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Born | Paraguay | 8 February 2001
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Active years | 2019–present |
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Rallies | 24 |
Championships | 0 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 0 |
Total points | 1 |
First rally | 2019 Rally Sweden |
Last updated on: 19 November 2022. |
Fabrizio Zaldivar (born 8 February 2001) is a rally driver from Paraguay. He is the son of a well-known Paraguayan rally driver and owner of MZR Paraguay, Miguel Zaldivar.
Zaldivar started rallying in 2016, entering several events around Paraguay. [1] He made his WRC debut in 2019 by contesting the JWRC and managed to finish 8th overall. He remained in the series in 2020, finishing 4th this time. His co-driver during both campaigns was Fernando Mussano.
Zaldivar switched to WRC-3 in 2021. Upon splitting his ways with Mussano, he teamed up with Dani Sordo's former co-driver, Carlos del Barrio. Contesting 7 events of the season behind the wheel of a Toksport WRT prepared Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo gave Zaldivar 8th place in the overall classification, with the best result being 4th class place (11th overall) in Rally Italia Sardegna. In 2022, Zaldivar joined Hyundai Motorsport to compete in the combined WRC-2 series. [2] He changed his co-driver to Marcelo Der Ohanessian mid-season, but managed to finish only in 17th place in the overall WRC-2 classification and 4th in WRC-2 Junior. He also scored his first WRC point during 2022 Rally Japan, when he finished 5th on the Power Stage.
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WDC | Points |
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2019 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Ford Fiesta R2T19 | MCO | SWE 41 | MEX | FRA 41 | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA 28 | FIN 41 | GER | TUR | GBR 32 | ESP 33 | AUS C | NC | 0 |
2020 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Ford Fiesta R2T19 | MCO | SWE 31 | MEX | EST 37 | TUR | ITA 27 | MNZ 33 | NC | 0 | |||||||
2021 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | MCO | ARC 33 | CRO 17 | POR 18 | ITA 11 | KEN | EST 20 | BEL | GRE 33 | FIN | ESP 23 | MNZ | NC | 0 | ||
2022 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | MON | SWE | CRO | POR 31 | ITA 33 | KEN | EST 20 | FIN 15 | BEL | GRE 11 | NZL | ESP 18 | JPN 25 | 38th | 1 |
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
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2022 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | MON | SWE | CRO | POR 14 | ITA 22 | KEN | EST 9 | FIN 7 | BEL | GRE 5 | NZL | ESP 8 | JPN 14 | 17th | 23 |
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | WDC | Points |
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2022 | Hyundai Motorsport N | Hyundai i20 N Rally2 | MON | SWE | CRO | POR 3 | ITA 9 | KEN | EST 4 | FIN 4 | BEL | GRE 3 | NZL | ESP 4 | JPN 5 | 4th | 76 |
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Points |
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2021 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo | MCO | ARC 13 | CRO 6 | POR 6 | ITA 4 | KEN | EST 7 | BEL | GRE 9 | FIN | ESP 6 | MNZ | 8th | 47 |
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | WDC | Points |
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2019 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Ford Fiesta R2T19 | SWE 9 | FRA 10 | ITA 7 | FIN 8 | GBR 5 | 8th | 32 |
2020 | Fabrizio Zaldivar | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | SWE 6 | EST 6 | ITA 2 | MNZ 2 | 4th | 53 |
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