Teemu Suninen testing ahead of 2021 WRC Rally Monza w/ a Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC Plus!

It always amaze me the fact I totally love WRC's pre-event testing but I've never managed to attend one, both because I never know the places/days of these tests in advance and because they generally take place too far away from where I live. Since I learned that the final round of the 2021 World Rally Championship would be held in Monza again, I have done everything possible to find out the dates and locations of these tests (which had also occurred last year).

Luckily last week I found that they were going to be held almost exactly on the same roads of last year's ones, with Toyota testing in the North of Friuli region (too far for me) and Hyundai back on the routes it used last year North of Brescia, whose travel times are much more accessible for me. So yesterday I went to attend the second day of Hyundai testing held with Teemu Suninen behind the wheel.

The Finn driver was recently announced as part of the Hyundai's lineup for the upcoming ACI Monza Rally together with Thierry Neuville, Daniel Sordo and Oliver Solberg. Teemu will replace 2019 WRC champion Ott Tänak in the season finale who had to cancel his participation due to personal family reasons. The course used for the test was a 2.5 km uphill road with both fast sections, some sequences of slower corners and some hairpin bends. Once reached the top, the course was covered downhill.

Since I'm not going to attend the 2021 ACI Monza Rally, it was nice to see for the last time one of the WRC Plus era cars in action with a pro rally driver before being replaced by the new hybrid Rally 1s next year. I'll really miss these aero monsters and their incredible speeds in fast sections.

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0:31 Downhill - pt. 1
2:57 Uphill - pt. 1
5:04 Downhill - pt. 2
8:10 Uphill - pt. 2

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- Camcorder: Canon HF GX10 & Legria HF G30 + Canon DM-100 Microphone
- Event: Hyundai Motorsport - WRC ACI Rally Monza 2021 Pre-Event Testing
- Where: Valvestino, Italy

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[brayan_m]

The i20 wrc has become one of my favorite cars of all wrc history. Looks great, sounds great (for a modern car), and performs great

[pricklypear]

No major motorsport related thing ever comes to the country I originally came from, so it is a blessing that I get to watch this video whenever I need to watch these cars in their final form. Thanks a bunch

[danielmoon]

Really great camera work and editing on this video. Sound is mega on headphones especially the on fly-bys 🔥🔥

These modern rally cars are beasts - this is Group B for the 2020s

[THE_Michael_Westen]

Very happy for Teemu he gets this oportunity. At the same time I hope it's nothing serious with Ott's family.

[abhijithbalachandran]

Coming back to " watch later " list. Best i20 video ever

[ZORES]

Very impressive Video!
Thank you very much!
Before watching it it thougt it would be too long, watching only one car with one driver.
But i enjoyed every single second.
Just great!

[acpmodz]

Thanks for new Sound for assetto corsa xDD awsome work dude

[tescopiwo]

Only motorsport left where engines sound godly

[supergtwec]

WRC Hyundai i20 coupe hatchback Test Amazing YouTube Media Thank you Mr. bozzy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[cakeofthepan]

holy crap!..and what a beautiful place...fire breathing Dragons swooping everywhere as the race to the top to save the day intensifies..
just need some swords on the bonnet! ..awesome

[TARTANATORscotland]

All I want for Xmas now bit o snow ❄️ too

[dieterreitstatter]

would like to have your connections, no matter witch country or track, cheers

[bikersoncall]

How many cameras do you need to set up,
do you have to hire a lot of people to
man the cameras?

[km]

Cant wait till some of these go to privateers and are running around at local events

[kimarimcwillis]

I would have went off the road in the first turn.

[mrci]

Thank you for the amazing content! I have only one question, when you said:" I'll really miss these aero monsters and their incredible speeds in fast sections." what did you mean? I know that the new cars will have less airtime, but are they going to be slower too? :/

[NoSenseGio]

Me lo sono perso.
Come si fa a sapere quando fanno questi test?

[ralmo]

Big gamble giving Teemu this drive in my opinion, Malcolm had enough of him because of his bad lack of consistency

[cyrilbollen]

Wish we could buy rally cars like back in the day with the Fiesta Cosworth and the Quattro, I would buy a Hyundai above a Aventador