Yes it will be the first time that 5 makes will run to current rule set.
Previous time a Mini in WRC spec. did a WRC event was Australia 2013 when local driver Nathan Quinn took the JCW Mini WRC to an 8th placed finish. Glenn MacNeall was codriver. Here is a link to a good photo of "Quinny in a Mini" http://www.ewrc.cz/ewrc/image_browse.php?id=134348
Is Hyundai running 3 new generation I20's from the beginning of the season? If so, only model missing is old I20.
Just a shame Gorban will not be able to match the pace of other wrc cars. he will be battling whit wrc2 again i think.
That's not how tyres work, not at all.
High pressure means the tyre can not "adjust" to the road surface in a malleable manner but rather looses contact to the surface here and there.
Try it...
Bertelli After 8kms, a delaminated tyre on the straight out of nowhere, I was cruising without pushing...
[WRC] Rally Sweden 2026