2025 WRC News & Rumours

[Backa]

Gryazin seems to be nice option but I am curious what will happen with Teemu Suninen and Emil Lindholm. Driving whole 2024 in crappy Hyundai Rally2 car led to world forgetting about them. Taking Tanak and Mikkelsen is one thing but it would not be great look for Hyundai's "development programme" if they will be rejected again in favour of Gryazin.

[deephouse]

Lindholm had few outings in a Rally1 Hyundai (test). Don't know why, but maybe they are still consider him.

Then Teemu. How much chances shoud the team give him? He had plenty of them, I know Mikkelsen too. But then again. Teemu will not be better than Mikkelsen, Lappi...

The team indeed fucked up to put those two into the Rally2 car and more importantly didn't give much effort to proper develop the car and also both of them, but what can we do.

Sadly there are the only two drivers who have total respect from the team and those two are Neuville (now with the title even more strenghened "relationship") and Sordo. Both are in the team from the start.

There is one guy who is I guess the most loyal to the brand and should be given full WRC2 campaign and support - Paddon, but sadly they just like to brag with him and nothing else.

The dream is to Hyundai running 4 cars but since they started that operation, they never actualy do it. They rather spend all that money on luxury building on every rally.

[saco0o]

i think Fourmaux will still be on the Puma in the upcoming monza rally masters, eh?

[Andre Oliveira]

Contracts end are in December 31st. Usually old team allow test before that but not rallies.

[Eli]

Lindholm had few outings in a Rally1 Hyundai (test). Don't know why, but maybe they are still consider him.

Then Teemu. How much chances shoud the team give him? He had plenty of them, I know Mikkelsen too. But then again. Teemu will not be better than Mikkelsen, Lappi...

The team indeed fucked up to put those two into the Rally2 car and more importantly didn't give much effort to proper develop the car and also both of them, but what can we do.

Sadly there are the only two drivers who have total respect from the team and those two are Neuville (now with the title even more strenghened "relationship") and Sordo. Both are in the team from the start.

There is one guy who is I guess the most loyal to the brand and should be given full WRC2 campaign and support - Paddon, but sadly they just like to brag with him and nothing else.

The dream is to Hyundai running 4 cars but since they started that operation, they never actualy do it. They rather spend all that money on luxury building on every rally.

I think it's stated for next year's regulations that those huge compounds of the teams (Hyundai. Toyota & previously Volkswagen) will make way to a more subdued service park as they'll have to use the sorrounding area as their working ground, that should cut costs and you won't see a huge fortress of Hyundai & Toyota every time you go into the service park.

[Rallyper]

Anything new about Solberg?
Or does the silence about him indicate something´s going on...?

[meh]

Anything new about Solberg?
Or does the silence about him indicate something´s going on...?

It's a silly season and without facts, we can only speculate. The only "news" on that field is that it is highly likely he will not be driving a Toyota Rally1.

[deephouse]

He was linked for Toyota, but he lost against Sami. So that door closed. He admited that he have strong option(s) for WRC2, so I guess still Skoda, Toyota maybe there. I don't think he will go in M-Sport direction.

[rallyfiend]

Anything new about Solberg?
Or does the silence about him indicate something´s going on...?

Printsport Toyota....

[Morte66]

It seems Toyota is going to have five cars to accommodate Ogier part-time. If (not certain) they have five cars' worth of mechanics, truck drivers, catering etc set up for that, might they offer the fifth car to somebody when Ogier isn't driving?

If so, there's the question of who is available. I imagine Gryazin and Rossel might have contracts which lock them to Citroen. Solberg would be easier, especially if he's at Printsport. If Arai were a bit further along, they could give him a go for marketing.