Hyundai i20 WRC first test drive
12-08-2012, 06:41 AM
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Hyundai i20 WRC first test drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0byQadWKyY
Scandinavian driver. Kenneth Eriksson retired. I wonder if it's Petter Solberg. Maybe someone younger from the jwrc.
I really miss the 1990's - 2003 WRC rally cars. The cars looked great and that's when they had Kenya.
Oh well at least Hyundai are back in the WRC! I've been waiting for approximately 10 years!
Scandinavian driver. Kenneth Eriksson retired. I wonder if it's Petter Solberg. Maybe someone younger from the jwrc.
I really miss the 1990's - 2003 WRC rally cars. The cars looked great and that's when they had Kenya.
Oh well at least Hyundai are back in the WRC! I've been waiting for approximately 10 years!
12-08-2012, 08:30 AM
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With Ford and Citreon gone, pretty much anyone aside from the VW drivers are available. Msport are going to carry on as a private Ford entry (possibly with some backing), but they not likely to be paying drivers as much as a manufacturer would.
12-08-2012, 10:22 AM
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^I see you know your news! Yeah it's crazy how much has changed! Ford and Citroen are trying to snatch Robert Kubica for the WRC. Bobbie owes them a C4, and Ford have already submitted their permission for switching the shifter to the left side.
12-09-2012, 04:59 AM
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OK let's take a guess:
Mads Ostberg (Norway)
Henning Solberg (Norway)
Petter Solberg (Norway)
Andreas Mikkelsen (Norway) Volkswagen
Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Volkswagen
Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) Citroen
Big names bring big budgets. It's gotta be one or two of these guys. After doing a quick search, we cross out the confirmed 2013 names.
That leaves us only with the Solberg brothers vs. somebody young and unknown and without sponsorship.
*Update* Well it's not Petter Solberg:
Mads Ostberg (Norway)
Big names bring big budgets. It's gotta be one or two of these guys. After doing a quick search, we cross out the confirmed 2013 names.
That leaves us only with the Solberg brothers vs. somebody young and unknown and without sponsorship.
*Update* Well it's not Petter Solberg:
Colin Clark @voiceofrally
@RallyingUK Petter told me yesterday he has had absolutely no communications with Hyundai. Can't find anyone who's working the project!
@RallyingUK Petter told me yesterday he has had absolutely no communications with Hyundai. Can't find anyone who's working the project!
12-10-2012, 08:42 AM
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With the amount of people that Hyundai has dog acted in the past... let's see what happens. I'm not going to buy an i20 because of the WRC though.
12-10-2012, 09:03 AM
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^I agree. Their programs in the past have always been half-assed and their agenda (learn first year, aim high next year) for the Hyundai Coupe F2 and Accent WRC were exactly the same as this one.