Hyundai defends decision to pick Lappi for Chile

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Esapekka Lapland's slowness raised eyebrows in Chile.

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The Hyundai rally team decided to play roulette with a third car after Ott Tänak retired last year. A trio has been through the season, and now Esapekka Lappi got a chance at the World Championship in Chile, whose pace does not stand up to criticism.

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The first day of Rally Chile was a huge disappointment for Esapekka Lappi, who was allowed to drive the Hyundai for this stage, and is the last of the WRC cars to continue, or ninth. With Hayden Paddon having finished second in the previous stage in Paraguay, a legitimate question arose: why did the team allow Lappi to start in Chile at all?