Maybe Abiteboul agreed to put all in for Neuville this year and if it doesn't pay off, then there will be changes. He comes from F1 and tactics are different there.
It's Neuville's and Hyundai's 10th year in team/wrc and they have only managed to win 2 manu titles, which isn't clearly enough..
I don't see any change of philosophy in Hyundai. They hired world champion Tanak few years ago to try and win the title, now of course they would like to hire world champion Rovanpera.
Munster has announced he will participate in RMC with the Puma. So, it's 3 Pumas for there and more than likely between Sesks and Munster for every round.
According to the Estonian newspaper Postimees, Jürgenson is now the strongest candidate to make his Rally1 debut at Rally Estonia. The paper reports that he may even get the chance to drive a test...
theres also some chevy sonics to be raced in that class right? I saw something last week or so
i dont fully understand their classes but I assume these RC2 cars can actually be right there with some...
Interesting hypothesis. The only flaw in your analysis is that those were better cars than the SF25. All of those cars won races. In fact, the Chinese GP, where Hamilton won the Sprint race, is along...
Munster has announced he will participate in RMC with the Puma. So, it's 3 Pumas for there and more than likely between Sesks and Munster for every round.
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