Mikkelsen is official Pirelli WRC test driver

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Hi, friends!

Andreas Mikkelsen from Norway čost his seat at Hyundai WRC team at the end of season 2019 but he is not unhappy because of that it seems.

He revealed recently that he didn't feel comfortable at that car because it didn't suit his driving style.

Well, every rally driver has his own driving style and because Thierry Neuville was the one to develop Hyundai i20 WRC, it seems that it suits him the best.

From what I saw at first three rallies of this season, current WRC champion Ott Tanak also finds it easy to drive because results prove that the best.

So after driving for all these works teams in his career (Volkswagen, Škoda, Citroen and Hyundai), he lost his seat but he did the recce for this season's Monte Carlo Rallye.

He had an offer to drive Pete Tsjoen's Volkswagen Polo R5 on some rally in Belgium but that rally was cancelled at the last moment because of coronavirus pandemic. At least he did some testing with that car and that was his only time in a rally car this year.

But now he will have lots of km under his belt in the car he knows very well - Citroen C3 WRC and Pirelli tires because Pirelli will be an official WRC supplier from season 2021.

Nice stuff for Andreas...

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