Rally History Archive

Sébastien Loeb completed his run of nine consecutive WRC titles in 2012, then continued to win selected championship rounds as a part-time driver.

Sébastien Ogier won six consecutive WRC drivers' titles from 2013 through 2018, four with Volkswagen and two with M-Sport Ford.

Jari-Matti Latvala finished championship runner-up in 2010, 2014, and 2015 and won rallies for Ford, Volkswagen, and Toyota during the decade.

Thierry Neuville became Hyundai's lead WRC driver, won the manufacturer's first rally in 2014, and finished championship runner-up five times during the decade.

Ott Tänak won the 2019 World Rally Championship with Toyota, ending the run of French drivers' champions that had lasted since 2004.

Elfyn Evans scored his first WRC victory at the 2017 Rally GB and became a dependable M-Sport Ford front-line driver.

Andreas Mikkelsen won three WRC rounds with Volkswagen and also claimed the 2011 and 2012 Intercontinental Rally Challenge titles.

Kris Meeke won five WRC rounds between 2015 and 2017 for Citroën before completing the 2019 season with Toyota.

Mikko Hirvonen finished WRC runner-up in 2011 and 2012, completing a career total of four second-place championship finishes before retiring in 2014.

Dani Sordo earned his first WRC win in Germany in 2013 and added a second victory in Sardinia in 2019.

Hayden Paddon won the 2011 production-car world title and became the first New Zealander to win a WRC round at Rally Argentina in 2016.

Esapekka Lappi won the 2014 European title, the 2016 WRC2 title, and his first WRC round at Rally Finland in 2017.

Mads Østberg won the 2012 Rally Portugal after Mikko Hirvonen's exclusion and accumulated regular podium finishes for Ford and Citroën teams.

Teemu Suninen earned his first WRC podium in Portugal in 2018 and a career-best second place in Sardinia in 2019 for M-Sport Ford.

Craig Breen won the 2011 WRC Academy and 2012 Super 2000 World Rally Championship before scoring his first WRC podium in Finland in 2016.

Pontus Tidemand won the 2013 Junior WRC title, the 2015 Asia-Pacific championship, and the 2017 WRC2 title.

Bryan Bouffier won the 2010 French Rally Championship and the 2011 Monte Carlo Rally, then finished second when Monte Carlo returned to the WRC in 2014.

Henning Solberg continued to contest selected WRC rounds in the 2010s and reached his 100th championship start at the 2011 Jordan Rally.

Robert Kubica became the inaugural WRC2 champion in 2013, then contested top-class WRC seasons in Ford Fiesta machinery.

Lorenzo Bertelli progressed from production-based and WRC2 cars into privately funded World Rally Car programs during the 2010s.

Martin Prokop converted his 2009 Junior WRC title into a long-running private Ford program and twice achieved fourth place on WRC rounds.