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2020 MEDIA GUIDE

Rallye Monte-Carlo January 23 - 26, 2020

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Rallye Monte-Carlo January 23-26, 2020

Welcome to Rallye Monte-Carlo for round one of what is sure to be a thrilling 2020 FIA World Rally Championship.

Everyone here at the Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team is very proud to start this season with a world championship title to our name after securing the Manufacturers’ crown last year. Obviously, we would have preferred to have celebrated the title at the end of Rally Australia, but the decision to cancel that event was absolutely the right one and our concern remains for the welfare of all in the country.

But while we had an extremely successful 2019, the slate is wiped clean again as we prepare for 2020. Our aims for the coming season are clear: to fight for victory in each of the events on the calendar and to mount a challenge for the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

And we do so with a change to our driver line-up as we welcome the 2019 championship-winning crew of Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja to our team on a two-year deal. Along with Thierry and Nicolas, they will contest all rallies in their Hyundai i20 Coupe WRCs, with Dani and Sébastien sharing a third car.

We know the ferocity of the competition will remain intense, so we have to make sure our technical package is as strong as possible. We have arguably one of the strongest crew line-ups in WRC; it is a reflection of Hyundai’s reputation in international motorsport that we are able to attract such a calibre of talent. I, for one, am tremendously focused on what the coming season will bring.

Therefore, we begin 2020 hoping for a winning start and we can certainly count on a formidable driver trio. Seb jointly holds the record of Rallye Monte-Carlo wins, while Thierry and Ott were both on the podium last year. Our Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC should perform well on this event, although of course we must remain mindful of the ever-changing weather and road conditions, particularly through the evening stages.

The scene is set for an exciting 2020 season – we hope you enjoy the ride with us.

Andrea Adamo Team Director, Hyundai Motorsport

HYUNDAI’S HELLO


How has your life changed since becoming world champion?“Life is still the same, I’m still living in the same place and still the family is good. I just have new overalls now but I’m definitely the same person.”Does starting the season as the defending champion bring more or less pressure?“It’s different. To win the first title was extreme pressure and more or less the only dream I had. It’s been a big job but now the job is to defend the title, which is something new because I’ve never done it before. But I’m motivated to get this done.”You had the option to carry number one on your Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC but chose to stick with number eight. Why?“I’ve had my number eight for a couple of years and I see it as mine, it’s special. It’s nice to have some consistent things in life and having number one on my car doesn’t make us any more of a world champion.”

How was your first test in the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC? “I felt good in the car. Each car has its own personality but, so far, I can say that the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC is a strong all-round package.”What have been your first impressions of Hyundai Motorsport since joining the team?“They’re extremely passionate and focused, and everyone has given us their full support. We definitely share the same hunger and aspirations.”How difficult is it to switch to a new team?“It’s never easy to change team as there’s a lot of work to do. Firstly, to get to know the people and then, of course, to make yourself comfortable in the car. But we’ve been working closely with the team to be in the best possible shape for Monte-Carlo.”

What are your immediate and longer-term objectives?“We have just won our first WRC title, but a new year means we start again from a blank sheet of paper. I will give all my experience to the team, and together we will work hard to defend our title and the team’s. For Monte-Carlo, I am always looking for a consistent start, to begin the season with a good feeling. For the season, everything is possible. I have a strong team behind me, so we will fight hard.”

ON STAGE WITH...

OTT TÄNAKOTT TÄNAK

TEAM POSITION: DriverAGE: 32WRC STARTS: 105

@OttTanak

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● Hyundai Motorsport completed its preparations for the 2020 WRC season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo with Sébastien Loeb, Thierry Neuville and Ott Tänak conducting one-day tests in France earlier this month.

● New Hyundai Motorsport drivers Tänak and Martin Järveoja had been given their first taste of Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC power when they tested in Sisteron, France, on December 5. Loeb and Neuville also got a day of running each.

● The Sisteron outing followed Tänak and Järveoja’s switch to Hyundai Motorsport as the winners of the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship, which came courtesy of six event victories.

● While Tänak and Järveoja celebrated winning the WRC Drivers’ crown, Hyundai Motorsport was able to savour considerable success of its own after it clinched the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul finished runners-up.

● Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing also ended 2019 on a high when Norbert Michelisz won the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup in Malaysia on December 15. Driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR, the Hungarian took the title won by Gabriele Tarquini, his BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team-mate, the previous season.

● Hyundai i30 N TCR drivers were successful in six other TCR series during 2019. They included TCR Europe title winner Josh Files from Great Britain and Germany’s Luca Engstler, who claimed top honours in TCR Asia and TCR Malaysia.

● Will Brown of the HMO Customer Racing team took the inaugural TCR Australia championship, while Dmitry Bragin came out on top in TCR Russia. In total, the Hyundai i30 N TCR registered 70 wins in TCR-sanctioned events. Elsewhere, Michael Lewis and Mark Wilkins won the US-based IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge in a Veloster N TCR run by Bryan Herta Autosport.

● In rallying, the national titles in Netherlands, Romania and Slovenia were claimed by Hyundai i20 R5 customers. At the Monza Rally Show in Italy (December 6-8), Sicilian Andrea Nucita scooped the €10,000 top prize for winning the i20 R5 Trophy in third overall for the Bernini Rally team. Nucita was one of 10 i20 R5 drivers competing at the Italian Grand Prix venue with three Hyundai WRC drivers from 2019, Craig Breen, Andreas Mikkelsen and Dani Sordo – who finished second overall – also in action.

● Meanwhile, Hyundai Motorsport is increasing its commitment to the World Rally Championship in 2020 with the addition of a two-car team in WRC2. Norwegian Ole Christian Veiby, 23, and 22-year-old Russian Nikolay Gryazin will drive the Hyundai i20 R5 ’20 run by the RedGrey Team.

HYUNDAI HAPPENINGS


HYUNDAI IN NUMBERS1967: 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.

5.3: Hyundai Motorsport has fans around the world who follow its efforts in the WRC and Customer Racing through social media, with more than 5.3 million likes on Facebook. The team also has 77,600 followers on Twitter and more than 294,600 on Instagram.


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.

● N represents two important elements. Firstly, the Namyang district in South Korea where Hyundai Motor Group’s global R&D base is located and the N brand was born. Secondly, the Nürburgring race track in Germany, which is home to Hyundai’s Technical Center and used to hone the N vehicles. Meanwhile, the N logo itself is also a graphical representation of a classic race track chicane; a tight serpentine turn in the road.

● The N name and reputation have become established in global motorsport. Since its launch in 2015, N has performed at the highest level with success in the FIA World Rally Championship, the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup, the Pirelli World Challenge series and the gruelling Nürburgring 24 Hours.

● Hyundai’s competition-honed N vision and philosophy come to life in a systematically structured product portfolio.

● N models including the i30 N and Veloster N offer exclusive engine performance and dynamic technology innovations to satisfy performance-oriented enthusiasts. The introduction of the latest N car, the i30 Fastback N, completes the first phase of the N performance vehicle rollout.

● The new N Line, characterised by N-specific design and performance-enhancing elements, further widens the range of choices available to customers. These vehicles will be instantly distinguishable by their differentiated design elements.

● Finally, N Options will offer N-produced customisation parts for drivers who desire improved performance and uniqueness.


HYUNDAI I20 COUPE WRC UNCOVEREDEngine: Hyundai Motorsport turbocharged engine with direct injection 1,600cc and fitted with a mandatory 36mm air restrictor

Power: 380hp at 6,500RPM with a maximum torque of 450NM at 5,500RPM

Transmission: Six-speed sequential gearbox, four-wheel drive, mechanical front and rear differentials, electro-hydraulic centre differential

Suspension: MacPherson struts with adjustable dampers front and rear

Steering: Hydraulic power-assisted rack and pinion

Brakes: Ventilated disc brakes (370mm on asphalt, 300mm on gravel) and air-cooled, four-piston calipers, hydraulic handbrake

Tyres: Team partner Michelin will supply its Pilot Sport S6 soft and Pilot Sport SS6 supersoft tarmac tyres, plus its Pilot Alpin A41 Studded and Pilot Alpin A41 non-studded winter tyres for Rallye Monte-Carlo, depending on the traditionally changeable stage and weather conditions. Teams can use a maximum of 40 tyres for the event including four for shakedown

