Hyundai declares WRC staff reshuffle as programme supervisor departs

Hyundai Motorsport’s International Rally Championship programme supervisor Christian Loriaux has left the staff forward of the 2025 season.

Loriaux has performed a important position throughout the Korean marque since first becoming a member of the operation in 2021 as a technical marketing consultant, sooner than graduating to the position of WRC programme supervisor.

Surprise information of Loriaux’s departure arrives after a 2024 season the place Hyundai claimed its first WRC drivers’ name thru Thierry Neuville and narrowly neglected out on a 3rd producers’ name through 3 issues to Toyota.      

A observation from the staff claims that Loriaux will “embark on a brand new undertaking” together with his position “set to be fulfilled through the technical division led through Francois-Xavier Demaison.

With Loriaux leaving the operation, Hyundai has reshuffled its staff construction with Pablo Marcos rejoining the marque as staff supervisor after a season at M-Game Ford. Former staff supervisor Tolga Ozakinci will now take in a newly-created position of Head of Race Operations.   

“Everybody at Hyundai Motorsport is taking part in a richly deserved ruin from festival, then again – as is frequently the case presently of year- we’re making some key adjustments throughout the corporate to fortify our 2025 push and adapt to the environment,” stated Hyundai staff most important Cyril Abiotbeoul.

“We had an overly sturdy 2024 season however didn’t succeed in the whole thing we got down to do, so having a look forward to a transformative 12 months for our motorsport operations now we have hung out bearing in mind how we will streamline our organisation.

“We’re subsequently thrilled to welcome again Pablo Marcos again to Hyundai as staff supervisor. His remit may be very other to his earlier time in the actual from 2021-2023, with Pablo only focussed on realising our wearing and function goals inside WRC. Tolga Ozakinci will now oversee the infrastructure throughout our rallying and racing occasions in addition to operating with our related providers and companions, a few of them being shared throughout our methods.

“In any case, we wish to thank Christian Loriaux for his contribution to our project during the last 3 years. He has been a perfect fortify for my part once I joined the sector of rally and we want him the entire perfect together with his endeavours. We sit up for seeing you all in 2025.”