There are definitely lots of encouraging aspects to take away from this event.”
I lost a bit in this morning’s first stage so I took it steady after that to secure sixth place. Yesterday, we had some issues which slowed us down but thankfully Thierry was able to regain the third position for the team. I was happy with the set-up and, generally, it has been running perfectly. I made no mistakes during the four days and we have shown some strong pace at times. Hanninen said: “I’m quite happy with the rally and it has been a very good weekend for the team overall. Hänninen has also shown some impressive pace in Poland to claim a stage win on the opening day and regularly be among the pace setters, and with the top six finish gives the Finn his best result of the season and much cause for satisfaction. It is a very nice result to have all three cars finish a WRC event for the first time.” We have worked really well together to tackle the rally in calm and focused way. It has been a great job from the entire team this weekend. You had to find your confidence, and once you have that you can be really fast. To come back from tenth place, where we were at the end of Friday, to third had been great achievement. Neuville said: “It has been a positive weekend for us and I am pleased with the podium result. Neuville had a strong Rally Poland, fighting hard showing competitiveness and determination to make his way from tenth up into the podium positions. Neuville scored a stage win in the 14.41km Stare Juchy 2 stage on last Saturday, Hänninen topped the times in SS2 (Kruklanki 17.24km) while Paddon, in just his second WRC event as a Hyundai Shell World Rally Team driver, finished 0.7s off a stage win in Friday’s SS4 (Wieliczki 12.89km).
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The team has shown competitive pace in this event and has seen all three Hyundai i20 WRC cars and crews demonstrate podium potential as all three drivers registered quick stage times during the weekend. In just its seventh WRC event, the rookie team has enjoyed a positive week and has had its hard work rewarded with a debut three car finish as Juho Hänninen (#8 Hyundai i20 WRC, co-driver Tomi Tuominen) and Hayden Paddon (#20 Hyundai i20 WRC, co-driver John Kennard) also completed the rally inside the top eight overall. The car is going to be slower and of course it’s never a nice feeling when you are used to something great, that when it’s taken away from you and I can understand then criticising these points with the new cars.J– The Hyundai Shell World Rally Team has claimed its second podium result of the 2014 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) season as Thierry Neuville (#7 Hyundai i20 WRC, co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul) claimed third place after an action-packed Rally Poland. “On the other hand it brings more weight with the batteries, probably 100kg more weight. “Next year, no centre differential and less suspension travel but the hybrid will give a 100 horsepower in periods of two to five seconds on acceleration which is a nice feeling to have more power. “There are a lot new interesting things but of course there are also elements that are being taken away from the drivers that are used to in the current cars,” said Latvala when asked by for a response to Neuville’s comments. However, the Finn believes once Rally1 is up and running next year the critical comments will subside.
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In response to Neuville’s outburst, former rally winner and now boss of Toyota’s World Rally Championship programme Jari-Matti Latvala understands driver frustrations at losing elements from the current cars next year. WRC reveals further details on hybrid future.Katsuta withdraws from WRC Acropolis Rally after co-driver emergency.M-Sport reveals customer interest in new Puma WRC car.“I definitely don’t agree on all those changes which are done and done by FIA and manufacturers all the time for moving things, just to make the car less exciting, more dangerous to drive, and at the end it could be more expensive than anything else we have seen so far in the WRC,” said Neuville in media briefing ahead of this weekend’s Acropolis Rally.
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The Belgian believes it is the wrong direction for the series claiming the cars will have performance figures comparable to the current R5 cars that compete in WRC2 and WRC3. Neuville’s latest comments arrive in the same week the WRC and FIA outlined further details regarding its hybrid future and its move to reach carbon net zero status by 2030. While the 2022 cars are expected to receive a power boost to 500 horsepower when electric power is engaged alongside the 1.6-litre internal combustion engine, the vehicles will have reduced aerodynamics, suspension travel and will be 100kg heavier than the current cars.
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