Hyundai WRT

[rallyfiend]

Any insight as to why they seem to be losing a lot of their people? E.g. Lehtinen, Simon Carrier, before Finland it looked like Tom Fowler was leaving, etc. I would assume that if they were losing people it would be because they didn't have the budget to retain them. Hard to understand well-paid employees leaving a team with so much promise for the future.

Because Tommi is a nightmare to work for...

Even Finns have been stampeding out the door....

[rallye-vid]

Maybe because of Tommi..

[rallyfiend]

How can he hold him up? Tänak is free agent after this season

It is very, very unlikely that he is a total free-agent.

For sure Malcolm will have some rights over him for the future like he has with other drivers. Malcolm will take some of their future earnings, like he did with Thierry in the first few years of his Hyundai deal to pay back the year with M-Sport in the Qatar car.

Malcolm doesn't invest in these drivers to just let them go....

[Tarmop]

His own words this spring, to local fans, in a live video-conference were, that he couldn`t join Toyota for this year, because he had a deal with M-Sport, but this deal WILL END this season. Ofcourse he doesn`t invest in them just to let them go, but he has been in M-Sport for many years now, 2014-2017, not counting 2012. In the beginning lots of money came from Estonian sponsors too+ DMack.

[tommeke_B]

His own words this spring, to local fans, in a live video-conference were, that he couldn`t join Toyota for this year, because he had a deal with M-Sport, but this deal WILL END this season. Ofcourse he doesn`t invest in them just to let them go, but he has been in M-Sport for many years now, 2014-2017, not counting 2012. In the beginning lots of money came from Estonian sponsors too+ DMack.

Of course you could question if Tänak would be doing the right thing by going to Toyota (apart from salary maybe, but that's something we don't know). Now at M-Sport everything seems in place, if you see his performance and the results that follow. I think it can't get much better than that.

But this is a Hyundai thread, we're going off...

[racerx1979]

Any insight as to why they seem to be losing a lot of their people? E.g. Lehtinen, Simon Carrier, before Finland it looked like Tom Fowler was leaving, etc. I would assume that if they were losing people it would be because they didn't have the budget to retain them. Hard to understand well-paid employees leaving a team with so much promise for the future.

Not at all. I'm assuming Tommi is under a lot of pressure from Toyota high-ups.

Maybe something like this

Tommi: We want more money

Toyota: Okay, why?

Tommi: So we can compete at top level

Toyota: Here you go.. now go compete at top level

Tommi: Fu@k!!

[GravelBen]

Not at all. I'm assuming Tommi is under a lot of pressure from Toyota high-ups.

Maybe something like this

Tommi: We want more money

Toyota: Okay, why?

Tommi: So we can compete at top level

Toyota: Here you go.. now go compete at top level

Tommi: Fu@k!!

They seem to be competing pretty well so far this year?

[sonnybobiche]

Let's switch over to the Toyota thread

[AnttiL]

Could Rovanperä do BRC also with Hyundai? He can take part in only three WRC events next year before he turns 18 in October. I understood that Hyundai's incentive was to have the winner contesting strongly on WRC2 next year. Other than that, the WRC testing option, just like at M-Sport, would be a great benefit at Hyundai compared to Skoda for instance.

http://www.rallit.fi/kalle-rovanpera...laista-ajanut/

Here Kalle also says he might not be the driver Hyundai wants as he is not able to do many WRC events in 2018 but is happy to be selected and for the oppoturnity to test the Hyundai R5.

[SubaruNorway]

Veiby had to turn down Hyundai due to existing contracts, the shoot out also clashed with Malaysia.
https://parcferme.no/nyheter/ingen-n...ole-christian/