Safety: Sabelt seats and multiple fixing points with adjustable straps

Chassis: Steel bodyshell with welded multi-point roll cage, steel and composite fibre bodywork components

Dimensions: length: 4,100mm, width: 1,875mm, track width: 1,665mm, wheel base: 2,570mm

Weight: 1,190kg (1,350kg with driver and co-driver on board)

Lubricants: Shell Helix-Ultra

Fuel: FIA approved


HYUNDAI HEROESThierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul

While Neuville was making his early rallying forays in 2007, Gilsoul had already notched up his first WRC start. They joined forces two years later and the partnership quickly blossomed with victory on the Tour de Corse, then a round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge, in what was only their second event together. Their move to Hyundai Motorsport for 2014 has so far produced 12 wins, while Gilsoul was awarded the prestigious WRC Co-driver of the Year accolade in 2016 after finishing second in the championship. As well as myriad stage rallies in Europe and beyond, Gilsoul has tackled the East African Safari Classic Rally on three occasions, finishing a best of third in 2015 alongside Grégoire de Mevius.

RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD Starts: 9, 2019 result: 2, Best result: 2

@nicolasgilsoul /nicolas.gilsoul

NICOLAS GILSOULDate of birth: February 5, 1982Place of birth: Chênée, BelgiumNationality: BelgianWRC starts: 106WRC wins: 12

An ever-present for Hyundai Motorsport in the world championship since the team’s formation in 2014, Neuville scored the first of his 12 (and counting) WRC wins in Germany that year. The breakthrough victory came after he headed team-mate Dani Sordo in a one-two finish, after he claimed Hyundai’s maiden WRC podium in Mexico earlier in the season, where he’d landed his first world championship top three 12 months previously. Having enjoyed huge success at junior level before stepping up to the WRC in 2009, the Belgian has had to settle for second place in the final world championship standings on five occasions, including the last four years consecutively, although he actually scored more wins than eventual champion Sébastien Ogier in 2017. As well as being a highly-accomplished rally driver, Neuville took a debut victory in a TCR Germany race at the Nürburgring in August 2019 driving Hyundai i30 N TCR.


@thierryneuville /thierryneuvilleofficial

THIERRY NEUVILLEDate of birth: June 16, 1988Place of birth: Sankt Vith, BelgiumNationality: BelgianWRC starts: 110WRC wins: 12

#11 Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC (chassis 022)


Cousin of fellow co-driving Estonian Ken Järveoja, judo provided Järveoja’s early sporting fix – he won his country’s national title five times. But rallying soon became his focus after early forays on events in Estonia. He formed a successful partnership with Karl Kruuda with the pair making their world championship debuts together in Jordan in 2010, winning their class. With Kruuda at the wheel, Järveoja racked up significant international event experience – and success – over the next five seasons before the opportunity arose for Järveoja to rekindle his alliance with Ott Tänak, which consisted of five national events in 2013.


/MartinJarveojaFanpage

MARTIN JÄRVEOJADate of birth: August 8, 1987Place of birth: Elva, EstoniaNationality: EstonianWRC starts: 76WRC wins: 12

Tänak joins the Hyundai Motorsport family for 2020 as the reigning world champion following his standout 2019 season. A protégé of compatriot Markko Märtin, Tänak began competing on rallysprints in his homeland before he made his WRC debut in Portugal in 2009. Inclusion in the Pirelli Star Driver scheme for 2010 gave him his first major opportunity at world level and he completed the following season in a factory-supported World Rally Car, the catalyst to what would eventually become a full-time career in rallying’s top flight. Although there were dips along the way – he was restricted to events in his native Baltic region only in 2013 – he never gave up, securing his first WRC victory in Sardinia in 2017 and finishing third in the final table. He was third again in 2018 on the back of four wins and landed his first world crown last year courtesy of six victories. RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD Starts: 6, 2019 result: 3, Best result: 2

@OttTanak /OttTanakFanpage

OTT TÄNAKDate of birth: October 15, 1987Place of birth: Kärla Parish, EstoniaNationality: EstonianWRC starts: 105WRC wins: 12

HYUNDAI HEROESOtt Tänak and Martin Järveoja#8 Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC (chassis 021)


