Hyundai Motorsport has begun its preparations for next month’s Renties Ypres Rally Belgium (19 – 22 November) with a three-day test this week. The conditions when he won in June last year were, however, quite different to what he found at his test close to the town earlier this week. “We had a lot of rain early in the day and then it stopped raining and dried a little bit. One of the things about running this rally at this time of the year is that the corners will be very, very dirty. “You never know,” he said, “it can be dry at this time of the year.

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