Hayden Paddon has praised the 2016-spec Hyundai i20 WRC after his competitive debut in the car in Rally Sweden, pointing out that he was on occasion able to match champion Sebastien Ogier on pace. The Kiwi driver emerged as Ogier's closest rival during the event to finish second, equalling his WRC career-best finish - and said the car played the main role in the achievement. "Probably the car is [reason] number one, but the road position played a big part as well, I think it's a combination," Paddon told Motorsport.com. "The satisfying thing for us was that, on some stages, there was no advantage with the road position - and we were still able to set times similar to Ogier on...
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