Hyundai WRT

[AnttiL]

Unlimited testing within the 10km radius from the main testing HQ.

Not anymore.

A 10 km radius with 12 km of roads, anywhere in Europe.

It was a "Lex Toyota", which was changed after Toyota was able to test anywhere in Jyväskylä in 2017.

[bandit12]

Still better than nothing.

[TypeR]

Good move from Hyundai!
After Sweden Neuville, Solberg and Tänak should move to Finland and testdrive the hell out of the new car

[flat_right]

Not anymore.

A 10 km radius with 12 km of roads, anywhere in Europe.

Thanks, didn't know that! Do you know if these 12 km of roads in 10 km radius have to stay the same for the whole time or you can change parts as far as you keep it under 12 km for the test.

[AnttiL]

Thanks, didn't know that! Do you know if these 12 km of roads in 10 km radius have to stay the same for the whole time or you can change parts as far as you keep it under 12 km for the test.

Same for the whole year.

Also keep in mind that these Toyota and Hyundai test roads are public roads where people live and do business. Teams cannot get permissions to them all the time, and the roads must be fixed after every test. When Toyota had unlimited testing in Jyväskylä, they could practically use always a different road so it didn't bother people so much. Also it allowed for more fine tuning as they were able to reserve many different kinds of roads or driver favourites etc.

Greystoke is probably just a private forest that doesn't have much other use than rallying?

[EstWRC]

IMO a very clever move

as far as i know they only had some kind of circuit near the base and like said here, they can now test as much as they want

[AnttiL]

Apart from being a good testing ground for Sweden, does that translate into more testing days throughout the year for Hyundai or what?

They can test on this area as much as they want. In addition they are allowed one day per driver per rally, so for example they can still reserve some other roads for their Rally Sweden PET. I would recommend going to Rovaniemi, as the roads there are more similar to Umeå than central finland (long straights, no jumps). I think what Toyota did last week was also in their permanent testing area so their Sweden test days are still unused.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Wont it make it tricky when the factory base is still down in Germany ? Plus why just decide to do this now when the new car has needed development since the middle of last year ? Sounds to me like poor planning.

[Andre Oliveira]

And they will test on tarmac where?

[AnttiL]

Definitely expensive to carry everything always over from Germany. I wonder if they will also hire a garage from Finland or Estonia...

Testing areas are yearly based so they could only decide it by the beginning of this year.