Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Autosport

    THE ULTIMATE DRESS REHEARSAL

    Nov 11, 2021 5 minutes
    TOM HOWARD
    “SO FAR WE HAVE ALREADY WON A RALLY WITH THE 2022 CAR”

    Those are the words of Hyundai Motorsport boss Andrea Adamo, delivered with a beaming grin as his team gets to work servicing the 2022 i20 Rally1 prototype at BRC Racing Team’s commandeered headquarters in northern Italy, after a series of asphalt stages. Although his proclamation comes under a veil of humour, Adamo is technically correct since Hyundai has undertaken a unique approach to prepare for the World Rally Championship’s new Rally1 era, by conducting a private 1500km three-day rally in Italy’s Piedmont region ahead of next year’s voyage into the unknown.

    The WRC is undergoing arguably its biggest shift in regulations for a generation as it adopts Rally1 rules designed to provide a more environmentally friendly future for rallying’s top tier. Next year the ‘modern Group B’ monsters, introduced in 2017, will be replaced by hybrid vehicles capable of packing

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Autosport

    Autosport1 min read
    TOCA Junior Chassis Clears Stress Tests
    Organisers of the new TOCA Junior series, which is due to join the British Touring Car bill next season, say that the championship has received the support of Motorsport UK’s Race Committee, and the chassis that will be used has passed stringent stre
    Autosport1 min read
    Buzz Buzaglo 1940-2024
    Australian racer Buzz Buzaglo, whose exploits in Formula Ford and F3 kept British fans entertained in the early 1970s, has died in his native Melbourne, aged 83. Buzz (real name John) started racing after featuring as an extra in the movie Grand Prix
    Autosport4 min read
    Time To Change The Monaco GP?
    Imagine that Max Verstappen had led all 78 laps of Formula 2-like pace in dominating last Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. What saved the weekend was Charles Leclerc’s emotional dream-sealing, wrapped in the tension of historical Ferrari failure there. Th

    Related Books & Audiobooks