Tänak https://youtu.be/kfxpXcGkv6I
Tänak/Solberg https://youtu.be/hDhKSn7wGu4
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Tänak https://youtu.be/kfxpXcGkv6I
Tänak/Solberg https://youtu.be/hDhKSn7wGu4
This Hyundai reminds me of the Focus WRC03... It has the Loriaux touch.
Let's think about this.
Loriaux is so good..... , yet Msport decided to leave him out of the new car design/development. Hyundai only sign CL later.
So.. , did Msport chose Chris Williams because they felt he was the better man to manage the design of a car fullstop? Or because he could design a better car (than CL could) under limited budget?
Adamo has just mentioned how CL has been given a blank cheque to develop the new hyundai, yet he was sidelined by Msport....
Could be that Hyundai not just has given a blank check for the car development, but also much better personal salary... and also for a creative person much better to work when you dont have a limit for your 'masterpiece' so to say... so could be much more than msport just let him go ... maybe he just seen better options for him personally and posibility for more freedom to implement his ideas when money is not limited . Ok, just a speculation, but we dont know why/where etc...
From the interview with Loriaux (L) it seemed the story was like this:
1. Williams (W) starts making the new car while L is busy with the racing cars
2. (some time later)
L joins the Rally1 Group and is responsible for some parts over some 6? months, but is not the main designer (W is)
3. L leaves to Hyundai where he can design all parts of the car as he wants ( probably also with better budget)
I don't see much need for speculation. L was at MSport also when 2017 car was designed and seemed to take no part in designing it.