Kevin Abbring

Kevin Abbring
	Kevin Abbring in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	20 January 1989 (age 35)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2007–2012, 2014–2018, 2020–2021
Co-driver	Harmen Scholtalbers; Erwin Mombaerts; Bjorn Degandt; Lara Vanneste; Frédéric Micoltte; Sebastian Marshall ; Martijn Wydaeghe ; Pieter Tsjoen
Teams	KNAF Talent First, Hyundai
Rallies	39
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	1
Total points	10
First rally	2007 Rallye Deutschland
Last rally	2021 Monte Carlo Rally

Last updated September 07, 2024

Kevin Abbring (born 20 January 1989) is a Dutch rally driver. His father, Edwin Abbring, is also a well-known former rally driver.

Career

Abbring started his motorsport career in Rallycross with a 60 bhp strong buggy for newcomers, winning the 2005 and 2006 titles of the Dutch Ford RST series. In 2007 he competed in the Dutch Rally Championship with a Mitsubishi Colt. He also made his World Rally Championship debut in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX. In 2008 he began competing in the Junior World Rally Championship in a Renault Clio R3, with backing from KNAF Talent First. He took his first JWRC win on the 2009 Rally Poland, on his way to fourth in the final standings for 2009.^[1] In 2010 he won the JWRC in Portugal. He has also competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, winning the 2WD category in Ypres and Zlín. In October 2011 Abbring won the Driver of the academy award for the inaugural FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy.

After a successful trial rally for Volkswagen Motorsport driving a Škoda Fabia S2000 car at 2011 Wales Rally GB he signed with Volkswagen for the 2012 WRC season driving one of their Fabia's, sharing the second seat alongside Sebastien Ogier with Andreas Mikkelsen. Sadly, he was offered very few outings by VW in 2012 and didn't rally in the WRC at all in 2013.

In 2013 he won the French Peugeot 208 Rally Cup, leading to Peugeot Sport offering him a drive in the European Rally Championship in their new Peugeot 208 T16 R5 car.

Plagued with technical issues, Abbring took the lead in 5 ERC events, but was forced to retire with engine trouble on all event except Azores, (where he finished 2nd after falling back from the lead with mechanical issues) and the Tour de Corse, where he finished 3rd.

In January 2015, it was announced he would be the main testdriver for Hyundai Motorsport in the World Rally Championship. While his main focus would be the development of the new Hyundai i20 WRC, Abbring and Seb Marshall were also entered on selected WRC events later in the year.^[2]

He took his first stage win and first points at the 2016 13º Rally d'Italia Sardinia. He won his first international rally at the wheel of a Hyundai i20 R5 at the French Rallye du Var in 2016. In 2017, he was the first Dutchman ever to win the biggest rally of Belgium, the Ypres Rally, at the wheel of a Peugeot 208 R5.

Results

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar/RX1

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	WRX	Points
2019	ES Motorsport-Labas GAS	Škoda Fabia	UAE	BAR	BEL	GBR	NOR 4	SWE 4	CAN	FRA	LAT	RSA	16th	35
2020	GCK UNKORRUPTED	Renault Clio R.S. RX	SWE	SWE	FIN 17	FIN 13	LAT	LAT	ESP	ESP			25th	4
2021	Unkorrupted	Renault Mégane R.S.	BAR 6	SWE 3	FRA 4	LAT 8	LAT 8	BEL 7	PRT	GER	GER		7th	97

WRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
2007	KNAF Talent First	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	GER 41	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRE	GBR	NC	0
2008	KNAF Talent First	Renault Clio R3	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR Ret	ITA Ret	GRE	TUR	FIN 33	GER 34	NZL	ESP 40	FRA 30	JPN	GBR		NC	0
2009	KNAF Talent First	Renault Clio R3	IRE 22	NOR	CYP	POR 19	ARG	ITA Ret	GRE	POL 11	FIN Ret	AUS	ESP 27	GBR					NC	0
2010	KNAF Talent First	Renault Clio R3	SWE	MEX	JOR	TUR 15	NZL	POR 21	BUL 21	FIN	GER Ret	JPN	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2011	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR 12				NC	0
2012	Volkswagen Motorsport	Škoda Fabia S2000	MON 12	SWE	MEX Ret	POR DNS	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	GER	GBR 25	FRA	ITA	ESP				NC	0
2014	Peugeot Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 T16	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA 14	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2015	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	MON	SWE 11	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 15	FIN	GER 11	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR				NC	0
2016	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 15	POL	FIN 9	GER	CHN C		ESP 7		AUS			16th	10
2016	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5											FRA Ret		GBR Ret				16th	10
2017	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON 31	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	ESP	GBR	AUS				NC	0
2018	Kevin Abbring	Ford Fiesta R5	MON Ret	SWE Ret	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR Ret	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS				NC	0
2020	Kevin Abbring	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON	SWE	MEX	EST	TUR	ITA	MNZ 15										NC	0
2021	Pieter Tsjoen	Volkswagen Polo GTI R5	MON 20	ARC	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	BEL	GRE	FIN	ESP	MNZ					NC	0

WRC-2 results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2016	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL	FIN	GER	CHN C	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR Ret	AUS	NC	0
2018	Kevin Abbring	Ford Fiesta R5	MON Ret	SWE Ret	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR Ret	ITA	FIN	GER	TUR	GBR	ESP	AUS		NC	0

JWRC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	JWRC	Points
2008	Knaf Talent First	Renault Clio R3	MEX	JOR Ret	ITA Ret	FIN 6	GER 6	ESP 11	FRA 8		13th	7
2009	Knaf Talent First	Renault Clio R3	IRE 5	CYP	POR 2	ARG	ITA Ret	POL 1	FIN Ret	ESP 4	4th	27
2010	Knaf Talent First	Renault Clio R3	TUR 3	POR 1	BUL 7	GER Ret	FRA Ret	ESP			5th	46

ERC results

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2014	Peugeot Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 T16	AUT	LVA	GRC Ret	GBR Ret	PRT 2	BEL Ret	EST	CZE Ret	CYP	ROU	CHE Ret	FRA 3	6	63

Overall rally victories

Year	Event	Car	Championship
2016	Rallye du Var	Hyundai i20 R5	French
2017	Rallye de Wallonie	Peugeot 208 R5	Belgian
2017	Ypres Rally	Peugeot 208 R5	TER, Belgian, British

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References

↑ "Kevin Abbring". Results. ewrc-results. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
↑ "Hyundai signs Kevin Abbring to part-time WRC deal for 2015". autosport.com . Motorsport Network. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

External links

Official website (in Dutch)

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[ewrc-results-1] "Kevin Abbring". Results. ewrc-results. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

[2] "Hyundai signs Kevin Abbring to part-time WRC deal for 2015". autosport.com . Motorsport Network. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

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