The SEAT Córdoba WRC is a World Rally Car built for the in the World Rally Championship. It is based upon the SEAT Córdoba road car, and was debuted at the 1998 Rally Finland.
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Competition history
The Córdoba WRC was SEAT's official rally car in the World Rally Championship from to . It featured a 2.0 litre turbocharged engine. 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.
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.
It made its debut at the 1998 Rally Finland, with Harri Rovanperä as the main driver. 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. The works programme concluded at the end of the season of 2000, with the third evolution of the rally car.
However, the Córdoba WRC continued to compete with successful results in national championships in different countries. 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.
WRC Results Year Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WDC Points WMC Points 1998 SEAT Córdoba WRC 9 Harri Rovanperä MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FIN11 ITARet AUS11 GBR6 15th* 3* 5th 1 10 Oriol Gómez MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRC NZL FINRet - 0 Marc Duez ITA16 AUSRet - 0 Gwyndaf Evans GBRRet - 0 1999 SEAT Córdoba WRC 9 Harri Rovanperä MON7 SWE16 KEN6 PORRet ESP14 FRA13 ARGRet GRERet NZLRet 9th 10 5th 23 Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 FIN5 CHN5 ITA16 AUS6 GBR3 SEAT Córdoba WRC 10 Piero Liatti MON6 SWE KENRet PORRet ESP10 FRA9 ARGRet GRERet 23rd 1 Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 CHNRet ITA16 SEAT Córdoba WRC Marcus Grönholm SWERet 15th* 5* Toni Gardemeister NZL3 13th* 6* Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 FIN6 AUS16 GBRRet Seat Cordoba WRC Evo2 16 Gwyndaf Evans MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBRRet - 0 20 Toni Gardemeister MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE CHN ITARet 13th* 6* 2000 SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo2 7 Didier Auriol MONRet SWE10 KEN3 POR10 ESP13 ARGRet GRCRet NZLRet 12th 4 5th 11 SEAT Córdoba WRC Evo3 FIN11 CYPRet FRA8 ITA17 AUS8 GBR9 SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo2 8 Toni Gardemeister MON4 SWERet KENRet POR9 ESPRet ARGRet GRCRet NZLRet 13th 4 SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 FINRet CYPRet FRA11 ITARet AUS6 GBR12 SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo2 17 Harri Rovanperä MON SWE12 KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL 9th* 7* SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR10 SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 20 Gwyndaf Evans MON SWE KEN POR ESP ARG GRC NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBRRet - 0 2001 SEAT Cordoba WRC Evo3 - Marc Blázquez MON SWE POR16 ESPRet ARGRet CYPRet GRC KEN FIN NZL ITA FRA AUS GBR – 0 - 0 21 Salvador Cañellas Jr. MON SWE POR ESPRet 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 GBRRet – 0
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