WRC Drivers Profiles

OTT TANAK

NATIONALITY: Estonia

Date of Birth: 15.10.1987

Birthplace: Kärla Parish, Estonia

Team: Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team

First Rally: 2009, Rally de Portugal

Co-Driver: Martin Järveoja

Rally Wins: 14

Championship Wins: 1 (2019)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1.  Began Rallying in his native Estonia and won the national championship in 2008 and 2009, driving for a team run by fellow countryman and ex-Ford driver Markko Märtin.

2.  Won the European Pirelli Star Driver shootout, earning a PWRC support category program in the 2010 WRC in which he finished fourth.

3. Drove a Ford Fiesta S2000 in the 2011 SWRC

THIERY NEUVILLE

NATIONALITY: Belgium 

Date of Birth: 16.06.1988

Birthplace:  Saint Vith, Belgium

Team: Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team

First Rally: 2009, Rally RACC

Co-Driver: Martijn Wydaeghe

Rally Wins: 13

Championship Wins: 0

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1.   Kicked off his first international rallying campaign in 2010 in the FIA Junior WRC

2.   Claimed IRC victories in Corsica and Sanremo in 2011 prompting Citroën’s WRC squad to offer him a full season in its Junior World Rally Team in 2012

3.  Signed multi-year agreement to be the lead driver at Hyundai’s new WRC team in 2014.

4. Three wins in 2019 and one in 2020

DANI SORDI

NATIONALITY: Spain

Date of Birth: 02.05.1983

Birthplace: Torrelavega, Spain

Team: Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team

First Rally: 2003, Rally RACC

Co-Driver: Borja Rozada

Rally Wins: 3

Championship Wins: 0

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

1. Burst onto the WRC scene in 2005 with the help of two-time world champion Carlos Sainz.

2. Citroën rewarded Sordo with a limited programme of events in a Xsara WRC with various podium finishes under his belt,

3. Given a berth alongside Sébastien Loeb in the main Citroën squad for 2007.

4. Scoring seven podiums in 2007 in the Citroën

5 Returned to Citroën in 2013 and scored his maiden WRC victory in Germany.

6. Deliver strong points finishes for Korean manufacturer (Hyundai) helping them clinch manufacturers’ world titles in 2019 and 2020.

7. Completed back-to-back victories in Italy in 2020, his third WRC win, and shares an i20 with Craig Breen in 2021.