Adrien
Fourmaux
France
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WRC
Date of birth | 3 May 1995 |
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Place of birth | France |
Age | 30 |
Nationality | France |
Career start | 2017 |
Disciplines | Rally WRC |
Following in the footsteps of Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier is no bad way for a young Frenchman to break into WRC. This is exactly the route taken by Adrien Fourmaux as he embarked on France’s renowned Rallye Jeunes talent-spotting scheme in 2016.
The year after his Rallye Jeunes experience came Adrien’s maiden season of competitive racing. The campaign ended with a podium result to celebrate as he steered his Ford Fiesta R2 to third place in the French junior championship. Adrien moved two steps up the podium in 2018 with a string of dominant performances throughout that year’s French junior championship. Winning all five rounds of the championship saw him given the keys to a WRC-2 drive for the 2019 season. On his debut in Monte Carlo, he finished second in his category and 10th overall before scoring a third-place finish in Great Britain.
He was back on the podium in 2020, taking his M-Sport Ford’s Fiesta Rally2 to third place overall in the WRC-2 championship. There was also a win to celebrate at San Marino’s Rallylegend race on his debut in a full WRC-spec car.
More encouraging results followed in 2021 alongside experienced co-driver, Renaud Jamoul, before Adrien formed a new partnership with Alexandre Coria for his first full-time season with M-Sport in 2022.
For the 2023 season, Adrien headed up M-Sport's Rally2 squad and enjoyed plenty of success as he won the British Rally Championship title and ended the WRC-2 season with victory at the Central European Rally.
These impressive performances saw Adrien secure a full-time seat in WRC for the 2024 season in the Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid.