Škoda’s championship-winning cars
Škoda specials once again lived up to their reputation as exceptionally successful cars during the past season. Highlights include the European Rally Championship title won by Miko Marczyk, victory in the WRC2 Challenger category for Nikolay Gryazin and first place in the WRC2 team standings for the Toksport WRT customer team. Škoda cars also claimed numerous titles across national championships.
Motorsport
Škoda’s racing triumphs
Škoda competition cars maintained their reputation as exceptionally successful cars in the past season. Highlights include the European championship title for Miko Marczyk, victory in the WRC2 Challenger category of the world championship for Nikolay Gryazin and first place in the WRC2 team standings for the Toksport WRT customer team. Škoda cars have won a long series of titles in national championships. Jan Kopecký won the Czech championship for the 11th time. Other notable champions include former Formula 1 driver Jos Verstappen, who won in Belgium with a Škoda car, and Nasser AlAttiyah, a multiple Dakar Rally winner, who dominated the Middle East championship. Škoda Motorsport contributed to these successes with the ‘Packet 25’ upgrade, which increased the performance of the Fabia RS Rally2 and brought other innovations. The ERC Bonus Program also provided motivation.
The 2026 season: full of celebration
The new competition season will start on 22 January with the Monte Carlo Rally. It will be a special season for Škoda Motorsport. This year marks 125 years since Narcis Podsedníček completed a three-day race from Paris to Berlin on an L&K Type B motorcycle, laying the foundation for the Mladá Boleslav–based carmaker’s motorsport department. The carmaker will commemorate its long history and the machines that shaped it with a series of events. One of the highlights will be an exhibition at the Škoda Museum starting in mid-May.
Customer programme in 2025
4,534
Starts
1,275
Competitions
1,190
odium placements
(1st, 2nd and 3rd place)
455
Victories
World and continental championship titles
WRC2 Challenger
Nikolay Gryazin
WRC Masters Cup
Miguel Granados
WRC2 Teams
Toksport WRT
European Rally Championship (ERC)
Mikołaj Marczyk
Middle East Rally Championship (MERC)
Nasser Al-Attiyah
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC)
Hiroki Arai
National championship titles
Argentina
Miguel-Angel Baldoni
Belgium
Jos Verstappen
Czech Republic
Jan Kopecký
Finland
Esapekka Lappi
Chile
Jorge F. Martínez
Italy
Giandomenico Basso
Ireland
Eddie Doherty
Lithuania
Vaidotas Žala
Luxembourg
Marijan Griebel
Hungary
Gábor Német
Mexico
Char García
Germany
Marijan Griebel
Netherlands
Dennis Rostek
New Zealand
Ben Hunt
Paraguay
Miguel Zaldivar jr.
Poland
Jakub Matulka
Greece
Ioannis Papadimitriou
Slovakia
Jaroslav Melichárek
Spain
Antonio J. Suárez
Switzerland
Mike Coppens
Sub-championships
France (gravel)
Laurent Pellier
Ireland (asphalt)
Callum Devine
Italy (gravel)
Giovanni Trentin
Portugal (Azores)
Luís Rego jr.
Portugal (Madeira)
Miguel Nunes