The biggest talking point is Hyundai’s decision to rotate the driver line-up of its two teams in a bid to strengthen its grip on second place in the manufacturers’ championship. Team leader Thierry Neuville heads the primary Hyundai Motorsport squad but Hayden Paddon is promoted to partner the Belgian in an i20 World Rally Car. The Kiwi’s step-up means Dani Sordo drops to the Hyundai Motorsport N team. Paddon’s impressive mid-season pace on gravel, which netted a career-best second in Italy, earned him the nod over Spaniard Sordo who took just a single point from the three most recent loose surface rounds in Italy, Poland and Finland. Volkswagen (Sébastien Ogier, Jari-Matti...
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