After a stunning drive on Rally Finland, Craig Breen is back in the Hyundai Motorsport squad for this week’s Wales Rally GB – with the primary aim of helping the team edge closer to this year’s Manufacturers’ title.
Hyundai leads the WRC Manufacturers’ standings with 314 points, 19 points ahead of Toyota, with Citroën third, a further 36 points behind, and M-Sport Ford fourth on 184 points. There are still 129 points up for grabs in the final three rounds of the championship, making WRGB another very important weekend in the ultra-competitive title chase.
Co-driven by Paul Nagle, Breen will join team-mates Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul and Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jæger-Amland in a trio of Hyundai i20 Coupe WRCs.
“It’s great to be back in the car again for Wales Rally GB,” says Craig. “It’s a rally that I really love. It’s obviously the closest I’ll get to a home event for the moment. I have great memories from over the years. Finland exceeded my expectations and definitely gave me a lot more confidence going forward. I know it’s going to be difficult and we need to do everything we can to provide good manufacturers’ championship points for the team.”
“The WRC title battle is steadily reaching its peak,” adds Team Director Andrea Adamo.”We have to capitalise on the improved performance of our Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC with a competitive all-round performance in Wales if we want to strengthen our lead. We welcome back Craig and Paul into our team alongside Thierry/Nicolas and Andreas/Anders, a line-up that we feel will give us the best fighting chance. Wales Rally GB is an exciting event, a crew favourite, but often unpredictable. As a team, we have to concentrate on managing the things in our control to the very best of our ability.”
Craig Breen/Paul Nagle, Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul and Andreas Mikkelsen/Anders Jæger-Amland all wear Stilo WRC DES Zero 8860 helmets.
