Hyundai will have to wait until October to properly address the reliability issues with its WRC challenger, amid more trouble for the Korean manufacturer in SafariRallyKenya.
Hyundai's weaknesses with its i20 N Rally1 have been thrust into the spotlight in Kenya following three prop shaft failures on Esapekka Lappi’s car.
As per the sporting regulations, teams can only make significant changes in designated homologation joker windows. The next window is 1 July, but according to former Williams F1 and Volkswagen WRC technical director Demaison, the team won’t be ready with a full fix to present for that window. "We have some jokers for this year and for next year, but the main focus is clearly to make the car more reliable as quickly as possible. I think it will be difficult to make a bulletproof car with three jokers this year.
“We can do an emergency joker, which could be an option, but you have to homologate the solution which you have tested because rushing to homologate a solution that you have not really tested and proved it is an improvement does not make sense.” “We have been trying something with the support of the factory and I would have preferred not to have to count on the support of the factory and not to have the issues, but in the circumstances it was good to have their support.
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