HYUNDAI HEROESSébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena

SÉBASTIEN LOEBDate of birth: February 26, 1974Place of birth: Haguenau, FranceNationality: FrenchWRC starts: 178WRC wins: 79

#9 Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC (chassis 023)

Arguably rallying’s most successful driver, Loeb returned to the World Rally Championship for a six-event campaign with Hyundai Motorsport in 2019. Fourth on his Hyundai-powered debut on Rallye Monte-Carlo, he finished on the podium in Chile before triumphing on four national-level events armed with a Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC. As well as claiming nine WRC titles in succession, Loeb has demonstrated impressive versatility over the years too, winning in the World Touring Car and World Rallycross championships. He was competitive on two starts in the Le Mans 24 Hours – finishing second in 2006 – and in Formula One tests with Renault and Red Bull. He’s also competed on the Dakar Rally and tackled the Pikes Peak Hillclimb, where he broke the course record in 2013 by 1m30s. He received France’s highest recognition, a Légion d'honneur, in 2009. As well as competing behind the wheel, Loeb’s eponymous team – which he co-owns – has been successful in several categories. RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD: Starts: 12, 2019 result: 4, Best result: 1

@SébastienLoeb /SebLoebOfficiel

DANIEL ELENADate of birth: October 26, 1972Place of birth: Monte Carlo, MonacoNationality: MonegasqueWRC starts: 178WRC wins: 79

Loeb’s wingman since 1997, four years after he first began competing, Elena has also tried his hand at driving. Indeed, he began 1997 behind the wheel on Rallye Monte-Carlo but crashed out. He had another go 12 months later and finished second in class, but his partnership with Loeb was already in full swing by then and driving was put firmly on the backburner. The Loeb/Elena alliance soon flourished and would be the stuff of legend by the time Loeb stopped rallying full-time at the end of 2012. While Loeb then raced in the WTCC and WRX, Elena has remained ‘rally fit’ by competing sporadically both driving and navigating.

RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD: Starts: 12, 2019 result: 4, Best result: 1

@DanosElena /DanielElenaOfficiel


INTRODUCING WRC2Hyundai Motorsport’s commitment to the FIA World Rally Championship has increased for 2020 with a two-car entry in the WRC2 support category, starting from Rallye Monte-Carlo.

Nikolay Gryazin, 22 from Russia, and 23-year-old Norwegian Ole Christian Veiby will compete in the latest specification Hyundai i20 R5 ’20 using Pirelli tyres.

Estonian-based RedGrey Team will run the operation, with both drivers entered under the Hyundai Motorsport N banner.

Jonas Andersson, from Sweden, and Russian Yaroslav Fedorov, will co-drive Veiby and Gryazin respectively.

In Gryazin and Veiby, Hyundai Motorsport can count on two talented young drivers with huge potential for the future. They are both champions at regional level and proven winners in WRC2 having taken a class win in Finland (Gryazin) and Sweden (Veiby).

Conforming to the FIA’s Rally2 regulations, the i20 R5 ’20 comes with new dampers in both tarmac and gravel configuration, as well as a more powerful 1.6-litre turbocharged engine, now putting out a reported 290bhp. Existing customers will be able to update their cars, while the new parts will be fitted as standard on all newly-built i20 R5s. The changes mark the largest single upgrade to the car since it was revealed at the end of 2016.

Hyundai Motorsport Team Principal Andrea Adamo said: “Entering WRC2 reaffirms and strengthens our commitment to the WRC as a whole. It will also allow us to prove the competitiveness and performance of our recently upgraded i20 R5 ’20 – the product of tremendous hard work by our Customer Racing department.


Fedorov, who began co-driving in 2005 in his native Russia, has been credited with helping to oversee younger countryman Nikolay Gryazin’s progression from circuit racer to international rally champion. They competed together for the first time in 2015 and, prior to the 2020 season, had notched up almost 100 starts alongside one another. While Fedorov is ever the professional, he has made it his mission to turn his lucky mascot, Porky the Pig, into a social media star and famously saved him from a fiery end on the Acropolis Rally in 2017 when the car he and Gryazin were competing in became engulfed in flames.

RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD Starts: –, 2019 result: –, Best result: –

@PorkyInside /PorkyInside

YAROSLAV FEDOROVDate of birth: October 27, 1982Place of birth: RussiaNationality: RussianWRC starts: 8 (WRC2 7)WRC2 wins: 1

Initially a circuit racer, Gryazin completed his first season of rallying in 2015 by graduating to R5 level on the European championship finale in Switzerland. He made the ERC his home for the next three seasons, initially in R2 machinery, before taking the ERC1 Junior title in 2018 after landing his maiden outright European victory on the final event of 2017. As well as claiming the ERC1 Junior prize of €100,000 for two events in 2019, the Russian bagged two overall wins in 2018. He made his world championship debut in Sweden last season, finishing fifth in WRC2, before going on to win the category in Finland while also finishing 10th overall. His father Stanislav is a former Russian champion, while older brother Vasily competes in World RX.RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD Starts: –, 2019 result: –, Best result: –

@nikolay_gryazin /gryazin.nikolay

NIKOLAY GRYAZINDate of birth: October 7, 1997Place of birth: Moscow RussiaNationality: RussianWRC starts: 8 (WRC2 7)WRC2 wins: 1

HYUNDAI HEROESNikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov#21 Hyundai i20 R5 ’20 (chassis 081)


Vastly experienced, Andersson established a strong reputation co-driving namesake compatriot Per-Gunnar, which included myriad wins and titles in the JWRC. With PG Andersson’s opportunities on the wane in 2009, the Swede joined forces with Mads Østberg, the new pairing winning their first event together. They formed a successful partnership until 2016 when Andersson linked up with Pontus Tidemand, having co-driven Ole Christian Veiby on two early-season events. But the Veiby/Andersson alliance was rekindled for 2019 and netted four Norwegian championship event wins.

RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD Starts: 9, 2019 result: 12 (WRC2 3), Best result: 4 (WRC2 3)

@swerallywrc

JONAS ANDERSSONDate of birth: January 1, 1977Place of birth: SwedenNationality: SwedishWRC starts: 157 (WRC2 26)WRC2 wins: 10 (WRC 1)

Son of renowned rallying talent backer Erik Veiby, Ole Christian’s decision to take up motorsport produced instant success when he won the Norwegian 125cc crosskart title in his first season aged 14. Rallying became his next focus after he turned 16 and his talent was quickly recognised with a class victory on only his second event. He stepped up to the world championship in late 2014 and finished second in the JWRC in 2015. After spending 2016 mastering four-wheel-drive machinery, Veiby was handed an APRC campaign for 2017 when he won the Pacific Cup and finished first on the International Rally of Johor. After three outings in a Hyundai i20 R5 in 2019, Veiby gets a full WRC2 campaign in one of the Alzenau-built cars for 2020.RALLYE MONTE-CARLO RECORD Starts: 4, 2019 result: 12 (WRC2 3), Best result: 12 (WRC2 3)

@OCVeiby /OCVeiby

OLE CHRISTIAN VEIBYDate of birth: June 17, 1996Place of birth: Kongsvinger, NorwayNationality: NorwegianWRC starts: 41 (WRC2 21)WRC2 wins: 2

HYUNDAI HEROESOle Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson#22 Hyundai i20 R5 ’20 (chassis 080)


Hyundai Motorsport began the 2019 FIA World Rally Championship season as they finished it: on top of the Manufacturers’ standings.

Second place for Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul and fourth for Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena on Rallye Monte-Carlo gave Hyundai a five-point advantage in the race to be the sport’s top make.

But second could so easily have been victory for Neuville, who fought Sébastien Ogier for the top spot until the end of the very final stage, finishing just 2.2s behind the then defending world champion.

It was the closest finish in Rallye Monte-Carlo history and was also Neuville and Gilsoul’s – and Hyundai Motorsport’s – best performance on the traditional season opener, which included three stage wins for the Belgian pair.

“When you are in with a chance of fighting for Monte-Carlo victory you want to push for it but it wasn’t to be on this occasion,” Neuville said afterwards. “We gave it everything but a small mistake on Friday cost us the lead and we weren’t quite able to catch it back.”

