Thierry Neuville
Thierry Neuville, 2014
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Belgian |
| Born |
16 June 1988 St. Vith, Belgium |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 2008–2010, 2012–present |
| Co-driver |
Nicolas Gilsoul Nicolas Klinger
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| Teams | Citroën Junior, Qatar, Hyundai |
| Rallies | 76 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 21 |
| Stage wins | 99 |
| Total points | 638 |
| First rally | 2008 Rally Finland |
| First win | 2014 Rallye Deutschland |
| Last win | 2017 Tour de Corse |
Thierry Neuville (born 16 June 1988) is a Belgian rally driver. He is currently competing in the World Rally Championship. His co-driver was Nicolas Klinger from his debut until the end of 2010. Klinger was replaced by Nicolas Gilsoul for the first 2011 IRC rally, Monte Carlo. Since 2014, Neuville and Gilsoul have driven a factory-backed Hyundai i20 WRC for Hyundai Motorsport.
Neuville drove a self-entered Citroën C2 at the 2010 Junior World Rally Championship, collecting a win, a 3rd and three retirements to finish 7th in the standings. He also competed in six rounds of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge with a semi-works Peugeot 207 S2000, scoring a 3rd place at Ypres and a 4th place at Sardinia.
In 2011, Neuville competed full-time in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, again driving a semi-works Peugeot 207 S2000. He took his first two victories in the Tour de Corse and Sanremo, resulting 5th in the standings with further 2nd, 3rd and 4th race finishes.
Citroën signed Neuville for the 2012 World Rally Championship, driving all races on a Citroën DS3 WRC for the Citroën Junior Team except two for the Qatar World Rally Team. The Belgian scored points in six races, with 4th at Alsace as his best result, and finished 7th in the championship.
Neuville joined Qatar for the 2013 season, now driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC. He retired for the third time in Rallye Monte-Carlo, after going off track on the third stage. He managed to get some good points in Rally Sweden, scoring a 5th place, on a surface where he is not very comfortable. Then, in Mexico, he was one of the men of the rally, getting his maiden podium finish (3rd place). Round 4, Portugal, was disappointing, since he finished out of the points, after returning to the rally in Rally 2 after retiring from 5th place. 5th place was again for Neuville, in Argentina. Then came a streak of podiums which turned Neuville into the surprise driver of the season: third place in Greece and second place in Italy, Finland, Germany and Australia.
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