Latest Hyundai World Rally Team recruit Andreas Mikkelsen reckons his i20 WR Car reminds him of the all-conquering VW Polo he drove until the end of the 2016 season. It was after Volkswagen's shock exit from the series that Mikkelsen was left without a seat, despite winning the Polo’s final event, the 2016 running of Rally Australia. Eventually, after driving a Škoda Fabia R5 WRC2 car and then a Citroën C3 WR Car for three rounds, he found a berth at the Korean team for the final three events of 2017. Now he says that the performance of the i20 on loose surfaces is similar to his experience of the Polo in which he won three rallies. 'Especially coming back to...
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