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2020 MEDIA GUIDE Rally Sweden February 13 - 16, 2020 2020 MEDIA GUIDE Rally Sweden February 13 - 16, 2020 ROUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rally Sweden February 13 - 16, 2020 HYUNDAI’S HELLO Welcome to Sweden and round two of the 2020 FIA World Rally Championship, which we began in fine style with a superb victory on Rallye Monte-Carlo thanks to Thierry and Nicolas. It meant a lot to me personally to win this event as, alongside Sanremo, Monte-Carlo was one of the rallies that first attracted me to the sport. So, to see Thierry and Nicolas on the top step of the podium for Hyundai was a special moment. The Hyundai Motorsport team has grown a lot in the past 12 months. I remember after finishing second in Monte-Carlo last year listing all the things that we needed to work on and the areas where we needed to improve. My people have done a great job filling in those gaps and showing what they are capable of. However, things do not always go according to plan and, of course, we hope that Ott and Martin will have a much better event here in Sweden following their accident in Monte-Carlo. Having celebrated our victory in round one, we move on to the challenge of Rally Sweden, which provides another wintry test. We appreciate the concerted efforts of the organisers and the FIA to make Rally Sweden happen. The conditions are uncharacteristically warm for this time of the year and we acknowledge the challenges that have been faced in preparing for the rally, with safety at the forefront of the decision-making process. Hyundai Motorsport has taken the decision to add Craig Breen to our line-up alongside Thierry and Ott in a bid to field the most competitive package possible for the event with the best available options for road position. We brought in Craig based on his performance in Sweden in 2018 when he finished second, and the potential he showed in our i20 Coupe WRC last season. In WRC 2, Ole Christian and Jonas will no doubt be looking to defend their class victory in Sweden last year, while Nikolay and Yaroslav can be feeling positive following their third-place finish in the category in Monte-Carlo. Our Manufacturers’ championship title defence might have begun well with the team leading after round one, but there is still a long way to go and we are ready for the fight. Andrea Adamo Team Director, Hyundai Motorsport Rally Sweden February 13 - 16, 2020 ON STAGE WITH... CRAIG BREEN You finished second on Rally Sweden in 2018, so what do you hope to achieve for Hyundai Motorsport this year? “Obviously, I have good memories from Sweden. The last time I was there I had a really positive result, my best in the WRC so far, so it’s a rally that suits me well. When you get the right conditions with proper CRAIG BREEN snow it’s one of the nicest rallies.” TEAM POSITION: Driver This is your first time in the Hyundai i20 Coupe AGE: 30 WRC in Sweden, so how will you prepare for WRC STARTS: 61 the event? “It’s the first time driving the car on snow, but each @Craig_Breen time I get in it I’m discovering new things. I’m really looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of /CraigBreenOfficial the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. It’s been a long time since Rally GB last October. I’m excited and anxious to drive the car again.” Can you describe the sensation of driving in Sweden (studded tyres, ice- coated roads, snow banks etc)? “Sweden is really special, the feeling and sensations you get in the car is like nowhere else. If you have proper snow banks it’s like a toboggan run, you’re just using the banks to keep the car straight and trying to carry as much speed as possible. Again, if you have the correct ice and temperature the grip is even better than on gravel sometimes. I get a big adrenalin rush from driving on roads like that.” How much do you enjoy driving in Sweden? “I really enjoy driving in Sweden, it’s one of my favourite events. When I started rallying years ago I was practising a bit on frozen lakes and at some schools in Scandinavia, so it’s definitely a surface I feel comfortable with.” What were the main lessons you learned driving the Hyundai in 2019? “The main things I learned were that I can be patient and trust the car. From the first moment I drove the i20 Coupe WRC I felt a lot of confidence and that I could drive my own natural way in the car, so I got back a lot of the enjoyment that I’d missed in previous years.” What’s your view on Ott Tänak joining Hyundai Motorsport for 2020? What do you think of his ability? “I’m still learning and