SEAT Córdoba WRC
- 4,135 mm (162.8 in) (debut)
- 4,172 mm (164.3 in) (upgrade)
Front transverse
4-wheel drive
- Didier Auriol
- Gwyndaf Evans
- Toni Gardemeister
- Marcus Grönholm
- Piero Liatti
- Harri Rovanperä
Races | Wins | Podiums | Titles |
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37 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
The SEAT Córdoba WRC is a World Rally Car built for the SEAT World Rally Team [es] in the World Rally Championship. It is based upon the SEAT Córdoba road car, and was debuted at the 1998 Rally Finland.
Competition history
The Córdoba WRC was SEAT's official rally car in the World Rally Championship from 1998 to 2000. It featured a 2.0 litre turbocharged engine.[1] The Córdoba WRC competed in the top category of the championship, as SEAT had homologated a World Rally Car version of the Córdoba 16v for competition in the FIA World Rally Championship and other international rallies.[4][5]
1994 World Drivers' Champion Didier Auriol, of France, and Toni Gardemeister and Harri Rovanperä, both of Finland, were among those to drive the factory cars.[1][2][3]
It made its debut at the 1998 Rally Finland, with Harri Rovanperä as the main driver.[6] The car achieved podiums at the 1999 Rally New Zealand, driven by Toni Gardemeister, the 1999 Rally GB, driven by Rovanperä, as well as in the 2000 Safari Rally, driven by Didier Auriol.[7][8][9] The works programme concluded at the end of the season of 2000, with the third evolution of the rally car.[3]
However, the Córdoba WRC continued to compete with successful results in national championships in different countries.[4] In Spain, the Córdoba won the national title of all the rallies on gravel with Pedro Diego and Marc Blázquez, and wins in tarmac rallies with Salvador Cañellas Jr.[10]
WRC Results
Year | Car | No | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points | WMC | Points |
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1998 | SEAT Córdoba WRC | 9 | Harri Rovanperä | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRC | NZL | FIN 11 | ITA Ret | AUS 11 | GBR 6 | 15th* | 3* | 5th | 1 | |
10 | Oriol Gómez | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRC | NZL | FIN Ret | - | 0 | ||||||||
Marc Duez | ITA 16 | AUS Ret | - | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Gwyndaf Evans | GBR Ret | - | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
1999 | SEAT Córdoba WRC | 9 | Harri Rovanperä | MON 7 | SWE 16 | KEN 6 | POR Ret | ESP 14 | FRA 13 | ARG Ret | GRE Ret | NZL Ret | 9th | 10 | 5th | 23 | |||||
Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 | FIN 5 | CHN 5 | ITA 16 | AUS 6 | GBR 3 | ||||||||||||||||
SEAT Córdoba WRC | 10 | Piero Liatti | MON 6 | SWE | KEN Ret | POR Ret | ESP 10 | FRA 9 | ARG Ret | GRE Ret | 23rd | 1 | |||||||||
Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 | CHN Ret | ITA 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
SEAT Córdoba WRC | Marcus Grönholm | SWE Ret | 15th* | 5* | |||||||||||||||||
Toni Gardemeister | NZL 3 | 13th* | 6* | ||||||||||||||||||
Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 | FIN 6 | AUS 16 | GBR Ret | ||||||||||||||||||
Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 | 16 | Gwyndaf Evans | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CHN | ITA | AUS | GBR Ret | - | 0 | |||
20 | Toni Gardemeister | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | CHN | ITA Ret | 13th* | 6* | ||||||||
2000 | SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo2 | 7 | Didier Auriol | MON Ret | SWE 10 | KEN 3 | POR 10 | ESP 13 | ARG Ret | GRC Ret | NZL Ret | 12th | 4 | 5th | 11 | ||||||
SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 | FIN 11 | CYP Ret | FRA 8 | ITA 17 | AUS 8 | GBR 9 | |||||||||||||||
SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo2 | 8 | Toni Gardemeister | MON 4 | SWE Ret | KEN Ret | POR 9 | ESP Ret | ARG Ret | GRC Ret | NZL Ret | 13th | 4 | |||||||||
SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 | FIN Ret | CYP Ret | FRA 11 | ITA Ret | AUS 6 | GBR 12 | |||||||||||||||
SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo2 | 17 | Harri Rovanperä | MON | SWE 12 | KEN | POR | ESP | ARG | GRC | NZL | 9th* | 7* | |||||||||
SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 | FIN | CYP | FRA | ITA | AUS | GBR 10 | |||||||||||||||
SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 | 20 | Gwyndaf Evans | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | ARG | GRC | NZL | FIN | CYP | FRA | ITA | AUS | GBR Ret | - | 0 | |||
2001 | SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 | - | Marc Blázquez | MON | SWE | POR 16 | ESP Ret | ARG Ret | CYP Ret | GRC | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | AUS | GBR | – | 0 | - | 0 |
21 | Salvador Cañellas Jr. | MON | SWE | POR | ESP Ret | ARG | CYP | GRC | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | AUS | GBR | – | 0 | ||||
24 | Gwyndaf Evans | MON | SWE | POR | ESP | ARG | CYP | GRC | KEN | FIN | NZL | ITA | FRA | AUS | GBR Ret | – | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c "SEAT Córdoba WRC". juwra.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ a b "SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo 2". juwra.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo 3". juwra.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Seat Cordoba WRC: an unfinished story". wrcwings.tech. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ de Oliveira, Rodrigo. "The forgotten SEAT Córdoba WRC is still alive, loud and sideways". DriveTribe. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Seat Cordoba WRC". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "30. Rally New Zealand 1999". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "55. Network Q Rally of Great Britain 1999". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "48. Sameer Safari Rally Kenya 2000". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Seat Cordoba WRC — Stats — Spain Gravel". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
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