New Hyundai i20 N Rally2 for Team MRF Tyres in Rally Hungary
Close collaboration between Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing and MRF Tyres continues
NyÃregyháza (Hungary), 20 October 2021: Rally Hungary ran as the NyÃregyháza Rally in 2018 when András Hadik took victory on what served as the country’s FIA European Rally Championship candidate event.
Now firmly established as a round of the ERC, the rally doubles as the deciding round of the Hungarian championship with Hadik holding a nine-point advantage over Miklós Csomós in his bid to defend his crown alongside co-driver Krisztián Kertész.
MRF Tyres & Spanish aces, Nil Solans/Marc Marti
MRF Tyres and Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing have reaffirmed their close relationship as Team MRF Tyres will rally the new Hyundai i20 N Rally2 car in Rally Hungary next weekend.
The Hyundai i20 N Rally2 has enjoyed success in its initial rallies, taking victories in the World Rally Championship WRC2 category and Team MRF Tyres is looking forward to rallying it in the FIA European Rally Championship.
By taking delivery of the new car, Team MRF Tyres continues its aggressive tyre development strategy that has seen the Indian tyre company take two podiums this year in the FIA ERC with Hyundai.
It represents another firm step in the close relationship between MRF Tyres and Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing. It is a relationship that has seen MRF Tyres utilise the top-line driving expertise from Hyundai.
To date, Craig Breen, Dani Sordo and Jari Huttunen have driven in the Team MRF Tyres Hyundai in an effort to develop the next generation of MRF Tyres.
Spanish aces, Nil Solans/Marc Marti will join the team for Rally Hungary.
Solans’ ambitions are clear and Team MRF Tyres represents a great opportunity the up-and-coming driver.
In addition, MRF Tyres has taken the Driver’s Championship Finnish Rally Championship, proving the value of the development campaign in what is MRF Tyres’ second year in top-line European competition.
Rally Hungary is the seventh round of the 2021 FIA European Rally Championship and takes place on the gravel roads in the east of the country near NyÃregyháza.
You can follow Team MRF Tyres throughout the rally on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Five facts:
1:Several Hungarian drivers contest the FIA European Rally Championship each season with Tibor Érdi Jr winning the ERC2 title for a second year running in 2018 and four-time national champion Norbert Herczig going on to established himself as a frontrunner. Dávid Botka has been a stage winner in the past, while Kristóf Klausz scored points in ERC3 Junior.
2: Best known as a rallycross venue, the Rabócsiring circuit south of NyÃregyháza traditionally hosts the opening stage of Rally Hungary with drivers going head-to-head on a short course.
3: As well as hosting a round of the FIA European Rally Championship, NyÃregyháza is famous for its zoo, which is home to 500 species and 5000 animals on a 30-hectare site.
4: ERC promoter Eurosport Events has a long association with Hungary through the FIA World Touring Car Championship and now the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup.
5:When Rally Hungary joined the European championship schedule for the first time in 2019 it became the first sealed-surface event to host the ERC finale since Rallye International du Valais in 2015.
