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Thierry Neuville finished as the winner of the WRC Rally Greece

In the tenth race of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship season, which took place this weekend in Greece, the fastest was the Belgian driver Thierry Neuville. He won with his Hyundai i20 N with over 15 seconds of advantage.

It was the first win of the season for the Belgian driver who is currently third in the overall driver standings. From the start, Neuville started strongly. His only competitor was the French driver Sébastien Loeb, but he had to retire due to an engine failure. After that, no one could stop him.

Second place went to his teammate Ott Tänak behind the wheel of the Hyundai i20 N from the Hyundai Motorsport team who achieved a time of 3:35:07.0. Third place went to Dani Sordo (+1:49.7), also a driver of the Hyundai Motorsport team, who completed a very successful weekend for Hyundai.

In the drivers championchip, the leader is Kalle Rovanperä, who finished the race in 15th place with a time of 3:51:41.0 (+16:49.0) with 207 points, followed by Ott Tänak with 154 points and Thierry Neuville with 131 points.

There are 3 races left until the end of the season. The next race is run in New Zealand from September 29 to October 2.

Source: WRC

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2022 Hyundai i20 N WRC with 500 hp

In this season’s World Rally Championship, Hyundai will compete with a hybrid i20 N WRC model that, in combination with an electric motor, will deliver 500 hp.

The car will be powered by a 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbo gasoline engine with 366 hp (269 kW) combined with an electric motor with 134 hp (98 kW), so drivers will have 500 hp (368 kW) available for a limited time. The car is equipped with a 3.9 kWh battery. Power will be transmitted to all wheels via a five-speed transmission.

The hybrid i20 N WRC weighs 1,260 kg, which is 70 kilograms more than the model used by Hyundai last season. In this way, Hyundai has offered an answer to the electrification of the WRC car that was announced last year, and will be applied from this year’s World Rally Championship, which starts on January 20 in Monte Carlo.

Source: Hyundai

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The Hyundai i20 N was crowned the winner of Speed Week 2021

The Hyundai i20 N was declared the champion of 2021 at the Top Gear Speed ​​Week. The event took place over several days at the Top Gear test track Dunsfold. The i20 N demonstrated the best performance from a group of 26 high-performance models.

Five models, rated as the most fun to drive, competed on the roads of Exmoor National Park. At the end, Top Gear’s editorial team, journalist Chris Harris and Top Gear driver The Stig crowned the Hyundai i20 N as the winner in this competition.

“Every year we gather the funniest collection of fast cars introduced in the last 12 months. We call it Speed ​​Week to justify a spacious, multi-day program. Speed ​​Week is always full of surprises. What we didn’t expect was that the most affordable car here it also stands out as the winner. The i20 N delights with its performance and the real dynamics that make it stand out, not only in its class, but in the full range of Speed ​​Week,”said Top Gear editor Jack Rix.

Hyundai i20 N competitors were sports models of prestigious car brands. The competition included light two-seater sports cars, hybrid models with 1,000 hp and fully electric sports cars.

The latest Hyundai N takes inspiration and borrows engineering values ​​from the competitive rally car i20 WRC which already has an impressive number of wins and titles. Focused on high performance, the i20 N provides an exceptional driving experience on racetracks as well as on the open road.

“Just like all our Hyundai N models, we designed the i20 N to provide an exciting track experience, reliability and road safety but also everyday usability. It was challenging, but we managed to create a high-performance hatchback at an affordable price,” said Andreas-Christoph Hofmann, vice president of marketing and products at Hyundai Motor Europe.

Source: Top Gear Magazine