.HMSGOfficial WRC boss Cyril Abiteboul is '80-90% confident' the prop shaft problems that plagued EsapekkaLappi in Kenya won’t return in Estonia this weekend ⬇️
Hyundai World Rally Championship boss Cyril Abiteboul is “80-90% confident” the prop shaft problems that plagued Esapekka Lappi in Kenya won’t return in Estonia this weekend.Lappi suffered three failures related to the i20 N Rally1’s prop shaft that ultimately curtailed a realistic shot at a podium,Hyundai is aware that it will need to re-design the component in the future to fully fix the problem, but containment measures are in place for this weekend’s fast gravel round in Estonia.
“It is a tough one. We have been looking a lot and we had the opportunity of some tests that we had already planned mainly to work on the set-up characteristic development of the car, but we added to the mix more understanding of this issue,” Abiteboul told Autosport. "It is up to us to design and build a car that can cope with any driving style, and especially a fast one and clearly Esapekka has been quick. It looks like it is a fact that there is something in the way that Esapekka is doing, some combination, and is a bit harsh on the prop shaft.
“In the medium-to-long term clearly we will have to design and most likely homologate a new part but that is when the [homologation] session is going to open because we are very restricted to change things.
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