Sebastian Marshall

Sebastian Marshall
	Sebastian Marshall in 2017
Personal information
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	29 May 1988 (age 33); Tunbridge Wells, England
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2008–2019, 2021–present
Teams	Hyundai Motorsport; Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies	64
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	5
Stage wins	34
First rally	2008 Rallye Deutschland
Last rally	2021 Rally Finland

Sebastian Marshall (born 29 May 1988) is a British rally co-driver.

Rally career[]

Sebastian Marshall began his rally career in 2005, co-driving for several drivers. In the 2008 Rallye Deutschland, he made his WRC debut, where he partnered in a Ford Fiesta ST.^[2]

In January 2015, it was announced he would be co-driving for Kevin Abbring for Hyundai Motorsport in the World Rally Championship. While their main focus would be the development of the new Hyundai i20 WRC, Abbring and Marshall were also entered on selected WRC events later in the year.^[3]

In the 2017 Rally de Portugal, he replaced Hayden Paddon's then veteran co-driver John Kennard, who was retired from professional career in the previous round.^[4] Marshall scored his first podium in Poland, and later in Australia, the crew achieved their second podium finish of the season.^[5]^[6]

In 2018, the crew was confirmed by the South Korean team to drive the third Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC on some selected rallies.^[7]

On 4 December 2018 Marshall was confirmed by Toyota for co-driving for Kris Meeke in 2019.^[8]

Results[]

WRC results[]

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
2008	Richard Moore	Ford Fiesta ST	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	TUR	FIN	GER 53	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR	NC	0
2010	Harry Hunt Motorsport	Ford Fiesta R2	SWE 43	MEX	JOR	TUR 18	NZL	POR 51	BUL Ret	FIN Ret	GER Ret	JPN	FRA 39	ESP 27	GBR 34			NC	0
2011	Molly Taylor	Ford Fiesta R2	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN 65	GER Ret	AUS	FRA 34	ESP	GBR 35			NC	0
2012	Molly Taylor	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN Ret	GER	GBR 20	FRA	ITA				NC	0
2012	Elfyn Evans	Ford Fiesta R2														ESP Ret		NC	0
2013	Molly Taylor	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	GER	AUS	FRA	ESP	GBR 23			NC	0
2014	Molly Taylor	Citroën DS3 R3T	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POL 45	FIN 35	GER	AUS		ESP	GBR 32			NC	0
2014	Peugeot Rally Academy	Peugeot 208 T16											FRA 14					NC	0
2015	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	MON	SWE 11	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POL 15	FIN	GER 11	AUS	FRA Ret	ESP	GBR			NC	0
2016	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 15	POL	FIN 9	GER	CHN C		ESP 7		AUS		16th	10
2016	Hyundai Motorsport N	Hyundai i20 R5											FRA Ret		GBR Ret			16th	10
2017	Hyundai Motorsport	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR Ret	ITA Ret	POL 2	FIN Ret	GER 8	ESP	GBR 8	AUS 3			12th	41
2018	Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON	SWE 5	MEX	FRA	ARG	POR Ret	ITA 4	FIN 4	GER	TUR 3	GBR 7	ESP	AUS 2			7th	73
2019	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT	Toyota Yaris WRC	MON 6	SWE 6	MEX 5	FRA 9	ARG 4	CHL 10	POR Ret	ITA 8	FIN Ret	GER 2	TUR 7	GBR 4	ESP 29	AUS C		6th	98
2021	Hyundai 2C Competition	Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC	MON	ARC 7	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN										21st	6
2021	M-Sport Poland	Ford Fiesta Rally3							EST Ret	BEL	GRE Ret	FIN 20	ESP	MNZ				21st	6

* Season still in progress.

References[]

^ "World Rally Championship Co-Driver | Co-Driver Profile - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
^ "Sebastian Marshall". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
^ "Hyundai signs Kevin Abbring to part-time WRC deal for 2015". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
^ "Kennard to miss Portugal". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.
^ "74th Rally Poland Itinerary" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. Rajd Polski. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
^ Howard, Tom (19 November 2017). "Neuville wins, Latvala crash hands Paddon podium". Speedcafe. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "Hayden Paddon secures Hyundai WRC future". speedcafe.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
^ Cozens, Jack (4 December 2018). "Toyota WRC team reveals Seb Marshall as Kris Meeke's co-driver". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

External links[]

Sebastian Marshall's e-wrc profile

[1] "World Rally Championship Co-Driver | Co-Driver Profile - wrc.com". www.wrc.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

[profile-2] "Sebastian Marshall". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

[3] "Hyundai signs Kevin Abbring to part-time WRC deal for 2015". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

[4] "Kennard to miss Portugal". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017.

[5] "74th Rally Poland Itinerary" (PDF). rajdpolski.pl. Rajd Polski. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[6] Howard, Tom (19 November 2017). "Neuville wins, Latvala crash hands Paddon podium". Speedcafe. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[7] "Hayden Paddon secures Hyundai WRC future". speedcafe.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2016.

[8] Cozens, Jack (4 December 2018). "Toyota WRC team reveals Seb Marshall as Kris Meeke's co-driver". autosport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

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