Hyundai Motorsport is in a negative spiral in his project in the WRC. The last four rallies have not been particularly positive for the South Korean firm and the chances of fighting for the drivers ‘and manufacturers’ titles have been diluted. In fact, Hyundai faces Rally Estonia as an all or nothingAs a good result on the fast stages of Ott Tänak’s home country seems the only way to re-enlist the battle for the title. In fact, The firm will debut the new 1.6 turbo engine that they approved on July 1 and that will give life to its ‘Rally1’ in 2022.
Thierry Neuville and the rest of Hyundai drivers will enjoy this new engine. The Belgian, third overall, 56 points behind the leader, knows the importance of Rally Estonia: “Rally Estonia was the first edition of our championship that was restarted last year, so it will be good to come back. It is a fairly fast event, with wide paths and many jumps. In fact there are some bigger jumps than we have in Finland and that says it all. It is a difficult rally for usbut with the information and advice from Tänak, we hope to be fast as we have been at many events this season.
Ott Tänak competes at home and defends victory achieved in 2020. Another triumph is the only way to dream of having a minimal option to fight for the title: «Rally Estonia is characterized by fast roads. There are also a lot of jumps, giving the event a very high average speed. It’s nice to drive at home and we had a memorable result last year with our first win for Hyundai. We are hopeful that we can fight for a similar result this year., since we know that the car can be fast in these conditions. We need to repeat triumph.