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.
| Škoda Fabia S2000 | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Škoda Auto/Škoda Motorsport |
| Production | 2009– |
| Assembly | Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Super 2000 |
| Layout | 4-wheel drive |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2.0 L (122 cu in) 4-cylinder, 16-valve |
| Transmission | X-trac six-speed sequential gearbox with AP Racing clutch |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,486 mm (97.9 in) |
| Length | 4,000 mm (160 in) |
| Width | 1,820 mm (72 in) |
| Kerb weight | 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Škoda Fabia WRC |
| Successor | Škoda Fabia R5 |
History
It made its début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2009, with factory team Škoda Motorsport and drivers Jan Kopecký and Juho Hänninen. The car appeared as fast as Hänninen was leading until a crash. Biggest success of the Fabia S2000 is Hänninen's IRC title with title in manufacturers for Škoda. Škoda Fabia S2000 won many national and international rally titles. Juho Hänninen won IRC in 2010, Andreas Mikkelsen won IRC in 2011 and 2012, Škoda became manufacturers champion in seasons 2010, 2011 and 2012. Juho Hänninen also won SWRC in 2011 In national championships in 2009 it was Pavel Valoušek in Czech Rally Championship, Matthias Kahle in Germany, Alberto Hevia in Spain, Raimund Baumschlager in Austria, Jozef Béreš in Slovakia and Roger Feghali in Lebanon. In 2010 it was Roman Kresta in Czech Republic, Jozef Béreš in Slovakia, Piero Longhi in Slovenia, Dimitar Iliev in Bulgaria and Andreas Mikkelsen in Italian Gravel Championship. The year of 2012 brought even more titles for Škoda Fabia S2000 including ERC for Juho Hänninen, Chris Atkinson won APRC, Škoda won manufacturers title in APRC, Jan Kopecký won in Czech, Mark Wallenwein in Germany, Raimund Baumschlager in Austria, Luca Rossetti in Turkey, Aleks Humar in Slovenia and Dimitar Iliev in Bulgaria.
PWRC victories
No. Event Season Driver Co-driver 1 
2009 Rally Norway2009 
Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson2 
2009 Cyprus Rally Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson3 
2009 Acropolis Rally Lambros Athanassoulas Nikolaos Zakheos
SWRC/WRC-2 victories
No. Event Season Driver Co-driver 1 2010 Rally Sweden2010 Per-Gunnar Andersson Anders Fredriksson2 
2010 Rally Finland Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula3 
2010 Rallye Deutschland Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson4 
2010 Rallye de France Patrik Sandell Emil Axelsson5 
2010 Wales Rally GB Andreas Mikkelsen Ola Floene6 2011 Acropolis Rally2011 Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula7 2011 Rally Finland Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula8 
2011 Rally Catalunya Juho Hänninen Mikko Markkula9 
2012 Rally de Portugal2012 
Hayden Paddon John Kennard10 2012 Rally New Zealand Hayden Paddon John Kennard11 
2013 Monte Carlo Rally2013 Sepp Wiegand Frank Christian12 2013 Rally de Portugal Esapekka Lappi Janne Ferm13 2015 Wales Rally GB2015 Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula
IRC victories
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ERC victories
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Gallery
Nicolas Vouilloz at 2010 Rallye Monte Carlo
Juho Hänninen at 2010 Finland Rally
Michał Kościuszko at 2010 Finland Rally
Matti Rantanen at 2010 Finland Rally
Juho Hänninen at 2010 Rally Scotland
Guy Wilks in 2010
Nicolas Vouilloz at 2011 Rallye Monte Carlo
Freddy Loix at 2011 Rallye Monte Carlo
Roman Kresta at 2011 Rally Bohemia
Hayden Paddon at 2012 Rally GB
See also
External links
Media related to Škoda Fabia S2000 at Wikimedia Commons