DirtFish has contacted Compact Dynamics CEO Oliver Blamberger to ask why Hyundai Motorsport, Toyota Gazoo Racing and M-Sport were instructed to send parts back to its factory just south of Munich.
None of the teams were willing to discuss the situation, but a senior source told DirtFish: “From what we can understand there was a significant issue in one of the batteries and the teams were emailed this afternoon [Friday] with a request to stop running the parts and to send motors and batteries back to Compact Dynamics as soon as possible.”
This comes soon after M-Sport and Toyota began running their 2022-specification Rally1 cars.
Again, none of the teams were willing to discuss the number of meaningful miles completed either on a stage or on a test bench with the hybrid units fitted and functioning.
