The World Rally Car era ends for the manufacturers of the World Rally Championship. Although the drivers ‘title between Sébastien Ogier and Elfyn Evans is still at stake, as well as the manufacturers’ title between Toyota and Hyundai, the truth is that the brands involved in the WRC already have a large part of their resources focused on 2022. The development of the new ‘Rally1’ hybrids forces this and in the case of Hyundai, more if possible. The South Korean firm began the design and development of its prototype with a certain delay, so it has to accelerate the pace to accumulate kilometers with your i20 N Rally1.
In fact, Hyundai has traveled to Italy to complete a new test with its ‘Rally1’ after Thierry Neuville’s victory in the RACC Rally. The Belgian driver was in charge of getting on the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 first on the asphalt sections of the transalpine country. Beyond this term, different information indicates that This test session was the first in which the i20 N Rally1 has run with the Compact Dynamics hybrid system at full capacity. If so, this is an important step for the project led by Andrea Adamo.
In the usual dynamics in this type of test, Ott Tänak took over from Thierry Neuville at the wheel of the Hyundai i20 N Rally1. It remains to be seen if Dani Sordo and Oliver Solberg will also roll with the brand’s new car now that his alternation in the third Hyundai Motorsport car has been confirmed for 2022. If Hyundai traces the work of M-Sport in its recent test in Spain, both Sordo and Solberg could get on the i20 N Rally1. In the end, all points of view when developing a car as complex as a hybrid ‘Rally1’ are welcomed.