Hyundai WRT

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 17th February 2026, 08:23

Originally Posted by WRCStan

"French is spoken a lot at meetings, even though it should be an international company."

Yes, where everybody speaks English.

And I doubt Lappi or Paddon speak French.

**wyler** · 17th February 2026, 08:50

as if there is no finnish spoken in toyota. c'mon...

**TypeR** · 17th February 2026, 09:15

Biggest brain is British - Mr Fowler
Lindström - Finnish
Ogier - French
Evans - British
Solberg - Swede/Norwegian

Abideboul - French
Demaison - French
Neuville - Belgian
Fourmaux - French
Team new ,,base'' - France

**rallyfiend** · 17th February 2026, 10:25

Originally Posted by TypeR

Biggest brain is British - Mr Fowler
Lindström - Finnish
Ogier - French
Evans - British
Solberg - Swede/Norwegian

Abideboul - French
Demaison - French
Neuville - Belgian
Fourmaux - French
Team new ,,base'' - France

Germany is France now?!

**Fast Eddie WRC** · 17th February 2026, 10:26

These two statements are the most worrying. It doesnt bode well for their short or long-term future:

Lappi added that such a situation is too dangerous to compete at the top level: “It’s damn hard to push the limit if you don’t even realize what’s going on (with the car). It doesn’t feel safe.”

The constant losing streak to the main competitor also puts the long-term future of the project into question. “From a marketing perspective, it’s not the best thing if you keep losing to Toyota basically 100-0. It’s hard to justify in Korea that rallying is a good thing when you’re getting beaten all the time, ” Halttunen summed up the situation.

**TypeR** · 17th February 2026, 10:37

Originally Posted by rallyfiend

Germany is France now?!

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...and-to-france/

sorry, my big mistake, test base.

**EstWRC** · 17th February 2026, 12:58

Originally Posted by wyler

as if there is no finnish spoken in toyota. c'mon...

But do you hear Ogier complain or others complain that they talk in Finnish during meetings?

**AndersX** · 17th February 2026, 13:12

Can anyone with more tech knowledge explain what is their main issue that they can not solve for this Gen car? Engine, suspension, geometry, diffs, software?

**deephouse** · 17th February 2026, 14:39

If the drivers, engineers, mechanics, Demaison can't figure it out, nobody can't. The car is a complete failure and it should be retired for good from next year. They need to get back to drawing table and start all over again, if their plan is to stay in rallying.

**WRCStan** · 17th February 2026, 16:02

Originally Posted by deephouse

If the drivers, engineers, mechanics, Demaison can't figure it out, nobody can't. The car is a complete failure and it should be retired for good from next year. They need to get back to drawing table and start all over again, if their plan is to stay in rallying.

They had two cracks of the whip with different whipcrackers... maybe the limits aren't all technical.