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Hyundai Visits Podium Again In Rally Finland

Hyundai Visits Podium Again In Rally Finland

Date: 2023-09-03

Hyundai Motorsport finished RallyFinland, round nine of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) season, withThierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe in a superb second place - marking theirsixth podium finish of the season.

Neuville and Wydaeghe consolidated their strong performance on thecomplex and demanding routes to confirm their first Rally Finland podium as acrew.

Sunday featured an all-new itinerary for the final day, with four stagescontested in fair weather conditions. Although their target was a steady andcautious drive through the stages, the Belgian Hyundai Shell Mobis World RallyTeam crew continued to show strong pace in their Hyundai i20 N Rally1Hybrid.

Treating SS20 Himos-Jämsä 1 as a recce for the event's Power Stage,Neuville and Wydaeghe registered the second-fastest time. They repeated thefeat on SS21 Moksi-Sahloinen and in the Power Stage itself, scoring fouradditional championship points.

It was a gripping final day in the battle for third place, with TeemuSuninen and Mikko Markkula narrowly missing out on a podium position after aconcerted effort. In a bid to give them the best chance at success, the teammade the tactical decision to have no spare tyre in their Hyundai i20 N Rally1Hybrid. The crew went on to demonstrate some fine Finnish flair, settingtop-three times on every stage as they pushed hard to overturn the deficit.

Neuville has narrowed the gap in the championship standings with just 36points separating the top three in the drivers' standings, while Hyundai ShellMobis World Rally Team remains in second place in the manufacturers' battle.The team heads to the next round, the Acropolis Rally, in high spirits as itlooks to defend its clean sweep of the podium positions.

Thetenth round of the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship will be the legendaryAcropolis Rally, from 7 to 10 September, around Lamia, Greece.