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Hyundai sets high hopes for the next Rally World Championship round and aims to spoil Toyota’s party

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The World Rally Championship heads from Paraguay to Chile for its second South American round this week.
  • Hyundai sporting director Andrew Wheatley said the team has a strong chance of placing at least two cars in the top three again.
  • Hyundai achieved its first two-car podium of the season in Paraguay, with Hayden Paddon second and Adrien Fourmaux third.

The World Rally Championship moves on from Paraguay to Chile this week, and Hyundai is arriving with the confidence that it can repeat its strongest result of the season.

Hyundai sporting director Andrew Wheatley believes the team has a very good chance of putting at least two cars in the top three again. That would replicate the result from Paraguay, where Hayden Paddon finished second and Adrien Fourmaux took third.

The result gave Hyundai its first two-car podium of the season, although the team did not manage to win the rally. Hyundai has won only one of the 11 championship rounds held so far, and that victory came four months ago.

Now the team wants to prevent Toyota from controlling the next event as the championship continues in Chile.

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