New contract driver of the World Rally Championship Hyundai team Adrien Fourmaux opened the races in his new stable with a great performance when he drove to victory in the two-day National Hivernal du Devoluy rally in France. The Frenchman Fourmaux left the Finnish monster in second place in the race Kalle Rovanperen.
According to Autosport, both Hyundai and Toyota, represented by Rovanperä, used the rally as a “preparatory rally” for next year’s World Championship season opener, January 23-26. a one-day Monte Carlo rally.
In the asphalt race, ten special tests were run, of which Fourmaux won four and Rovanperä five. In the overall race, Fourmaux was finally 15.5 seconds ahead of the Finn.