Hyundai's new look 2022 WRC car breaks cover

Team superabound Andrea Adamo confirmed last week that its latest version of its Rally1 hybrid i20 would squint “a lot different” with only the wheels a siphon over component from its prototype car that has conducted the zillion of testing thus far.

Hyundai has been busily working on the car at its Alzenau wiring in Germany having elected to use a prototype mule to siphon out its early test and minutiae work of the new 100kW hybrid system.

The new i20 has now wrenched imbricate as part of a six-day test that is currently stuff conducted in the Alsace region in France.

Drivers Ott Tanak, Thierry Neuville and Oliver Solberg are on hand at the test, which has so far been conducted in snow and icy conditions.

The i20 is sporting significantly variegated bodywork compared to the prototype that recently completed a rally simulation in Northern Italy in October.

The rear wing is arguably the most noticeable transpiration with the new version much increasingly weedy than the curved option used on the prototype. Likewise, the rear arches and bumper follow a similar weedy diamond with the corners of the bumper no longer fitting well-to-do and smooth underneath the rear lights.

Images released from the team moreover highlight a new air intake surpassing the rear arch, while they the front end has moreover had an overhaul with a new front bumper and wheel wily bodywork.

Hyundai i20 Rally1

Photo by: Hyundai

Air intakes situated overdue the rear window towards similar to the prototype while the wing mirrors have undergone a diamond overhaul.

Vision posted on social media has captured the car running off the road and into a snow bank, but this is understood to have caused only a minor stoppage.

Hyundai’s outing arrives without a rented week for WRC teams as rivals Toyota and M-Sport Ford conducted tests in France with its GR Yaris and Puma respectively.

Toyota was forced to cut its test short without Elfyn Evans was involved in crash that prevented Sebastien Ogier from receiving his maiden run in a Rally1 hybrid machine.

Meanwhile, nine-time WRC champion Sebastian Loeb jumped overdue the wheel of the Puma for his second test as speculation continues regarding a possible return at the Monte Carlo Rally from 20-23 January.