Hyundai has been fined EUR50,000 ($56,130) after Rally Italy, when it was discovered that Thierry Neuville’s winning car was involved non-homologated rear side windows.
These new windows on Neuville’s car were about 17g and 19g lighter compared to the ones used for the homologation of the Hyundai i20 WRC, which was presented by the group this year.
The problem was discovered in post-event scrutineering, although Neuville – who secured just his 2nd WRC win in Sardinia – prevented any further penalties, including a possible disqualification.
Hyundai group boss Michel Nandan confessed the team had been utilizing the unlawful windows since Rally Monte-Carlo, the opening round of the season.
He discussed the group was not able to fit the original ones, which could just fit into the vehicle with the doors unassembled, because of a mistake in the homologation process.
