Reflecting on a double podium result at Vodafone Rally de Portugal, Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul has admitted his squad has one more step to make with the i20 N Rally1. Dani Sordo and Esapekka Lappi placed their cars in the top-three, with both demonstrating the car’s performance at the front of the field. We need to see how we can get something like two tenths or three tenths [of a second] per kilometre on this car, which is not an easy job. “The car is a solid all-round car, but we’d like to make it one more step. “This is the Dani we like to see, this is the Dani who’s making us smile.

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