IN BRIEF
Hankook has won the tyre contract to supply the FIA World Rally Championship from 2025. The manufacturer will replace Pirelli and the deal will be for three years.
Teams competing in the WRC will be allowed a maximum of three new hybrid units per season in 2025 and 2026, fitted to the Rally1 cars that are entered to score points in the Manufacturers’ Championship. The move to reduce the number is to satisfy the FIA on cost and sustainability.
A ‘battle of technologies’ system has been approved by the FIA WMSC in the World Rallycross Championship, where electric cars will compete against ICE-powered machines on an equal basis. At time of writing, no further details were released on the mechanism for balancing the cars. Tyre company, Hoosier, has been nominated as sole supplier for the series.
Hyundai Motorsport has announced a re-structuring of its senior management, effective from January 2024, elevating team principal, Cyril Abiteboul, into the role of company president. Sean Kim, who has held the president position since April 2022, will hand over the reins and move to a new role within Hyundai Motor Company. The announcement of Abiteboul as president is accompanied by several other internal restructures, with the objective of improving performance and efficiency as the company looks to next
