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Hyundai to comeback on tight, twisty Tour de Corse

Hyundai to comeback on tight, twisty Tour de Corse

Date: 2019-03-29

Hyundai Motorsport returns to tarmac on the tight, twisty roads of the island of Corsica this weekend for the fourth round of the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), and with the aim to win back ground in the manufacturers' challenge after a lacklustre result in Rally Mexico.

The iconic Tour de Corse rally on the picturesque island of Corsica sees WRC crews tackle some of the most technically demanding, narrow and winding stages of the season, underscoring the event's nickname "Rally of 10 000 Corners".

Hyundai Motorsport will field a trio of tarmac specialists for Tour de Corse. All three crews have previously been victorious on Corsica with seven wins between them. Belgians Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul took the honours for Hyundai Motorsport in 2017, in addition to an Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) win in 2011.

Joining them as part of the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team line-up in this year's event will be Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio and SÈbastien Loeb/Daniel Elena. The Spanish crew took an IRC triumph in 2012 while Loeb scored four consecutive wins from 2005 to 2008.

Following a difficult Rally Mexico, Hyundai Motorsport will be looking to bounce back quickly at Tour de Corse. Due to a heavily revised route, 80% of the special stages will be new this year. The rally tours from Porto-Vecchio in the southeast of the island on an anti-clockwise trajectory through Bastia, where the Service Park is located, and ends coming Sunday at Calvi in the northeast.