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“Messy” startline incident dents Fourmaux’s Rally Sweden victory bid
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“Messy” startline incident dents Fourmaux’s Rally Sweden victory bid

By Miles Cooper February 15, 2025
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Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux has defined a weird “messy” startline difficulty that has severely dented his Rally Sweden victory hopes after beginning stage 11 with out his helmet correctly mounted.

Fourmaux had been within the thick of an intense five-way struggle for victory, having began the day in fourth, 7.9s adrift of chief Toyota’s Elfyn Evans.

Hyundai’s new signing, who completed third in Monte Carlo final month, dropped 23.6s in stage 11 that started in uncommon circumstances. Fourmaux appeared to not be prepared for the beginning after which needed to cease shortly after the startline to tighten his helmet strap and belts.  

“I used to be not prepared and I realised six or seven seconds earlier than the beginning that my helmet [strap] was not tight, and I needed to put it on, however then we needed to lose time as a result of [co-driver] Alex [Coria] advised me we solely had 20 seconds to get to the beginning line,” stated Fourmaux. 

“It was actually messy. This sort of factor shouldn’t occur, we’ve marshals who’re there to test if we’ve obtained the whole lot and the marshal was there, however they didn’t say something. It’s my accountability however there have been no belts [on], no gloves, nothing and I ought to have checked the time, however Alex advised me [we had] 10 seconds to go.”

 

Fourmaux dropped to sixth, some 31.4s adrift of the chief Evans, who headed into Saturday’s noon service with a 2.8s lead over Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta. 

Given Fourmaux stopped in the course of the stage for security causes, he’s hoping officers will intervene and provide him a while again to compensate for his stoppage.

“It isn’t nice. To begin with there’s lots of frustration after that after which I needed to cease within the stage to tighten the belts and go once more, and we’ve been preventing over one or two seconds since yesterday, and we’re proper there after which we’ve this silly factor. It’s actually irritating,” added Fourmaux.

“We’ll see what we will do after that as it’s a security cause greater than anything, so I made a decision to cease to verify it’s protected, so let’s see if we will achieve a while again.

“We had a extremely nice feeling with the automobile this morning, the tempo was right. Aside from the difficulty on the startline the entire relaxation was going effectively. It’s actually difficult whenever you lose 20 seconds if you find yourself preventing with 10 seconds between 5 drivers yesterday. It isn’t straightforward to catch up however let’s see.”

It proved to be an eventful morning for Hyundai as world champion Thierry Neuville moved from fifth to 3rd following Fourmaux’s difficulty and a suspected mechanical drawback for team-mate Tanak. 

Tanak ended Saturday’s morning loop with steam and moisture coming from the bonnet of his i20 N Rally1 automobile as he dropped from third to fourth total, 12.7s adrift of chief Evans.

“This morning chassis-wise I had a bit higher feeling and the steadiness had improved a bit. It was a bit extra playful within the automobile however on the second stage we began to lose out a bit and it was the identical on the third one,” stated Tanak.

“As you possibly can see some liquid is popping out of the automobile, and why and the place I don’t know, so we have to see. I do know the engine is operating, so we’ve to see. Our individuals are intelligent and sensible so we have to belief them. 

“I consider the whole lot is feasible in the meanwhile. Let’s see what’s taking place and we go from there.”  

“Messy” startline incident dents Fourmaux’s Rally Sweden victory bid

Adrien Fourmaux, Hyundai World Rally Workforce

Photograph by: Romain Thuillier / Hyundai Motorsport

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Adrien Fourmaux

Hyundai Motorsport

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