to get the chance to work with guys like Ott and Martin is really nice, and I will try to take as much information and help as they can give me. Working with someone with so much experience from different teams can only help. From a Manufacturers’ championship point of view, it’s an extremely strong team with everybody there.” Rally Sweden February 13 - 16, 2020 HYUNDAI HAPPENINGS ● Hyundai Motorsport began its Manufacturers’ championship title defence in style as Thierry Neuville stormed to victory with a dominant performance on Rallye Monte-Carlo. The Belgian and co- driver Nicolas Gilsoul scored nine out of 16 stage wins in their Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC to claim their 13th and the team’s 15th victory at world level, which was also Hyundai’s first in the Principality. ● Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena took sixth place and 10 Manufacturer points on the WRC season-opener, while defending champions and new Hyundai Motorsport recruits Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja retired from the rally following their huge crash on stage four of the event. ● Craig Breen and Paul Nagle have been drafted back into the Hyundai Motorsport team alongside Neuville and Tänak for Rally Sweden, where the Irish driver achieved a best result of second in 2018. ● All three crews were set to test for Sweden in the days leading up to the event in an area close to the rally, with the WRC 2 crews also due to get a day of running last weekend. ● The Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing Junior Driver initiative will expand for 2020, taking in young rally drivers for the first time. Five drivers have been named in the initial group led by reigning WRC 2 champion Pierre-Louis Loubet, and 2020 Hyundai Motorsport N drivers Ole-Christian Veiby and Nikolay Gryazin. Young Irish talent Callum Devine and Luxembourg’s Grégoire Munster, the Belgian Junior champion, complete the line-up. ● Dani Sordo and Ott Tänak will enter Rallye Serras de Fafe in Portugal at the end of this month in two Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC cars ahead of the first gravel outing of the year, Rally Mexico, from March 12-15. ● Defending series champion Luca Engstler got his TCR Malaysia campaign off to the perfect start by winning Race 1 from pole in his eponymous team’s Hyundai i30 TCR at Sepang last month. The German’s team-mate Nicolas Gruber then secured his maiden TCR victory in Race 2. Rally Sweden February 13 - 16, 2020 HYUNDAI IN NUMBERS 1967: Company founded in Korea and has gone on to establish sales networks in 190 countries supported by 110,00 members of staff. 10,000: Of those global employees, some 10,000 people work at Hyundai’s R&D base in the Korean city of Namyang. 50: Hyundai Motorsport’s hub in Alzenau, Germany, is located within a 50-kilometre radius of Hyundai Motor Europe’s HQ in Offenbach and Hyundai Motor Europe’s Technical and Design Centre in Rüsselsheim. It’s home to more than 200 expert personnel representing close on 30 nationalities. 18: Hyundai won the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers with an 18-point margin on the back of a season that included four wins and 13 individual podiums. 10: By recruiting Ott Tänak for 2020, Hyundai Motorsport’s driver line-up boasts 10 outright WRC drivers’ titles, plus two Junior world crowns. Sébastien Loeb is a nine-time World Rally champion, while he and Dani Sordo both include one Junior world title on their CVs. 3: Thierry Neuville claimed three WRC wins in 2019 on his way to second in the final table. It was a season that featured the Belgian making start number 100 at world level and ended with victory in Spain. With the exception of Chile, where they retired following a spectacular accident, Neuville and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul finished the other 12 events. 7: Customers of the Hyundai i30 N TCR race car took seven titles in 2019, while the Hyundai i20 R5 was used to claim three national rally championships and 60 rally wins in customer hands. 5.1: Hyundai Motorsport has fans around the world who follow its efforts in the WRC and Customer Racing through social media, with more than 5.1 million likes on Facebook. The team also has 79,400 followers on Twitter and more than 304,000 on Instagram. Rally Sweden February 13 - 16, 2020 N BRAND ● Hyundai Motor’s high-performance N brand enforces the company’s goal to create vehicles that match up to the high standards of excellence expected, but are as fun to drive as they are practical.
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