Hyundai WRT

[AnttiL]

Sordo said he will do 10 events at max and Loeb will do 6 events at max. Both have driven now five events. There are six events left, meaning it would fit perfectly their plans. One for Loeb, the rest for Sordo. But that would mean Sordo would have to drive all of Finland, Wales and Australia - events he doesn't like or perform well in.

[rp]

Sordo said he will do 10 events at max and Loeb will do 6 events at max. Both have driven now five events. There are six events left, meaning it would fit perfectly their plans. One for Loeb, the rest for Sordo. But that would mean Sordo would have to drive all of Finland, Wales and Australia - events he doesn't like or perform well in.

It would be stupid by Hyundai, because Paddon would like to drive if more than one event and surely faster than Sordo in FIN, GB & AUS. There must be some conflict between Adamo/Hyundai and Paddon if he is not there...

Huttunen could drive well in Finland, but maybe better for him also to get more kms behind the wheel of the World Rally Car before being nominated works driver...

[Katvala]

Who knows, maybe the win in Sardinia sparks interest to do Finland and/or more rallies

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[AnttiL]

It would be stupid by Hyundai, because Paddon would like to drive if more than one event and surely faster than Sordo in FIN, GB & AUS. There must be some conflict between Adamo/Hyundai and Paddon if he is not there...

Well I thought it was that Paddon was offered one rally and he declined it. Maybe that could have been expanded by now had he accepted it initially?

[GravelBen]

Well I thought it was that Paddon was offered one rally and he declined it.

At the end of 2018 he was offered one rally for 2019, which was rumoured to be Sweden (even though Finland or Aus would have made more sense) but I don't know if that was ever confirmed. It was a fairly insulting offer after his performance for the team during that season, and its difficult for anyone to do well on a one-off drive without much time in the car so I can understand him declining it. That was before Adamo took over, so Adamo might not know him personally at all?

If they are talking to him now about other rallies this year (or 2020) its being kept quiet enough that I haven't seen any real hints in the NZ rallying facebook groups etc, but if there are serious talks I guess they would want to keep it quiet until something is confirmed anyway so that doesn't mean much.

[Morte66]

It seems to me that if they are going to bring Paddon in they should do it now, and enter him in as many warm-up events in a WRC car as they can.

Inviting him to Finland + GB + Australia seems like a reasonable solution for everyone.

[AnttiL]

So, they got Breen to fill in for Finland. Perhaps he will also do Wales?

[wia5958]

Breen signed with Hyundai

[doubled1978]

Interesting choice taking Breen, I hope he does well. Might lead to a couple more if he does, Wales and Australia?

[T16]

This Adama chap doesn’t mess around at all!
Cracking news for Breen.