WRC News Fourmaux should be ‘more realistic’ at times – is Abiteboul right? Adrien Fourmaux needs to learn to be “a bit more realistic” in certain situations, according to his boss Cyril Abiteboul. Fourmaux joined Hyundai from M-Sport… Read more by Luke Barry April 8, 2025 3 min
WRC News Hyundai pondering how to spend its final joker Hyundai Motorsport president and team principal Cyril Abiteboul has revealed the team has one development joker left to spend on its i20 N Rally1 –… Read more by Luke Barry April 4, 2025 3 min
WRC News What Hyundai wants the WRC to learn from WEC Hyundai’s long-term rally future remains unclear. Clarity on its World Rally Championship presence beyond the end of this season is yet to arrive. But here’s… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay April 1, 2025 3 min
WRC News Has Tänak changed approach this year? The media zone isn’t traditionally where you get the best of Ott Tänak. But something changed in Gap. Far smilier, engaged and thoughtful in his… Read more by Luke Barry February 10, 2025 3 min
WRC News Abiteboul sure Monte was a “wake-up call” for Neuville Hyundai Motorsport president and team principal Cyril Abiteboul feels Thierry Neuville’s difficult Monte Carlo will serve as a “wake-up call” for the rest of the… Read more by Luke Barry February 7, 2025 2 min
WRC News Can Fourmaux fight for the championship? World Rally champion Thierry Neuville said something interesting on the eve of the 2025 season. “I think we have four to five drivers who can… Read more by Luke Barry February 5, 2025 3 min
WRC News Hyundai’s secrecy over its updated Rally1 car I already knew the response I’d get before I asked the question, but it would be remiss not to try. Details of Hyundai’s revised i20… Read more by Luke Barry February 3, 2025 2 min
WRC News Fourth car unlikely for Hyundai in 2025 Hyundai Motorsport is unlikely to run extra cars during the 2025 World Rally Championship season, with president and team principal Cyril Abiteboul keen to “really… Read more by Luke Barry January 30, 2025 2 min
WRC News Abiteboul wants to ‘solve the riddle’ with Tänak There’s perhaps never been a bigger fall from ‘hero to zero’ than Ott Tänak experienced on the final morning of Rally Japan. His performance had… Read more by Luke Barry November 28, 2024 3 min
WRC News Abiteboul sees Toyota’s manufacturers’ title as “justice” Hyundai Motorsport president Cyril Abiteboul believes Toyota’s World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title is “justice” and a “fair representation” of the two teams’ respective performance levels…. Read more by Luke Barry November 26, 2024 3 min
WRC News Abiteboul: No team orders at Rally Japan Hyundai drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak will be free to fight each other for the drivers’ title at next week’s Rally Japan, despite Hyundai’s… Read more by Luke Barry November 15, 2024
WRC News Hyundai needs Mikkelsen to step up in Japan With Thierry Neuville zeroing in on a maiden drivers’ title, and team-mate Ott Tänak still mathematically able to stop him, the onus is on Andreas Mikkelsen to… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2024 2 min
WRC News When Hyundai will finally confirm its 2025 WRC lineup Two roles within Hyundai’s 2025 World Rally Championship lineup remain uncertain with only three months until the next season begins: its third driver and its… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 22, 2024
WRC News Rovanperä to miss Rally Japan season finale Toyota will complete its World Rally Championship defense without Kalle Rovanperä following news that the Finn will not compete at next month’s Rally Japan. The… Read more by David Evans October 21, 2024 3 min
WRC News Abiteboul’s “relief” at Hyundai securing drivers’ title As a book, it’s been a two-parter with 15 chapters, but now the story is complete: A Hyundai driver will be 2024 World Rally Champion…. Read more by David Evans October 20, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai clarifies Tänak “text message” strategy comments Hyundai team principal and motorsport director Cyril Abiteboul has clarified comments from Ott Tänak suggesting that he had texted the 2019 world champion to slow… Read more by Alasdair Lindsay October 19, 2024 3 min
WRC News Sordo set for Hyundai management role in 2025 For Hyundai, the biggest question at the start of this week’s Central European Rally was whether Thierry Neuville would be a world champion by Sunday…. Read more by David Evans October 17, 2024 2 min
WRC News Hyundai “analyzing competition” before deciding on third driver Amid talk of Hyundai potentially pulling its manufacturer team out of the World Rally Championship, one thing is for sure: it remains committed to the… Read more by Mark Paulson September 13, 2024 2 min
