By their own admission, Hyundai is still not 'there' with their brand new i20 WRC and we were instructed to wait for the real pace in coming events. This project simply must not fail and they have to close the gaps to leading cars and teams this year. It's not an easy situation for them, but it seems they're not ready to give up – they need to make 2016 i20 WRC work, yet at the same time they need to keep pushing the development of next year's car, so they'll need a very good plan on how to dedicate engineering teams to both fronts. To make things even more serious and exciting, they are also working on an R5 version of the i20 – another area in which they simply cannot afford...
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