WRC News Toyota drivers unimpressed with Neuville’s road order ire Thierry Neuville’s frustrated comments regarding road order in the World Rally Championship have been met with resistance by Toyota drivers Kalle Rovanperä and Elfyn Evans…. Read more by Luke Barry July 19, 2024 5 min
WRC News Hyundai abandoned fix for Lappi’s Safari fault in 2023 DirtFish can reveal Esapekka Lappi’s retirement from last week’s Safari Rally Kenya was likely caused by a homologation problem last year. The teams are permitted… Read more by David Evans April 2, 2024 3 min
WRC News Hyundai drivers told to slow down to save transmission Hyundai’s chances of ending Toyota’s domination of Safari Rally Kenya look to have been spoiled by transmission issues, with the team’s technical director François-Xavier Demaison… Read more by David Evans March 29, 2024 3 min
WRC News No more performance updates for Hyundai this year Hyundai Motorsport won’t be bringing any performance updates to its i20 N Rally1 until the start of 2024, instead prioritising reliability for the rest of this season…. Read more by Luke Barry September 20, 2023 2 min
WRC News F-X Demaison breaks his media silence François-Xavier Demaison is the man Hyundai perhaps didn’t just want, but needed. Ever since being appointed team principal in January, Cyril Abiteboul has made it… Read more by DirtFish Media September 16, 2023 3 min
WRC News Where Demaison has already improved Hyundai The impact was instant. On the very weekend François-Xavier Demaison joined Hyundai Motorsport, it won Rally Italy with Thierry Neuville. After two seasons with back-of-the-pack Williams in… Read more by Luke Barry August 31, 2023 2 min
WRC News How Hyundai’s new technical structure will work Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul has outlined the role and responsibilities of new technical director François-Xavier Demaison. Demaison, whose last job in the World Rally Championship… Read more by Luke Barry June 1, 2023 2 min
WRC News Demaison joins Hyundai as technical director It had to happen. The biggest surprise is that it took so long. Francois-Xavier Demaison will return to the World Rally Championship with Hyundai Motorsport…. Read more by David Evans May 24, 2023 3 min
