Hyundai WRT

[BigWorm]

Hyundai clearly missed their best chances in 2017 & 2018 when their car was one of the fastest.

By the time they get the car upgraded the 2019 Championships will probably be gone...

By the sound of things upgrades are coming soon to Hyundai (first half of the season). Just like Tänak after Sardinia last year, you can't write them off yet.

[denkimi]

Hyundai clearly missed their best chances in 2017 & 2018 when their car was one of the fastest.

By the time they get the car upgraded the 2019 Championships will probably be gone...

I would say their car was only the fastest in the first half of 2017. In the second half they seemed all pretty equally, but citroen and toyota did not have a good leading driver.

By the end of 2018, the hyundai was perhaps the slowest car. Or at least it looked like that to me.

[Allez Andruet]

I would say their car was only the fastest in the first half of 2017. In the second half they seemed all pretty equally, but citroen and toyota did not have a good leading driver.

In 2017 JML would have been right in the mix had the Yaris not let him down in Poland and Finland. So that year it was the car, not the driver.

[denkimi]

In 2017 JML would have been right in the mix had the Yaris not let him down in Poland and Finland. So that year it was the car, not the driver.

yes it was. to me i looks that the toyota was just as fast back then as it is today. if ogier had been in that car he probably would have been champion too, but with more points and more wins.

[steve.mandzij]

yes it was. to me i looks that the toyota was just as fast back then as it is today. if ogier had been in that car he probably would have been champion too, but with more points and more wins.

Latvala missed out on at least 15 points in Poland, 25 points in Finland and had the chance of at least 10 points in Germany when he was forced to retire. Don't forget he led the championship that year and was a firm title contender. His only mistakes all year were the roll in Portugal and the PS in Australia.

The Yaris had, likely, the best engine that year, and was very quick on fast roads, but while it was durable despite it's electrical Gremlins it was a little heavy.

[er88]

Lost track a little bit, but has there been any confirmed news about who's doing Portugal/Sardinia yet out of Loeb and Sordo?

[AnttiL]

Lost track a little bit, but has there been any confirmed news about who's doing Portugal/Sardinia yet out of Loeb and Sordo?

Sordo does both.

[Tarmop]

14-16.06 Loeb is doing a France local event in the i20 WRC, same weekend when others are in Sardegna.

[er88]

Sordo does both.

Bit of a shame Loeb won't do either (but I've got nothing against Sordo though)

[tommeke_B]

After what we've seen from him in Chile, I hope Loeb's going to do Finland, with a lot of pre-event testing...