Hyundai Motor's World Rally Team wins the 2025 WRC Greece Rally
Jun 30, 2025
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The official name of the Greek Rally is 'WRC EKO Acropolis Rally Grease', which is considered one of the most difficult areas of the WRC Rally Course due to its rough and rugged cobbled streets, narrow mountain trails, and dry, high-temperature weather.
The point of view was how flexibly manufacturers and athletes cope with a total of 345.76km of rough driving courses.
The Hyundai World Rally team competed in this race with three athletes, Thierry Neuville, Ott Tanak, and Adrian Fourmaux, as the 'i20 N Rally1' race car.
Based on the experience of winning the Greek Rally last year, Hyundai Motor's World Rally team was able to achieve its second consecutive year of winning this year's event by bringing out the best condition of the race car 'i20 N Rally1' in line with the climate of the Acropolis Rally and the unpaved road surface.
Haute Tanak took the lead from the sixth stage by showing outstanding adaptability to road changes through careful vehicle setting and tire management, and continued to widen the gap with second place to win the podium.
In addition, Adrian Foremore, a new member of Hyundai Motor's World Rally team this year, ranked third based on his stable driving skills throughout the game, achieving a double podium, raising expectations for future rallies.
The Hyundai World Rally team won a total of 50 points thanks to the performances of its players, maintaining its second-place ranking in the manufacturer's category, expressing a positive outlook for the rest of the season.
A Hyundai Motor official said, `We are very happy to once again win the Greece Rally, which is considered one of the most challenging and challenging traditionally, and boasts extreme conditions.' `We will do our best to show good performance to the N-brand and motorsports fans in Gyeonggi Province in the second half of the year" he said.
WRC is the world's top motorsport competition organized by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), and the champions of the manufacturer and driver categories are determined based on the results of annual competitions in various environments from pavement to unpaved roads and snow.
The 2025 WRC consists of a total of 14 rounds, and the 8th round will be held in Estonia from July 17 (Thursday) to 20 (Sunday local time).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
