Hyundai has found itself on the back foot compared to its rivals Toyota and M-Sport Ford at the start of the WRC’s new Rally1 hybrid era having been the last of the manufacturers to commit to the new rules.
A frantic off-season, that included the shock departure of team principal Andrea Adamo, was followed by a difficult Monte Carlo opener which was plagued by reliability and performance concerns.
Since then the Alzenau-based squad has been working around the clock to improve its i20 N, with its efforts bearing fruit on snow in Sweden in February as Thierry Neuville scored a deserved second place finish.
While Moncet was pleased by the upswing in form in Sweden, he feels the team has made further progress in the eight-week gap prior to the resumption of the championship at Rally Croatia this week.
“The two-month break since Rally Sweden has been helpful, as it has given us the time to regroup and reset before we begin the next phase of the season, which starts with Croatia…
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