Multiple titles: Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 crews win World, European and national championships

Dominik Stříteský, on the other hand, claimed the Czech Rally Championship title for the second time: two years after his first overall triumph, he again became the 2026 Czech Rally Champion. Together with co-driver Ondřej Krajča, he competed for the Auto Podbabská Škoda Team. Out of six events, they won Rallye Český Krumlov, Agrotec Petronas Rally Hustopeče, Rally Bohemia and Rally Pačejov outright. This success puts 26-year-old Dominik Stříteský in the footsteps of record champion and local hero Jan Kopecký, who won the national title eleven times at the wheel of a Škoda.

“I’m really proud of our successful customer teams, their drivers and co-drivers. My special congratulations go to Robert, Jakko, Teemu and Antti for presenting Škoda Motorsport with two of the most important international titles to be won with a Rally2 car. Hats off also to Dominik and Ondřej, who achieved the sixth consecutive title for Škoda in our home championship. This gives our staff back at Mladá Boleslav even more motivation to further improve the Škoda Fabia for the 2027 season,” says Michal Hrabánek, Head of Škoda Motorsport.

2026 is not the first year that Škoda drivers have secured these three titles in addition to winning multiple national and regional championships around the world. In 2019, Kalle Rovanperä from Finland, who would go on to become World Champion, was successful in the WRC2 Pro category, Chris Ingram from Britain won the FIA European Rally Championship and Jan Kopecký added another Czech title to his collection. In 2021, Norwegian Andreas Mikkelsen won both the WRC2 category and the FIA European Rally Championship, while Jan Kopecký dominated the Czech Rally Championship. He successfully defended his title in 2022, when Emil Lindholm from Finland became the WRC2 Champion and Efrén Llarena from Spain took the European title.

* Subject to confirmation of the results by the FIA

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Škoda Motorsport

›  Škoda celebrates 125 years of Motorsport since the first efforts in 1901, garnering success in rallies as well as in circuit racing.

›  Highlights include winning the 1981 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) with the Škoda 130 RS.

› Since 2009, the Škoda Fabia celebrated numerous successes for the Czech manufacturer on rally stages worldwide.

› Until 2014, the Škoda Fabia S2000 (2.0 naturally aspirated engine, four-wheel drive) secured 50 international titles and national rally championships. The Škoda Fabia S2000 also helped to win the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) three times each.

› The successor model Škoda Fabia R5 (1.6 turbo engine, four-wheel drive) entered the scene in 2015. Later renamed to Škoda Fabia Rally2 and followed by the further developed Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo, the model collected nearly 2,000 victories in 68 countries until the end of the 2022 season.

› During this period, Škoda Motorsport factory drivers Jan Kopecký (CZE), Esapekka Lappi (FIN), Pontus Tidemand (SWE) and Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) won the FIA World Rally Championship’s support category WRC2/WRC2 Pro. Škoda Motorsport also took the WRC2/WRC2 Pro Manufacturers’ title five times in a row from 2015 to 2019.

› Beginning with the 2020 season, Škoda Motorsport changed its strategy to supporting private teams. The success story continued: Driving a Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo run by Toksport WRT, Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) and Emil Lindholm (FIN) became WRC2 Champions in 2021 and 2022. Mikkelsen became WRC2 Champion again in 2023 with team Toksport WRT, when the all-new Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 entered the scene. The Škoda Motorsport supported team Toksport WRT also won the WRC2 Teams’ title three times in 2020, 2022 and 2023. In 2025 Toksport WRT took another WRC2 Teams’ title and Nikolay Gryazin/Konstantin Aleksandrov of Toksport WRT became WRC2 Challenger drivers’ and co-drivers’ champions respectively.

› Škoda Motorsport customer teams have also won titles in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), FIA European Rally Championship (ERC), the FIA African Rally Championship (ARC), the FIA North American and Central American Rally Championship (NACAM), the FIA South American Rally Championship (CODASUR) and the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC).