Twist in Hyundai Motorsport: for family reasons, Ott Tänak will not be able to be at the start of the ACI Rally Monza, the last round of the FIA World Rally Championship.
A bolt from the blue that came with an official statement from the Korean manufacturer on Tuesday afternoon, when there are a couple of weeks left until the tricolor race that will close the 2021 World Rally season.
The Estonian and his co-driver, Martin Järveoja, will only return to action next year and Teemu Suninen and Mikko Markkula will go to their Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC for the Brianza stage.
The Finn, having broken the relationship with M-Sport in the course of work, had married precisely in Hyundai to lead the new i20 N Rally2 in WRC2, with which he managed to get second place at the last Rally of Spain.
“First of all I want to do my good luck to Ott – wrote Suninen on social media – For us it is certainly a great opportunity, but also a demanding challenge because we will have to get to know a new car. But it is the best way to end 2021. ! “
Tänak also entrusted his brief comment to the world of social networks: “I am really sorry not to be able to participate in the ACI Rally Monza for family reasons. It was a very hard decision to make, but also the right one. I wish my best. team for the last race of the year, there is still a fight! “
Ott Tänak, Martin Järveoja, Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC
Photo by: McKlein / Motorsport Images
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