The Korean marque feels part of the FIA’s changes to compensate for the removal of hybrid power have gone too far
Hyundai has expressed concerns over the performance of next year’s World Rally Championship non-hybrid powered Rally1 cars and is asking the FIA to reconsider changes to the air restrictor. The FIA confirmed last week that hybrid power will be dropped from the WRC’s top tier Rally1 cars in 2025 in a move triggered by a rise in costs to service and repair the control 100kW Compact Dynamics hybrid unit.
“I'm not so enthusiastic about the prospect of losing this hybrid. But as I said on many occasions, we also have to be pragmatic about the situation of the sport, in terms of supplier capacity, product reliability and control,” Abiteboul told Motorsport.com “We are going to push the FIA to re-examine their plans on power. We would like to keep the same restrictor and we think it is a big loss, so I think it is something that we need to reconsider with the FIA.
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