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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hana = Hyundai Motor Company[005380]In the 2021 World Rally Championship (WRC), they won their first win this year at the Arctic Rally in Finland, the only snow and ice race.
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On the 1st, Hyundai Motor Company announced that it achieved’Double Podium’ (two players from one team won the 3rd place) with the victory at the Arctic Rally Finland, the second event of the 2021 WRC season, held in Rovaniemi, northern Finland on the 26th to 28th of last month (local time). Revealed.
For the first WRC event held in the Arctic Circle, the Hyundai World Rally Team participated in the’i20 Coupe WRC’ race car with three athletes including Ott Tanak, Thierry Neuville, and Craig Breen.
Ott Tanak never allowed a reversal during a match, giving them their first 2021 WRC championship. Despite the snowy course, it reached an average speed of 121.66 km/h and a maximum speed of 190 km/h. Thierry Neuville and Craig Brin were also in third and fourth places, respectively.
With this championship, Hyundai Motor added 47 points for the manufacturer’s integrated points to pursue the first-place Toyota team by 11 points.
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A Hyundai Motor Company official said, “Without a single retirement, we finished the Arctic Rally in Finland in 1st, 3rd and 4th place, resolving the regrets of the Monte Carlo rally, the opening game. I will do my best for the rest of the schedule.”
The 2021 WRC will be played in a total of 12 rounds, and the third leg will be held in Croatia from April 22nd.
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