He competed for Wurmbrand Racing and Arrabona Rallye Club Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine in the JWRC, EWRC and the Hungarian Rally Series events.

At the age of 16 he started his amateur driver career by entering smaller events with a Suzuki Swift.

In this season was Kornél's first professional year by entering the Hungarian Rally tour category driving a Honda Civic.

He drove a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX in the Hungarian Rally Series and he entered 9 ERC events.

In 2014 Kornél competed in the ERC with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX and his first as a JWRC driver with the Wurmbrand Racing Team.