Hyundai Motorsport is one of three manufacturers committed to the hybrid era of the WRC. However, the South Korean firm has been the last to confirm its project so the development of your Hyundai i20 N Rally1 accumulates some delay, even if the engineers of the structure started the work before having the ‘OK’ of the matrix. However, Hyundai’s delay with respect to Toyota and M-Sport is still very large and to show the statements of Andrea Adamo in which he assures that The Hyundai i20 N Rally1 will have its first test with its final configuration in October.
As in the case of Toyota and M-Sport, The first tests of the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 that have been carried out in recent weeks have been carried out with a test mule. In the case of the South Korean manufacturer, the work carried out to date has been carried out with a car based on the current four-door World Rally Car, with the provisional installation of certain components and the hybrid part of the powertrain. Nevertheless, Hyundai is ready to take the next step and that the i20 N Rally1 completes its first kilometers with its final configuration in October. The 2022 WRC season is coming up.
Own Andrea Adamo has been clear at the time of explaining the phase in which the project ‘Rally1’ of Hyundai is: «We put together this prototype as a test mule to be able to roll and gain some experience. I told the guys to design a base body to start testing and they did it right. It is clear that it is not the bodywork that we will use in Monte Carlo, so there is no need to worry about that. We are building the new car and I hope that by the end of October we can test it. We are working, but it is useless to deny that we are behind. We’ll catch up pretty quickly.