Thierry Neuville: “No time to fall asleep”

In four rallies in 2017 before Argentina, the four manufacturers entered in WRC, M-Sport, Toyota, Citroën and Hyundai each won in turn, the last Corsican meeting finally falling into the hands of the Korean brand, in the running to win in particular in the Rally Monte-Carlo and Sweden with Thierry Neuville.

The Belgian driver has delivered on the performance promises displayed by the new i20 Coupe WRC since the start of the season, a car with the greatest number of scratch times achieved since the start of the championship (24 out of 60 possible before Argentina).

Before this weekend's South American event, Thierry Neuville recalled the importance of not letting up on efforts for Michel Nandan's men. “I am happy with the performance of the car, explained the Belgian at a press conference in Argentina.

This year we signed with Hyundai for several years and I know we will reap the benefits of previous years.

From the first rally we saw good performances, a good feeling in the car, but we have to continue working because, as you saw, Jari-Matti was faster in the shakedown.

Toyota is pushing and Citroën and Ford are constantly developing the car. No time to fall asleep, we must continue development. »

Hyundai is present this weekend on a field where the old i20 won last year with Hayden Paddon, for the New Zealand driver's first WRC success.

The Rally Argentina will be followed live with our live commentary from 13:38 p.m. this Friday. Also find our focus on the start of the WRC season, in issue 2111 of AUTOhebdo, available now in digital version and on newsstands.