Neuville drove a self-entered Citroën C2 S1600 in five of the six rounds of 2010 Junior World Rally Championship, alongside Klinger.
1988
Thierry Jean Neuville (born 16 June 1988) is a Belgian rally driver who is competing in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Motorsport.
2000
The same year, Neuville, with Klinger as co-driver, was signed to drive a Peugeot 207 S2000 at six events in the 2010 Intercontinental Rally Challenge for Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg (Bel-Lux), a team supported by Kronos Racing.
Having so far only contested asphalt rallies in the 207 S2000, he contested his first gravel rally in the car, at the 2010 Rally d'Italia Sardegna, where he secured fourth.
2007
Born in St. Vith, Neuville started rallying in 2007.
He drove his first rally when he was 19 years of age, in 2007, his debut rally car was an Opel Corsa he piloted on an event in Luxembourg.
2008
In 2008, he was the winner of the Royal Automobil Club of Belgium Rally Contest, which initiated his rally career.
The following year, he won the Citroën Rally Trophy Belux, in a Citroën C2 R2 Max.
For the 2008 Rally Finland, he was entered in a Ford Fiesta ST and would have made his WRC debut, but he did not start the event.
2009
Between 2009 and 2011 he competed in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, in 2009 he also made his World Rally Championship debut at the Rally Catalunya and in 2010 he competed in the Junior World Rally Championship.
With promising results across the categories between 2009 and 2011, he was signed by the Citroën Junior Team and made his World Rally Car debut in 2012.
Neuville made his Intercontinental Rally Challenge debut in 2009 when he was handed a drive at the 2009 Ypres Rally by the BF Goodrich Drivers Team in a Peugeot 207 S2000.
He crashed out of the rally while lying fourth.
Instead, he made his WRC debut at the 2009 Rally Catalunya with a Citroën C2 R2 with Nicolas Klinger as his co-driver, an event he eventually would retire in.
2010
In the two opening rounds, on gravel, 2010 Rally of Turkey and 2010 Rally de Portugal, Neuville retired in both events while leading the category, in Turkey it was due to a mechanical fault while in Portugal he crashed out.
It was not until the third round in 2010 Rally Bulgaria, on asphalt, Neuville won his first event in the category.
Retirement followed in the next event in Germany after an engine failure.
His final event of the campaign was the 2010 Rallye de France where he was third in the category.
Despite leading many of the events, along with many stage wins, of the season, Neuville would finish the championship in seventh position, due to the many retirements.
His first event was the 2010 Rally Islas Canarias, where he retired due to suspension damage while running in seventh position.
He was a career-best third at his country event, the 2010 Ypres Rally.
His final three events for the season were the 2010 Czech Rally, 2010 Rallye Sanremo and 2010 Rally Scotland.
He retired in the Czech and Scottish rallies.
In Sanremo he was eight, securing the final points position.
2013
During his career, he has finished as runner-up in the drivers' championship five times (2013, 2016–2019).
In 2013, driving for the Qatar World Rally Team, he was a surprise runner-up in the championship, having scored his first podiums in the sport, finishing 114 points behind Sébastien Ogier who dominated the season.
2014
When Hyundai Motorsport re-entered the sport in 2014, the Korean manufacturer signed Neuville as their lead driver.
Neuville won his first World Rally Championship event, as well as Hyundai's first, during that season, at the 2014 Rallye Deutschland.
In addition to his first win, he had helped Hyundai score their first podium earlier in the season.
Neuville finished the 2014 and 2015 seasons in sixth place, but since 2016 he has finished every season as runner-up in the drivers' championship.
2016
In 2016, he was again a distant second to Ogier, but since new regulations for World Rally Cars were introduced in 2017 he has been battling closely for the drivers' title with rivals Ogier and Ott Tänak.
2017
In 2017 and 2018 he narrowly missed out on the title to Ogier, while in 2019 he was second to Tänak.
2018
He has also won on snow, winning the Rally Sweden in 2018 and he became one of the few non-Nordic drivers to win the event.
2019
He helped Hyundai win their first manufacturers' title in 2019, as well as repeating the feat in 2020.
His current co-driver is compatriot Martijn Wydaeghe.
Despite being second in the drivers' championship in 2019, Neuville's results helped Hyundai win their first manufacturers' title.
In total, Neuville has won 19 world rallies, all for Hyundai.
Initially known as an asphalt specialist, he has won events on asphalt and gravel.
In addition to rallying, Neuville has also contested circuit racing, debuting in the 2019 German Touring Car Championship.
Neuville was born in the German-speaking municipality St. Vith.
