Motorsport.com joined Hyundai Motorsport for its Monte Carlo preparations earlier this month to understand how a World Rally Championship team prepares for what is likely to be one of the most unpredictable season openers in recent memory
New technical regulations and a change of tyre manufacturer has made preparations for the challenging Monte Carlo Rally among the most demanding for World Rally Championship teams in recent times. Not since the introduction of the Rally1 cars in 2022 has the WRC undergone such significant changes, heaping even more importance on teams to do the best job possible with their Monte pre-event tests.
“We always need permission of the local Mayor because it will mean that the neighbours around the road will have some difficulties that day we test, so for sure we need to get a green light from the local authorities. But there are certain areas like here where they are used to teams coming to test for Monte Carlo, so they make it easy for us.
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