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1-2-3 Finish for Hyundai Motorsport in Acropolis Rally

1-2-3 Finish for Hyundai Motorsport in Acropolis Rally

Date: 2022-09-22

Hyundai Motorsport has claimed its first-ever clean sweep of a FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) podium with an emphatic performance in the Acropolis Rally in Greece. Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe led a 1-2-3 finish on the final race day, with Ott Tänak/Martin Järveoja and Dani Sordo/Cándido Carrera taking second and third places respectively to for an historic team result. Following a dominant performance on the Saturday, in which all three Hyundai Motorsport crews scored special stage wins, the team added three more fastest times on the final morning. Tänak took the honours in the opening run through Eleftherohori (SS 14/SS16, 16,90 km) before Neuville reasserted his advantage on the following Elatia-Rengini test (SS 15, 11,26 km). The Estonian then topped the timesheets in the Power Stage for five extra points. Steady runs for Neuville and Sordo in the Power Stage allowed the team to lock out the podium for the first time in its 107 WRC appearances to date. The Belgian won by a margin of 15,0 seconds to take his first victory of 2022 and his 17th in total for the team. The result also represents the first time that Hyundai Motorsport has taken three consecutive victories in WRC. Tänak confirmed his sixth podium finish of the season with a fine run to second place, following his back-to-back wins in Finland and Belgium. Sordo took a measured approach to the final stages to cement his podium finish ? his third top-three result in a row this season after Portugal and Sardinia ? to make it an all-Hyundai top three. The Spaniard has now finished on the podium in his last five WRC outings. The performance and reliability of the Hyundai i20 N Rally1 has played an integral part in the result, with others punished by Greece?s tough gravel roads. Having shown its competitiveness on gravel in Finland and tarmac in Belgium, the car has now also survived ? and excelled ? on the unforgiving terrain of the Acropolis Rally, adding Hyundai Motorsport?s name as winner of one of the championship?s most celebrated events. After ten rounds, the team has equalled its record for most wins in a single season, four (also registered in 2017 and 2019), adding a strong haul of points to its manufacturers? championship total of 341. For the next round in the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship the teams travel across the world to Rally New Zealand, which will take place from 29 September to 2 October.