Hayden Paddon

[deephouse]

Rallying is his passion, ofcourse other disciplines are fun too but he live for rally and every damn driver dream about being in WRC squad. And he was there for few seasons, win an event over Ogier (I mean Ogier!!!). He & we believe that he didn't achieve everything that could be achieved by him, so that's why he wants to be there. After so much work he did, he really deserves it but motorsport is cruel to those who sit a yea. When suddenly 3 to 4 driver who drive entire season lost a seat, teams are looking at them first, so it's even harder. Cutting links to Hyundai NZ is stupid, just to trying to be back again. If they allow to drive other cars why not, if not then, so be it. I would say that I'll be aiming at WRC2. It's still quite good championship and could promote their car well and Hyundai (or other teams) could again pay attention to him. Just my opinion

[T16]

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...to-race-in-tcr

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Paddon 2020 programme

It’s going to be a busy year as we target 3 rally championships – New Zealand, Asia Pacific and Pacific Cup Championships. Our AP4 has had a freshen up with some new updates and an updated team livery to tackle the following rallies with both Samantha Gray and John Kennard .

March 7/8 – Ben Nevis Golden 1200 Hillclimb
April 3/5 – Rally Otago
May 8/10 – Rally Whangarei
June 20 – Rally South Canterbury
July 25 – Rally Hawkes Bay
September – Ashley Forest Rallysprint
October – Waimate 50
November 28/29 – Coffs Harbour Rally Australia

[the sniper]

It'll be insane if he doesn't do Rally New Zealand...

Every man and his dog is getting an R5 i20 nowadays. If Hyundai can't at least do him a favour and sort him one out for there, there really must be a terrible relationship between Adamo and Paddon.

[GravelBen]

I don't think there is really any relationship between Paddon and Adamo, Paddon was basically pushed out before Adamo arrived and Adamo doesn't seem to even want to know about him let alone consider him for a drive.

I've always got the impression Penasse doesn't like Paddon though - possibly related to Neuville not getting on with Paddon, and Penasse being a big Neuville supporter and fellow Belgian? When Paddon talked about promises being made and broken by the team I think it was Penasse rather than Adamo responsible.

[pantealex]

Official Hyundai NZ driver is using ex ex ex generation car

[HKSjbg]

Yeah it’s mad they didn’t switch to the next gen i20 when it came out.

If I recall correctly the i20 wasn’t properly replaced by the new one in NZ, however the jacked-up version (I think called something like Active) of the new i20 does sell over there. An AP4 version of that would effectively be the same as an AP4 i20 5dr

[Winner]

It'll be insane if he doesn't do Rally New Zealand...

Every man and his dog is getting an R5 i20 nowadays. If Hyundai can't at least do him a favour and sort him one out for there, there really must be a terrible relationship between Adamo and Paddon.

I would say they would have no problem bringing over another R5 if he will pay for it. Unless he thinks he would not be quick enough in it.

He paid M-Sport for a world car last year and burned all his Hyundai motorsport bridges in the interviews before the first event.

[rallyfiend]

There is a lot of politics in that team.

I'm sure it's not helped that Paddon's former girlfriend is now married to the team PR manager, and there are questions and rumours as to the circumstances around that....

[GravelBen]

Former fiancee I think not just girlfriend?