Despite his participation on the Dakar Rally restricting opportunities to test the Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC before the start, which caused a few set-up issues during the event, Loeb netted two stage wins on his Hyundai debut, making the most of his decision to select dry-weather tyres on day two, despite the mixed conditions he faced.

Norwegians Andreas Mikkelsen and Anders Jæger-Amland, in a third Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC, had been in podium contention starting Saturday’s leg but their hopes ended when they suffered an untimely retirement through accident damage.

ON THIS EVENT LAST YEAR…

Final overall classification (after 16 stages, 323.83 kilometres)1 S. Ogier/J. Ingrassia Citroën C3 WRC 3:21:15.92 T. Neuville/N. Gilsoul Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC +2.20.03 O. Tänak/M. Järveoja Toyota Yaris WRC +2:15.24 S. Loeb/D. Elena Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC +2:28.25 J-M. Latvala/M. Anttila Toyota Yaris WRC +2:29.96 K. Meeke/S. Marshall Toyota Yaris WRC +5:36.27 G. Greensmith/E. Edmondson Ford Fiesta R5 +13:04.68 Y. Bonato/B. Boulloud Citroën C3 R5 +13:56.59 S. Sarrazin/J-J. Renucci Hyundai i20 R5 +14:06.810 A. Fourmaux/R. Jamoul Ford Fiesta R5 +16:03.4


● Rallye Monte-Carlo marks the only competitive outing by Hyundai Motorsport on French soil in 2020.

● During 2019, Hyundai set a new record in France with the registration of more than 39,000 cars (source CCFA).

● A total of 16 Hyundai models are currently on sale in France, ranging from the i10 to the Santa Fe. Hyundai’s best-seller in France, the KONA, offers four engine technologies (petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric). It is the widest choice in the B-SUV segment on the French market.

● In 2019, balloonist Bertrand Piccard drove 778km across France in a Hyundai NEXO, breaking the world record for the longest distance driven in a hydrogen-powered vehicle on a single tank. Never before has a production car powered by a hydrogen fuel cell covered so many kilometres on a single charge. As the first car manufacturer to mass-produce hydrogen-powered vehicles, Hyundai is actively preparing for tomorrow's zero-emissions mobility. The brand is already responding to current changes in the car market by offering the widest choice of electrified powertrains available.

● All Hyundai cars sold in France come with an unlimited mileage five-year warranty.

● The majority of Hyundais sold in France are designed and built in Europe.

● Hyundai currently has more than 180 dealers throughout France – and the network is constantly growing.

● More information: www.hyundai.fr

HYUNDAI IS HERE...


FIA World Rally Championship 2020 calendarHYUNDAI’S WORLD TOUR

Round 1 Rallye Monte-Carlo www.acm.mc

January 23-26

Round 2 Rally Sweden www.rallysweden.com

February 13-16

Round 3 Rally Guanajuato Corona www.rallymexico.com

March 12-15

Round 4 Rally Argentina www.rallyargentina.com

April 30-May 03

Round 5 Vodafone Rally de Portugal www.rallydeportugal.pt

May 21-24

Round 6 Rally Italia Sardegna www.rallyitaliasardegna.com

June 04-07

Round 7 Safari Rally Kenya www.safarirally.co.ke

July 16-19

Round 8 Neste Rally Finland www.nesteoilrallyfinland.fi

August 06-09

Round 9 Rally New Zealand www.rallynz.org.nz

September 03-06

Round 10 Marmaris Rally Turkey www.rallyturkey.com

September 24-27

Round 11 ADAC Rallye Deutschland October 15-18 www.adac-rallye-deutschland.de

Round 12 Wales Rally GB www.walesrallygb.com

October 29 - November 01

Round 13 Rally Japan www.rallyjapan.jp

November 19-22


Event Neuville Mikkelsen Loeb Sordo Breen

Monte-Carlo 2 – 4 – –

Sweden 3 4 7 – –

México 4 11 – 9 –

Corsica 1 – 8 4 –

Argentina 1 2 – 6 –

Chile Rtd 7 3 – –

Portugal 2 – Rtd 23 –

Sardinia 6 3 – 1 –

Finland 6 4 – – 7

Germany 4 6 – 5 –

Turkey 8 3 – 5 –

Great Britain 2 6 – – 8

Spain 1 – 4 3 –

Australia Event cancelled

Hyundai drivers 2019 season results:

