it would make its World Rally Championship debut at Rally de Portugal, where it would once again emerge victorious in the hands of Kalle Rovanperä.^[6]

Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo

A Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo driven by Mattias Ekström at the 2021 Arctic Rally Finland
Category	Group Rally2
Constructor	Škoda Motorsport
Homologation	1 April 2019
Predecessor	Škoda Fabia R5
Successor	Škoda Fabia RS Rally2
Technical specifications[1]
Length	3,999 mm (157.4 in)
Width	1,820 mm (71.7 in)
Engine	VW EA888 1.6 L (98 cu in) 4-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged
Transmission	5-speed sequential 4-wheel drive
Weight	1,230 kg (2,711.7 lb)
Competition history
Notable entrants	Škoda Motorsport
Notable drivers	World Rally Championship-2 Pro: Jan Kopecký[2] Kalle Rovanperä[2]
Debut	World Rally Championship-2 Pro: 2019 Rally de Portugal Czech Rally Championship: 2019 Rallye Český Krumlov
First win	World Rally Championship-2 Pro: 2019 Rally de Portugal Czech Rally Championship: 2019 Rallye Český Krumlov
Teams' Championships	1 (Toksport, 2020)[3]

Rally victories

World Rally Championship-2 Pro

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2019	1	2019 Rally de Portugal	Gravel	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen
	2	2019 Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen
	3	2019 Rally Finland	Gravel	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen
	4	2019 Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler
	5	2019 Wales Rally GB	Gravel	Kalle Rovanperä	Jonne Halttunen
Sources:[7]

World Rally Championship-2

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2019	1	2019 Rallye Deutschland	Tarmac	Fabian Kreim	Tobias Braun
2020	2	2020 Rally Mexico	Gravel	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth
	3	2020 Rally Turkey	Gravel	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth
	4	2020 Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Pontus Tidemand	Patrik Barth
2021	5	2021 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene
	6	2021 Rally Estonia	Gravel	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene
	7	2021 Acropolis Rally	Gravel	Andreas Mikkelsen	Elliott Edmondson
2022	8	2022 Monte Carlo Rally	Mixed	Andreas Mikkelsen	Torstein Eriksen
	9	2022 Rally Sweden	Snow	Andreas Mikkelsen	Torstein Eriksen
	10	2022 Rally Italia Sardegna	Gravel	Nikolay Gryazin[a]	Konstantin Aleksandrov[b]
	11	2022 Safari Rally	Gravel	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak
	12	2022 Rally Estonia	Gravel	Andreas Mikkelsen	Torstein Eriksen
	13	2022 Rally Finland	Gravel	Emil Lindholm	Reeta Hämäläinen
	14	2022 Acropolis Rally	Gravel	Emil Lindholm	Reeta Hämäläinen
2023	15	2023 Safari Rally	Gravel	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak
Sources:[9][10][11][12][13]

World Rally Championship-3

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2020	1	2020 Rally Turkey	Gravel	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak
	2	2020 Rally Monza	Tarmac	Andreas Mikkelsen	Anders Jæger
2021	3	2021 Arctic Rally	Snow	Teemu Asunmaa	Marko Salminen
	4	2021 Croatia Rally	Tarmac	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak
	5	2021 Rally de Portugal	Gravel	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak
	6	2021 Rally Estonia	Gravel	Alexey Lukyanuk[c]	Yaroslav Fedorov[d]
	7	2021 Acropolis Rally	Gravel	Kajetan Kajetanowicz	Maciej Szczepaniak
	8	2021 Rally Finland	Gravel	Emil Lindholm	Reeta Hämäläinen
	9	2021 Rally Catalunya	Tarmac	Emil Lindholm[e]	Reeta Hämäläinen[f]
Sources:[14][15]

European Rally Championship

Year	No.	Event	Surface	Driver	Co-driver
2019	1	2019 Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Tarmac	Jan Kopecký	Pavel Dresler
2020	2	2020 Rally Hungary	Tarmac	Andreas Mikkelsen	Ola Fløene
2021	3	2021 Rally di Roma Capitale	Tarmac	Giandomenico Basso	Lorenzo Granai
	4	2021 Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Tarmac	Jan Kopecký	Jan Hloušek
	5	2021 Azores Rallye	Gravel	Andreas Mikkelsen	Elliott Edmondson
	6	2021 Rally Serras de Fafe e Felgueiras	Gravel	Andreas Mikkelsen	Elliott Edmondson
2022	7	2022 Azores Rallye	Gravel	Efrén Llarena	Sara Fernández
	8	2022 Rally Poland	Gravel	Mikołaj Marczyk	Szymon Gospodarczyk
	9	2022 Rally Liepāja	Gravel	Mārtiņš Sesks	Renārs Francis
	10	2022 Rally di Roma Capitale	Tarmac	Damiano De Tommaso	Giorgia Ascalone
	11	2022 Barum Czech Rally Zlín	Tarmac	Jan Kopecký	Jan Hloušek
Sources:[16][17][18][19]

Notes

1. Nikolay Gryazin is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]
2. Konstantin Aleksandrov is Russian, but he competed as a neutral competitor using the ANA flag as Russian national emblems were banned by the association due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8]
3. Alexey Lukyanuk is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
4. Yaroslav Fedorov is Russian, but he competes as a neutral competitor using the designation RAF (Russian Automobile Federation), as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.
5. Reeta Hämäläinen appears as the driver on official documents.
6. Emil Lindholm appears as the co-driver on official documents.