The New Zealander will pilot a Hyundai i20 N Rally 2 vehicle, backed by Hyundai New Zealand, in chosen occasions this year prior to objecting to a complete season in2023
Paddon revealed he will reunite with veteran co-driver John Kennard for the program, a reviving of a collaboration that declared triumph at Rally Argentina when contending as a factory Hyundai motorist in 2016.
The 34- year-old is set to make his very first WRC look this year at Rally Estonia (14-17 July) followed by a getaway in Finland (4-7 August), prior to contesting his house occasion Rally New Zealand (30 September – 2 October), which goes back to the WRC calendar this year.
” We are pleased to deal with Hyundai New Zealand as we start a two-year WRC2 project with the brand-new Hyundai i20 N Rally2 automobile,” stated Paddon.
” This year we have actually prepared a project which permits us to get up to speed with the incredible i20 N Rally2 cars and truck, the automobile’s advancement and group advancement, prior to carrying out a complete seven-round project in 2023 with the sole objective of winning that champion title.
” We’re so happy to be taking a Kiwi group to these overseas occasions, in addition to some assistance in Europe and backed by an extraordinary line-up of New Zealand business consisting of Hyundai New Zealand to make this special project possible.”
Hayden Paddon, Sebastian Marshall, Hyundai i20 WRC, Hyundai Motorsport
Photo by: Austral
Paddon’s last look in the WRC was available in 2019 when he drove a M-Sport WRC2 Fiesta at Wales Rally GB. This was set to be the start for a go back to the WRC’s leading tier in a Hyundai i20 WRC prior to the break out of COVID-19 ambushed his strategies.
Since a five-year spell as a Hyundai factory chauffeur pertained to end in 2018, Paddon has actually stayed carefully connected with the marque in the New Zealand that has actually has actually seen his own Paddon Rallysport group carry out a series of regional jobs. This has actually consisted of establishing an all-electric Hyundai Kona rally cars and truck.
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