SUNINEN APPEAL LIKELY FOLLOWING FINLAND EXCLUSION
Hyundai was expected to appeal Teemu Suninen’s
Rally Finland disqualification when MN closed for press on Monday.
Suninen won WRC2 on the road on his home round of the championship only for post-event checks to find his Hyundai i20 N Rally2 was underweight.
Hyundai representatives reasoned that a non-original front bumper had been fitted “in error” by the Estonian Red Grey that runs Hyundai’s WRC2 operation, after the original was damaged in testing.
The panel of stewards, which was chaired by Scot Iain Campbell, concluded after due deliberation that “whilst the competitor stated that this was a human error in fitting the wrong part,it is nevertheless the competitor’s responsibility to make sure that all parts comply with the provisions of the relevant regulations”.
Emil Lindholm was promoted to first place in WRC2 following Suninen’s exclusion.