felt Hyundai was “clearly unprepared” for the calls for of Rally Islas Canarias after struggling a crushing defeat to World Rally Championship rivals Toyota.
Hyundai admitted that it underestimated the problem of the primary pure asphalt occasion of the 2025 WRC season because it was unable to take the battle to a dominant Toyota that recorded a powerful 1-2-3-4 outcome.
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The Korean marque headed to the Canary Islands feeling moderately assured after confirmed robust tempo on Spanish tarmac roads at Rally Sierra Morena. Nevertheless, within the Canary Islands the crew struggled with the set-up and dealing with throughout its three automobiles and could not extract essentially the most from Hankook onerous compound tyres.
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“It was a pure-performance occasion and we have been simply not prepared for this one, and the opposite crew was very robust and nicely ready, so that’s the place the large distinction got here from.
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“Undoubtedly large classes shall be taken however positively it isn’t so clear what we have to do and be on the tempo of Toyota. I additionally assume that it isn’t so easy to vary it.”
Whereas pissed off by being unable to battle Toyota, Fourmaux believes Hyundai will resolve its issues and that final weekend’s woes have been rally-specific, which means they shouldn’t be a problem when asphalt returns to the WRC on the Central European Rally in October.
“I’m actually pissed off as a result of we have been unable to battle however we discovered some fascinating issues on the automotive that we are able to enhance, issues that we could not actually do on the rally, it’s extra for the long run,” Fourmaux informed Motorsport.com.
“Personally I’m completely satisfied to be the quickest of the three because it was a battle inside the crew on the finish and I believe it was the one battle throughout the entire weekend. There are some positives as a result of on the finish we received the ‘Hyundai Cup’.
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“I’m assured Hyundai isn’t a crew that does not react when one thing [goes wrong], so we are going to work tougher and get higher, sooner and stronger.
“Canary Islands is just one rally in season, and so long as there are usually not many extra easy, dry tarmac occasions we must be fantastic. The remaining are okay, it must be fantastic.”
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