It is fair to say Andreas Mikkelsen has been knocking on the door for a return to the World Rally Championship ever since falling out of the top tier in 2019. These knocks have become increasingly louder after winning two WRC2 titles and a European Rally Championship, but still the three-time WRC rally winner felt at times that he would never taste the big time again.
After coming so close to a return this year before Hyundai made a late swoop for Esapekka Lappi, Mikkelsen has achieved the goal he set out four years ago after putting pen to paper on a deal this week to share Hyundai’s third WRC i20 N challenger with Lappi and Dani Sordo.