FIA World Rally Championship 2019 standings(after round 13 of 13)

THE SCORES ON THE BOARDS

MANUFACTURERS1 Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team 380pts; 2 Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team 362; 3 Citroën Total World Rally Team 284; 4 M-Sport Ford World Rally Team 218

DRIVERS1 Ott Tänak (EST) 263pts; 2 Thierry Neuville (BEL) 227; 3 Sébastien Ogier (FRA) 217; 4 Andreas Mikkelsen (NOR) 102; 5 Elfyn Evans (GBR) 102; 6 Kris Meeke (GBR) 98; 7 Jari-Matti Latvala (FIN) 94; 8 Dani Sordo (ESP) 89; 9 Teemu Suninen (FIN) 89; 10 Esapekka Lappi (FIN) 83; 11 Sébastien Loeb (FRA) 51; etc.


MONTE-CARLO MEANS

Recent winners

2019 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Citroën C3 WRC

2018 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Ford Fiesta WRC

2017 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Ford Fiesta WRC

2016 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC

2015 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC

● Mountainous stages, changeable weather and road conditions combine to make Rallye Monte-Carlo one of the toughest events on the WRC roster.

● A founding round of the world championship in 1973, Rallye Monte-Carlo first took place in 1911 when 15 of the 20 starters made the finish led home by Frenchman Henri Rougier.

● And it was a Frenchman who took victory on the 2019 running of the event, when Sébastien Ogier drew level with Hyundai Motorsport’s Sébastien Loeb in terms of Rallye Monte-Carlo wins.

● For the 88th edition, the organising committee at the Automobile Club de Monaco has tweaked 25 per cent of the previous year’s route.

● Following two and a half days of reconnaissance, the Route de la Garde in Gap is the setting for shakedown from 16h00 local time on Wednesday January 22.

● Crews then make their way south to Monaco’s famous Casino Square for the traditional start ceremony from 17h00 on Thursday 23 January, which is followed by two stages in the departments of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes.

● The action continues on Friday southeast and east of Gap for two loops of three stages, including the new Saint-Clément-sur-Durance - Freissinières test.

● Saturday’s penultimate leg features two loops of two stages before crews journey back to Monaco to prepare for Sunday’s deciding leg.

● With no opportunity for service, Sunday’s quick-fire route features four stages with the Power Stage due to begin at 12h18 local time over the 13.36-kilometre La Cabanette/Col de Braus. The finish is scheduled in Monaco at 15h00.


*Correct at time of going to print

EVENT ITINERARY*

DAY TOTALS:Special stage distance: 42,96kmLiaison distance: 294,11kmTotal distance: 337,07km

DAY ONE: Thursday January 23, 2020Start - Quai Albert 1er, Monaco 17h00

SS1 Malijai – Puimichel (Live TV) 17,47km 20h38

SS2 Bayons – Bréziers 25,49km 22h26

Technical Zone Gap In 0h10 23h26

Flexi-Service A – Gap In 0h45+3 23h36

Parc Fermé In (early check-in allowed) 00h24


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Stage Finish

Liaison

Special Stage

Rally Direction

Refuelling

Service Park

Digne-Les-Bains

Sisteron

Forcalquier

DAY ONE: Thursday January 23, 2020



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DAY TWO: Friday January 24, 2020Service B – Gap In 0h15+3 07h45

SS3 Curbans – Venterol 1 20,02km 08h36

SS4 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 1 20,68km 09h56

SS5 Avançon – Notre-Dame-du-Laus 1 20,59km 11h21

Technical Zone and Regroup Gap In 0h30 12h08

Service C – Gap In 0h40+3 12h38

SS6 Curbans – Venterol 2 20,02km 13h54

SS7 Saint-Clément – Freissinières 2 20,68km 15h14

SS8 Avançon – Notre-Dame-du-Laus 2 20,59km 16h39


Flexi-Service D – Gap In 0h45+3 17h39

Parc Fermé In (early check-in allowed) 18h27

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DAY THREE: Saturday January 25, 2020Service E – Gap In 0h15+3 08h32

