WRC Chile: Inspired Tanak ends eventful Friday leading Suninen Tanak completed the day's six demanding gravel stages with a 4.2s lead over Suninen, who impressed in only his third Rally1 start. Autosport · Sep 29, 2023
WRC Chile: Evans leads as Lappi, Loubet suffer high-speed rolls Evans guided his Toyota GR Yaris to two fastest times from the three stages, to open up a 2.6s-lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen, as the WRC endured a spectacular return to South America's gravel roads. Autosport · Sep 29, 2023
Hyundai announces line-up for WRC Central European Rally The Finn was promoted to Hyundai’s third factory i20 N Rally1 car, shared with Dani Sordo, for WRC rounds in Estonia and Finland, filling the position left by the late Craig Breen. Autosport · Sep 13, 2023
Hyundai hands Suninen WRC Rally Chile outing The Finn was promoted to Hyundai’s third factory i20 N Rally1 car for WRC rounds in Estonia and Finland, filling the position left by the late Craig Breen. Autosport · Aug 25, 2023
WRC Finland: Five things you may have missed 1. Rovanpera crashes out but still leaves impact on rally Autosport · Aug 8, 2023
Ogier set for Acropolis Rally WRC return The eight-time world champion is contesting a partial WRC campaign for the second consecutive season, with the Frenchman expected to compete in as many as seven rounds this year. Autosport · Aug 7, 2023
Katsuta: Rovanpera's driving tips key to WRC Finland podium The Toyota driver came through an intense battle with Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen to claim the final podium spot at last weekend’s high-speed gravel rally, marking the Japanese driver’s best result of the season to date. Autosport · Aug 7, 2023
WRC Finland: Evans storms to dominant victory from Neuville The Welshman produced his most convincing display in a Rally1 car to date on his way to a second WRC victory of the season by 39.1s over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville. Autosport · Aug 6, 2023
WRC Finland: Dominant Evans wins seven stages to open healthy lead The Toyota driver reeled off seven consecutive stage wins to turn an overnight 6.9s lead into a commanding 32.1s advantage over Neuville heading into the final day. Autosport · Aug 5, 2023
WRC Finland: Evans more than doubles lead after perfect morning The Toyota driver starred in challenging wet conditions to win all four stages of the morning loop to transform his overnight 6.9s lead to 17.7s, as WRC crews headed to the midday service. Autosport · Aug 5, 2023
WRC Finland: Rovanpera leads as drama strikes Tanak, Lappi Rovanpera managed to tame changeable conditions to win three of the four high-speed gravel stages to lead Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans by 3.9s at midday service. Autosport · Aug 4, 2023
WRC Finland: Tanak beats Neuville to grab early lead with Super Special win The M-Sport-Ford driver produced a committed run through the 3.48km mixed surface Harju test, held on streets and parkland roads within the host city of Jyvaskyla. Motorsport · Aug 3, 2023
Suninen: Estonia WRC comeback drive proved “I belong at this level" Suninen returned to rallying’s top tier last weekend after receiving a call up from Hyundai to drive the third i20 N Rally1 that has been shared between Dani Sordo and the late Craig Breen this season. Motorsport · Jul 26, 2023
WRC Estonia: Five things you may have missed 1. Kalle Rovanpera at his very best is Sebastien Loeb-like Autosport · Jul 25, 2023
Autosport · Jul 21, 2023 WRC Estonia: Neuville leads as a fired up Tanak dominates the times Hyundai driver Neuville produced head turning speed on the fast gravel roads to leap into a 6.8s lead over championship leader Kalle Rovanpera, having started the day sitting fourth overall.
Motorsport · Jul 6, 2023 Suninen, Tanak contest local rally to prepare for WRC Estonia The pair feature on the 19-car entry list for the one-day gravel rally which will take in 68.53km of stages.
Autosport · Jun 27, 2023 Hyundai investigating running a fourth WRC car next year The manufacturer has fielded three cars in the WRC’s top tier since 2019 but is considering expanding its line-up to four for the 2024 season. The last time it ran four cars in a WRC event was 2018 Rally Portugal when it entered Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo, Hayden Paddon and…
Motorsport · Jun 27, 2023 Hyundai investigating running fourth WRC car next year The Korean manufacturer has fielded three cars in the WRC’s top tier since 2019 but is considering expanding its line-up to four for the 2024 season. The last time it ran four cars in a WRC event was 2018 Rally Portugal when it entered Thierry Neuville, Dani Sordo, Hayden Paddon…
Motorsport · Jun 16, 2023 Suninen to drive Rally1 car as Hyundai reveals WRC driver development scheme The South Korean marque has relaunched a driver development programme as previously reported by Motorsport.com, with Suninen and reigning WRC2 champion Emil Lindholm the first drivers selected to be part of the initiative.
Autosport · Jun 6, 2023 Hyundai looking at several drivers to create WRC talent pool The team is currently searching for at least one driver to join its WRC ranks to share the third i20 N with Dani Sordo following the tragic loss of Craig Breen in a Rally Croatia testing accident in April.
Autosport · Nov 4, 2022 Lappi favourite to land 2023 Hyundai WRC drive Esapekka Lappi appears set to join Hyundai’s World Rally Championship squad as replacement for Ott Tanak for 2023.
Autosport · Mar 15, 2022 Hyundai names Suninen in new-look 2022 WRC2 line-up Hyundai has announced Teemu Suninen will lead its assault on the WRC2 Championship as part of a new-look driver line-up for 2022.