However, the Dutchman and co-driver Seb Marshall will not get their hands on its 2016-specifcation i20 World Rally Car. Instead they will use the same 2015 machine which Hayden Paddon drove in the season-opening Rallye Monte-Carlo. Abbring will be part of Hyundai’s second-string Mobis World Rally Team at Vodafone Rally de Portugal (19 - 22 May) and Rally Italia Sardegna (9 - 12 June). His third rally is to be confirmed. The 27-year-old has this year been testing Hyundai’s new R5 customer car, which is due for homologation in the summer. He ran as high as second in last season’s rain-soaked Tour de Corse - Rallye de France and is unconcerned at not having a 2016 car. “The two...
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