SS9 St-Léger-les-Mélèzes – La Bâtie-Neuve 1 16,87km 09h38

SS10 La Bréole – Selonnet 1 20,73km 10h56

Technical Zone and Regroup Gap In 0h30 12h02

Service F – Gap In 0h40+3 12h32

SS11 St-Léger-les-Mélèzes – La Bâtie-Neuve 2 (Live TV) 16,87km 14h08

SS12 La Bréole – Selonnet 2 20,73km 15h26


Service G – Gap In 0h45+3 16h36

Parc Fermé Monaco In (early check-in allowed) 21h24


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KEY

Stage Start

Stage Finish

Liaison

Special Stage

Rally Direction

Refuelling

Service Park

GAP

La Bâtie-Neuve

Selonnet

St-Léger-les-Mélèzes

SS9 / SS1116,87km

Monaco SS10 / SS1220,73km

DAY THREE: Saturday January 25, 2020


DAY FOUR: Sunday January 26, 2020

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Parc Fermé Out – Tyre Fitting Zone Monaco In 0h15 06h34

SS13 La Bollène-Vésubie – Peïra Cava 1 18,41km 08h17

SS14 La Cabanette – Col de Braus 1 (Live TV) 13,36km 09h08

SS15 La Bollène-Vésubie – Peïra Cava 2 18,41km 10h55

Regroup La Cabanette In 0h45 11h25

SS16 La Cabanette – Col de Braus 2 (Wolf Power Stage, Live TV) 13,36km 12h18

Technical Zone Monaco In 0h10 13h48

Parc Fermé Monaco In (early check-in allowed) 13h58


RALLYE MONTE-CARLO TOTALS:Special stage distance: 304,28kmLiaison distance: 1201,36kmTotal distance: 1505,64km


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Stage Finish

Liaison

Special Stage

Rally Direction

Refuelling

Service Park

MONACO

Nice

Menton

Contes

Sospel

SS13 / SS1518,41km

SS14 / SS1613,36km

DAY FOUR: Sunday January 26, 2020


LEADING ENTRIES*

8 Ott Tänak (EST) / Martin Järveoja (EST) Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

11 Thierry Neuville (BEL) / Nicolas Gilsoul (BEL) Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

17 Sébastien Ogier (FRA) / Julien Ingrassia (FRA) Toyota Yaris WRC

33 Elfyn Evans (GBR) / Scott Martin (GBR) Toyota Yaris WRC

3 Teemu Suninen (FIN) / Jarmo Lehtinen (FIN) Ford Fiesta WRC

4 Esapekka Lappi (FIN) / Janne Ferm (FIN) Ford Fiesta WRC

9 Sébastien Loeb (FRA) / Daniel Elena (MCO) Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC

69 Kalle Rovanperä (FIN) / Jonne Halttunen (FIN) Toyota Yaris WRC

44 Gus Greensmith (GBR) / Elliott Edmondson (GBR) Ford Fiesta WRC

18 Takamoto Katsuta (JPN) / Daniel Barritt (GBR) Toyota Yaris WRC

21 Nikolay Gryazin (RUS) / Yaroslav Fedorov (RUS) Hyundai i20 R5 ’20

22 Ole Christian Veiby (NOR) / Jonas Andersson (SWE) Hyundai i20 R5 ’20



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TEAM MEDIA FUNCTIONS DURING RALLYE MONTE-CARLO:Media Lounge: 12h00-12h45, Thursday January 23, La Rascasse, 1 Quai Antoine 1er, Monaco

OTHER EVENTS DURING RALLYE MONTE-CARLO:Shakedown: 16h01-20h00, Wednesday January 22, Route de la Garde, Gap (3,35km)

Pre-event FIA press conference: 19h00, Wednesday January 22, Media Centre, Centre Omnisport COSEC, Avenue de Traunstein, Gap

Official drivers/co-drivers photo: 15h45-16h00, Thursday January 23, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco

Rally start: 17h00, Thursday January 23, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco

Podium ceremony and prize-giving: 15h00, Sunday January 26, Quai Albert 1er, Monaco

Post-event FIA press conference: 16h00, Sunday January 26, Media Centre, Salle d’Exposition, 4 Quai Antoine 1er, Monaco


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