Hyundai are going in. All in for 2024. With a 5 crew team including former champion Ott Tanak back from MSport Ford and long time team member Thierry Neuville, Hyundai Motorsport have big plans for the new i20 in 2024. Neuville has been with the team since its WRC debut 2014 and played a major part in their championships in 2019 and 2020. Being more frequent rally winners is the main target for Hyundai this year. The team have identified two main areas of improvement of the car in reliability and weight, which have been developed and improved over the off season.
Success in 2024 is a priority for Hyundai Motorsport. The team marking out this year as a stepping stone to becoming the team to beat in 2025/6.
Cyril Abiteboul has said...
“This year, we want to target more frequent wins, which we hope to achieve with our refreshed driver line-up and improved Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid. Also, given the nature of the 2024 season, we believe we can fight for the drivers’ title. Ott had unfinished business with the team, and once we started talking, we realised there was a mutual interest to finish it. Alongside Thierry, we have two drivers capable of claiming the crown. In our third car, we wanted to reward crews that we felt deserved the opportunity, as all three have shown loyalty to the team as well as impressive pace and ability over the past years. Bringing in talent in a number of areas, such as new engineers, mechanics, weather and sporting personnel, also strengthens the overall team as we look to push forward this year. Success in 2024 will be our focus and we are confident that we have the right pieces in place for this to be a reality. In addition, we also have a plan that looks forward into 2025 and 2026 that we intend to execute.”
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