2020 Rally New Zealand
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| 2020 Rally New Zealand 40. Rally New Zealand | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2020 World Rally Championship | |
 Rally New Zealand's return to the World Rally Championship was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. | |
| Host country | New Zealand |
| Rally base | Auckland, Auckland Region |
| Held on | Scheduled for 3–6 September 2020 |
| Stage surface | Gravel |
| Statistics | |
| Cancellation | Rally cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
The 2020 Rally New Zealand (also known as the Rally New Zealand 2020) was a motor racing event for rally cars that was scheduled to be held over four days between 3 and 6 September 2020,[1] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It was set to mark the forty-fifth running of Rally New Zealand and planned to be the ninth round of the 2020 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and World Rally Championship-3. The 2020 event was scheduled to be based in Auckland in Auckland Region.
Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena were the overall reigning rally winners.[3] Citroën Total World Rally Team, the team they drove for in 2012, when Rally New Zealand held a World Rally Championship event last time, were the defending manufacturers' winners.[3] However, they would not defend the rally either as they withdrew from the championship at the end of 2019.[4]
