2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 World Rally Championship-2 for Teams 2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro for Manufacturers
Drivers' Championships
2019 World Rally Championship-2 Pro for Drivers 2016, 2017, 2018 World Rally Championship-2 for Drivers 2016, 2017, 2018 Asia-Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers 2016, 2017, 2018 Codasur South American Rally Championship 2019 European Rally Championship
The Škoda Fabia R5 is a rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is based upon the Škoda Fabia road car and is built to R5 regulations. It made its competition début in 2015 as a successor to the Škoda Fabia S2000. The car proved to be very successful in the World Rally Championship-2 class, winning thirty-five events between 2015 and 2018. Esapekka Lappi won the 2016 World Rally Championship-2 drivers title with four victories, Pontus Tidemand won the 2017 championship and Jan Kopecký won the 2018 championship.[1][2][3]Škoda Motorsport won the FIA World Rally Championship-2 for Teams in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Starting in 2019, Škoda Motorsport entered the Fabia R5 in the professional class of the World Rally Championship-2.[4] An updated version of the Fabia R5 known as the Škoda Fabia R5 Evo was introduced during the 2019 season.[5][6] The car was originally launched with the R5 group nomenclature, but in early 2020, Škoda Motorsport announced the update of their car names according to the new FIA pyramid, renaming successor, the Fabia R5 evo as the Fabia Rally2 evo.[7]
From a commercial and competitive standpoint, the Fabia is one of the most successful cars in the history of the R5 category, winning over 700 rally competitions all around the world, and selling over 240 units to independent teams and owners over a three-and-a-half-year period.[citation needed]
