Hyundai i20 WRC

[litifeta]

Bouffier wins. Is this Hyundai's first recorded win in the i20?


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[Rallyper]

Jepp

[Andre Oliveira]

Paddon's car in sardegna with french plate

[Langdale Forest]

It was a bad move for Nueville to drive for Hyundai this year, if he was with Ford he could have been winning rallies.

[Zeakiwi]

It was a bad move for Neuville to drive for Hyundai this year, if he was with Ford he could have been winning rallies.

or

standing on the side of the road watching a Fiesta getting burnt. Fingers crossed - Neuville's long game for Hyundai pays off.

[miniwintz]

It was a bad move for Nueville to drive for Hyundai this year, if he was with Ford he could have been winning rallies.

Absolutely true. Unfortunately M-Sport didn't have a € 3 million contract for him...

[noel157]

Next season's i20:

[Frostmourne]

I was wondering the same about Nueville? Is it the car? because every event we have a mechanical issue with i20 with at least 2 i20 cars!! I know its their first season but I am not sure if the car will be competitive with the others for the seasons to come!

[Mintexmemory]

I was wondering the same about Nueville? Is it the car? because every event we have a mechanical issue with i20 with at least 2 i20 cars!! I know its their first season but I am not sure if the car will be competitive with the others for the seasons to come!

I suggest we reserve judgement until after the tarmac rallies. I note that Sordo and Bouffier are listed unofficially as entries for Rally Deutschland. My view is that it was too early in Neuville's career for him to be given Team Leader responsibility.

[kirungi okwogera]

I was wondering the same about Nueville? Is it the car? because every event we have a mechanical issue with i20 with at least 2 i20 cars!! I know its their first season but I am not sure if the car will be competitive with the others for the seasons to come!

I think to start a successful team you need at least one year just for everything technical to be running well, which is why Nandan kept referring to 2014 as their development year like how VW ran Ogier in a Fabia S2000 just to establish the mechanical and practical team running. I believe Neuville is the same driver who was on the podium regularly before Hyundai and from interviews with him it sounds like the car is still not there speed wise.

If the mechanical retirements are like this in 2015 then I think we know the car is not competitive. If the drivers are wrecking all the time in 2015 then we know the drivers are not competitive and the car may or may not be. But I think they will get to a competitive level, the resources they're putting into the programme are not incomparable to VW's WRC spending.