{"id":209221,"date":"2020-01-28T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/?p=209221"},"modified":"2020-01-28T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T09:01:59","slug":"junior-program-adds-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior program adds rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five drivers named on extended roster<\/h2>\n

We will be expanding our Customer Racing Junior Driver program in 2020 with the addition of rally drivers for the first time. Five drivers have been selected based on their previous results, as well as the ability to work with engineers and their professional approach to rallying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our Team Principal Andrea said: \u201cThe Customer Racing Junior Driver initiative proved highly successful last year in circuit racing, so it was only natural to expand the program into rallying for 2020. We have five incredibly talented young guys, who have already shown pace in their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aspiring to shine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reigning WRC 2 champion Pierre-Louis Loubet will return to the wheel of a Hyundai as one of the nominated drivers. He will be looking to make a strong impression following on from his 2019 success.<\/p>\n

He will be joined by two drivers aiming to succeed him as champion; Ole Christian Veiby and Nikolay Gryazin, who are both competing in the series this year in our upgraded i20 R5 \u201820 under the Hyundai Motorsport N banner. <\/p>\n

To complete our inaugural Customer Racing Junior Rally team, Callum Devine and Gr\u00e9goire Munster will bolster the line-up. <\/p>\n

Devine previously won Motorsport Ireland\u2019s Billy Coleman Award, as the best young rallying talent in the country. He also proved his potential in 2019 with an overall podium in Rally Hungary (ERC) on his debut in the i20 R5.<\/p>\n

Munster will commence his first full campaign in an R5 car, having claimed back-to-back junior titles in the Belgian national championship, driving R2-spec machinery.<\/p>\n

On the ladder to success<\/strong><\/p>\n

All drivers will be able to take advantage of support from our Customer Racing engineers, aimed at developing their driving throughout the season. They will have the mentoring of our experienced WRC crews, and the opportunity for extra training to help them further their motorsport careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group is a good mix of those who already have experience with R5 cars, and those who are relatively new to the category,\u201d added Andrea. \u201cThe five drivers we have selected will be able to learn from each other, as much as from our engineers. With the support afforded by the Junior Driver program, and the new performance upgrades included in the i20 R5 \u201920, I am sure they will be able to continue their excellent progress towards the pinnacle of the sport in the World Rally Championship.\u201d <\/p>\n

Customer Racing Junior Driver Mini-Profiles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pierre-Louis Loubet<\/strong>
\nAge<\/strong>: 22
\nNationality<\/strong>: French
\nCareer Highlights:<\/strong>
\nWinner 2019 WRC 2 Championship <\/p>\n

Ole-Christian Veiby<\/strong>
\nAge<\/strong>: 23
\nNationality<\/strong>: Norwegian
\nCareer Highlights:<\/strong>
\nWinner 2019 WRC 2 Rally Sweden
\nWinner 2017 Asia Pacific Rally Championship Pacific Cup
\n2nd 2017 Asia Pacific Rally Championship
\n2nd 2015 Junior World Rally Championship<\/p>\n

Nikolay Gryazin<\/strong>
\nAge<\/strong>: 22
\nNationality<\/strong>: Russian
\nCareer Highlights:<\/strong>
\n4th 2019 WRC 2 Championship
\n2nd 2018 European Rally Championship<\/p>\n

Callum Devine<\/strong>
\nAge<\/strong>: 25
\nNationality<\/strong>: Irish
\nCareer Highlights:<\/strong>
\n3rd overall 2019 Rally Hungary
\nWinner 2017 Junior British Rally Championship<\/p>\n

Gr\u00e9goire Munster<\/strong>
\nAge<\/strong>: 21
\nNationality<\/strong>: Luxembourger
\nCareer Highlights: <\/strong>
\nWinner 2019 Junior Belgian Rally Championship
\nWinner 2018 Junior Belgian Rally Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five drivers named on extended roster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4785],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJunior program adds rally - Hyundai Motorsport Official Website<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Junior program adds rally - Hyundai Motorsport Official Website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Five drivers named on extended roster\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Hyundai Motorsport Official Website\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HMSGOfficial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-28T09:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-01-28T09:01:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/junior.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HMSGofficial\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HMSGofficial\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/\",\"name\":\"Junior program adds rally - Hyundai Motorsport Official Website\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-28T09:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-01-28T09:01:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/8204c90304c58fd0f911613ad91a053b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Junior program adds rally\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/\",\"name\":\"Hyundai Motorsport Official Website\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/8204c90304c58fd0f911613ad91a053b\",\"name\":\"admin\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Junior program adds rally - Hyundai Motorsport Official Website","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Junior program adds rally - Hyundai Motorsport Official Website","og_description":"Five drivers named on extended roster","og_url":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/","og_site_name":"Hyundai Motorsport Official Website","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HMSGOfficial\/","article_published_time":"2020-01-28T09:00:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-01-28T09:01:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/junior.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HMSGofficial","twitter_site":"@HMSGofficial","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/","url":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/","name":"Junior program adds rally - Hyundai Motorsport Official Website","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-01-28T09:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-01-28T09:01:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/8204c90304c58fd0f911613ad91a053b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/junior-program-adds-rally\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Junior program adds rally"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#website","url":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/","name":"Hyundai Motorsport Official Website","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/de\/#\/schema\/person\/8204c90304c58fd0f911613ad91a053b","name":"admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209229,"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209221\/revisions\/209229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motorsport.hyundai.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}