Quote Originally Posted by deephouse View Post
So they have this candidates that comply to youth and experience (if we consider Rally1 cars and previous WRC ones):
-Andreas Mikkelsen - 36 years old -> 3 rally wins, 25 podiums, 117 stage wins, drive or 3 top tier teams
-Esapekka Lappi - 34 years old -> 2 rally wins, 15 podiums, 77 stage wins, drive for 4 top tier teams
-Oliver Solberg - 24 years old -> 1 rally win, 1 podium, 9 stage wins, drive for 2 top tier teams
-Takamoto Katsuta - 32 years old -> 7 podiums, 54 stage wins, drive for 1 top tier team
-Teemu Suninen - 31 years old -> 3 podiums, 15 stage wins, drive for 2 top tier teams
-Sami Pajari - 23 years old -> 1 podium, 5 stage wins, drive for 1 top tier team
-Pierre-Louis Loubet - 28 years old -> 4 stage wins, drive for 1 top tier team
-Gregoire Munster - 26 years old -> 2 stage wins, drive for 1 top tier team
-Martins Sesks - 26 years old -> 2 stage wins, drive for 1 top tier team
-Gus Greensmith - 28 years old -> 2 stage wins, drive for 1 top tier team
-Josh McErlean - 26 years old -> 1 stage win, drive for 1 top tier team
-Jari Huttunen - 31 years old -> 1 stage win, drive for 1 top tier team
Solberg (Toyota), Katsuta (Toyota or nothing), Pajari (Toyota), Loubet (already drove Hyundai, too slow), Munster (too slow), Greensmith (too slow), McErlean (too slow) and Huttunen (inactive since 2023) have 0% chance or reason to be at Hyundai.
I think Hyundai will go for youth driver + experience driver alternating... they could also not bother with a 3rd car, but I imagine they will, at least part season.