The Škoda Fabia S2000 is Super 2000 rally car built by Škoda Motorsport. It is based upon the Škoda Fabia road car. It made its début at Rallye Monte Carlo 2009, with factory team Škoda Motorsport and drivers Jan Kopecký and Juho Hänninen. The car appeared as fast as Hänninen was leading until a crash. Biggest success of Fabia S2000 is Hänninen's IRC title with title in manufacturers for Škoda.

Nicolas Vouilloz at 2010 Rallye Monte Carlo

Juho Hänninen at 2010 Finland Rally

Michał Kościuszko at 2010 Finland Rally

Matti Rantanen at 2010 Finland Rally

Juho Hänninen at 2010 Rally Scotland

Guy Wilks in 2010

Nicolas Vouilloz at 2011 Rallye Monte Carlo

Freddy Loix at 2011 Rallye Monte Carlo

Roman Kresta at 2011 Rally Bohemia

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The Škoda Fabia is a supermini produced by Czech manufacturer Škoda Auto since 1999. It was the successor to the Škoda Felicia, which was discontinued in 2001. The Fabia was available in hatchback, estate (named Fabia Combi) and saloon (named Fabia Sedan) body styles while from 2007 merging in the second generation starting with hatchback and awaiting the new estate version. It is based on the platform of Volkswagen Polo Mk4. Skoda has recently introduced Skoda Rapid in India. Rapid is a saloon variant of Skoda Fabia^{[citation needed]} and it shares parts and chasis with the Volkswagen Vento.

The first generation Fabia (given the internal type code 6Y) was officially presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 1999 and production of this model started in October the same year. The estate version Fabia Combi was introduced in September 2000 at the Paris Motor Show. It was the first model to use the Volkswagen Group's A04 platform, which it shares with the Volkswagen Polo Mk4 and SEAT Ibiza. This car won 2000 What Car? "Car of the Year" in the UK.

Juho Ville Matias Hänninen (born July 25, 1981 in Punkaharju) is a Finnish rally driver. He is the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) champion and 2011 Super 2000 World Rally Championship (S-WRC) champion with co-driver Mikko Markkula driving a works entered Fabia S2000 for Red Bull Škoda. He also won the 2004 Group N Finnish Rally Championship title, and debuted in the World Rally Championship during the 2006 season.

Hänninen who was born in Punkaharju debuted in the Finnish Rally Championship in 2003, finishing eighth overall in the Group n (small Group N) standings. The next year, he won the title in the same class at the wheel of an Honda Civic Type R. In 2005, he finished second in the Group N class with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI.

Hänninen's first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, where he won the Group N class in his Lancer Evolution IX, and placed 15th overall. At his next rally, the Rally d'Italia Sardegna, Hänninen was again the fastest Group N driver and finished 14th overall. He competed in three more WRC events during the 2006 season, and achieved his best overall result at the Rally New Zealand, where he was ninth and second in the Group N class after Jari-Matti Latvala. In his debut in a World Rally Car in Finland, Hänninen was excluded for not wearing the correct fireproof underwear. At the season-ending Rally GB, Hänninen competed in a Super 1600 -class Citroën C2 and finished 19th overall, ahead of all the Junior World Rally Championship contestants.

Mikko Markkula (1942-2012) of Finland is Chairman of the FIDE Qualification Commission, which decides on title applications for the GM, IM and lesser titles. Markkula was known for being a stickler for the rules and for checking title applications carefully. He has caused many title applications to be rejected.

Luca Rossetti (born 24 March 1976) is an Italian rally driver. He won the European Rally Championship in 2008, 2010 and 2011.