Zoltán Bessenyey

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Zoltán Bessenyey (born February 1, 1980 in Budapest) is a Hungarian rally driver.

Biography

His career in car racing began in 2007 on Opel Astra GTC CDTi, only in Slovakia's championship races for his first two seasons.

Current 2010 he spent two years on Citroën C2 R2 Max. In 2012 he played on Subaru Impreza STi N12, and the following year on Honda Civic Type-R R3. It was at the wheel of the latter vehicle that he won the first European title ever awarded specifically for a two-wheel drive vehicle by the FIA.

He has two co-drivers since his debut: György Papp for his first five years of racing, and Yulianna Nyírfás since 2012: the latter also obtained the first official title of European Champion of the co-drivers of the two-wheel-drive rally (ERC-2WD) in 2013. Both reoffend in 2014 (same car and same team).

Awards

Securities
European 2WD rally champion: 2013 and 2014;
Participation in the title of European 2WD Rally Champion by teams of the EUROSOL Racing Team (Hungarian): 2013 and 2014;
Slovakia's N3 Group Rally Champion in 2008;
the Serbian Rally Championship in 2012 (and from the national rally to the general ranking in the FIA East Cup);

Win and podium in 2WD-ERC
Winner of the Azores Rally: 2013;
Winner of Rally Cyprus: 2014;
Croatia rally: 2013;
the Canaries Islands rally: 2013;
the Acropolis rally: 2014;
the Jänner rally: 2013;
the Czech Republic rally: 2013;
the Estonian rally: 2014.
(8 podiums for 13 races in two years)

External links
EUROSOL Racing team Hungary official website;
Zoltán Bessenyey at www.ewrc-results.com.

Hungarian rally driver
Birth in January 1978
Born in Budapest