He probably wanted to get paid. Rumour has it he won't really cooperate with anyone unless he's getting coin....
I wonder if there will be another episode of season 2? Also why didn't Tanak being showed as all other drivers did? Didn't he allowed at all?
Tehy have just announced the swap from Alpinestrs to Sparco, so I guess they needed to do that before releasing pics of the car and drivers to have all the sponsors already announced.

Today in latvian podcast Martins Sesks told that he indeed was involved in talks with Hyundai about 2026
2026 WRC News & Rumours