2024 WRC News & Rumours

[mknight]

Sordo has never quite got along with the hybrids. With the previous generation and road position advantage it was fight for win on every slow gravel rally. With hybrid only Portugal last year was on same level.

But Lappi does not seem to work as 3rd driver on these kind of rallies and Mikkelsen hasn't driven this car on gravel yet. Guess they will wait and see how these two do on their next rounds.

[CeskyOndra]

Will Hyundai go with just 3 cars (Neu,Tan and Mikkelsen) to Poland? If its true, It seems like a bad choice to me. They need good amount of points and Lappi is always fast, atleast he can make good points on Sunday

[WRCStan]

They can only nominate 3 for points, what's the point in a fourth if it can't take any away?

[Backa]

Will Hyundai go with just 3 cars (Neu,Tan and Mikkelsen) to Poland? If its true, It seems like a bad choice to me. They need good amount of points and Lappi is always fast, atleast he can make good points on Sunday

Hyundai already made weird choice with making Mikkelsen their tarmac specialist which even Mikkelsen admit that he is confused about. Mikkelsen's result were quite good in Poland in 2014-2017 period, most of Lappi's rally1 experience come from years Poland wasn't in calendar.

It could be decision based on wanting to check how Mikkelsen is performing in type of rally that suits him or maybe even some contractual promise that he will get one gravel opportunity.

[CeskyOndra]

They can only nominate 3 for points, what's the point in a fourth if it can't take any away?

They can nominate Tanak Neuville Lappi for points and do not risk Mikkelsen and just let him go for "practice"

[er88]

I think Lappi or Sordo will be drafted in later in the season to score manufacturer pts instead of Mikkelsen, in CER or Japan

[TypeR]

Pajari with Yaris rally1 hybrid in Latvia, with Promoters help(like Sesks):

https://www.wrc.com/a/news/w28010

[CeskyOndra]

Pajari with Yaris rally1 hybrid in Latvia, with Promoters help(like Sesks):

https://www.wrc.com/a/news/w28010

That is great news, we will see nice comparison between Pajari and Sesks. Really looking forward!

[CeskyOndra]

Maybe I'm just a bit naive, but this could mean that Ogier or Evans won't drive Toyota next year, when they are trying to test Pajari's skills.

[macebig]

Think it's straight forward that if Evans doesn't win the title (or is at least a realistic contender until Japan), he's out.