Quote Originally Posted by gorganl2000 View Post
https://motorsport.hyundai.com/farew...en-and-daniel/

i'm a big loeb/elena fan and i wish them well in their future endeavors. thanks for the many great WRC and other motorsport memories, let's see what other moments the future holds.
Sadly Loeb's run at Hyundai has been quite a big disappointment. Especially after the rallies in C3 where he had top 3 speed in all 3 rallies, led 2 and won 1.
As was recorded here, quite many people thought he would decimate Neuville and win rallies.

2x 3rd place out of 8 starts is certainly not what he and others were hoping for. The lack of speed on tarmac even after multiple test rallies is what stands out the most. I was hoping he would get a last shot at Ypres since Hyundai seems to be inproving lately but the bad performance at Monte and Hyundai desire to try Breen on tarmac before next year probably played a role.

Since two other drivers as well as Loeb, all with recent great tarmac performances had big issues with this i20 on tarmac I'd say it was car-related issues and not Loeb suddenly forgetting to drive on tarmac.