Adrien
Fourmaux
France
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WRC
Date of birth | 3 May 1995 |
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Place of birth | France |
Age | 31 |
Nationality | France |
Career start | 2017 |
Discipline | 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.
Excelling in the junior ranks
The year after his Rallye Jeunes experience came Fourmaux'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.
He then 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.
A step up to WRC-2
On his WRC-2 debut in Monte Carlo, Fourmaux 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 Rally legend race on his debut in a full WRC-spec car.
More encouraging results followed in 2021 alongside experienced co-driver Renaud Jamoul, before Fourmaux formed a new partnership with Alexandre Coria for his first full-time season with M-Sport in 2022.
For the 2023 season, Fourmaux 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.
Securing a seat in WRC
These impressive performances saw Fourmaux secure a full-time seat in WRC for the 2024 season in the Ford Puma Rally1 Hybrid. Finishing the season in fifth place overall, the Frenchman made the move to Hyundai for the 2025 campaign and delivered a podium finish on debut in Monte Carlo.
Fourmaux secured three more podium finishes as he ended the season in seventh overall before taking another step forward in 2026.
The Frenchman started the year strongly and claimed second place at Safari Rally Kenya before adding further podium finishes in Estonia, Paraguay and Chile. He consistently showed the pace to fight at the front, including leading Rally Italia Sardegna during the season finale before a puncture damaged his hopes of challenging for a maiden WRC victory.