Sad day for the sport honestly, really hope that 3rd seat at Hyundai will be something who has yet to sample WRC top class and if not, for the love of all things holly, can we have Paddon back please???
At least you're confident there will be a 3rd seat.
We all totally forgot about Suninen. He is still young and have Rally1 experience (and previous WRC generations aswell), 3 podiums clocked on his belt and he didn't do that bad in i20 Rally1 car.
Definitely this. Paddon is the perfect choice with his huge experience. And even for 2027 in the i20 Rally2 car as he's the only one who's made it a winner (in ERC x2).
On second thought I also find it strange that Gryazin gets mentioned, for multiple reasons.
- He is neither youth nor experienced (in top tier)
- He got more stable last years but also lost a lot...
Stuff like that used to give me hope for the team but this season it was clear that the team got sized down and there was a lack of investment.
Neuville already alluded to it this weekend that...
I was gonna mention him but wasnt sure what he's doing now. Everything you said was in my mind.
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