As part of th👍eir deal for 2023, they will share the ♏third works I20 N Rally1 car, with Breen expected to make his debut in the South Korean supermini at Rally Sweden in February alongside James Fulton. 

Although the Alzenau-based squad has still to relay exa�💮�ct details about Breen and Sordo’s respective programmes, the Spaniard has already indicated that bosses want him to start eight of the 13 rallies. 

It would be a sizeable step back for 32-year-old Breen as he started every event in the 11 months to mid-November with M-Sport before parting ways with them after a disappointing campaign that produced a third-place result at Rallye Monte-Carlo and secon𝕴d at Rally Italia Sardegna. 

The opportunity to move across the service park came along when it was annou🙈nced back in October that young Swede Oliver Solberg had been dropped from Hyundai’s top-tier line-up. 

“I have signed a contract to do eight tests [rallies], although later we will see what happens, because the calendar has been reduced from fourteen to thirteen [rounds], and perhaps I will do seven,” World Ra🐎lly Championship veteran Sordo is quoted as telling daily Spanish sports newspaper, Diario AS. 

“I’m in good shape to do seven or eight. I want to do it right.🔯 In theory, we start in Monte Carlo which is a complicated rally. When you are there, you have to start the year scoring as many points as possible♌. If I do eight rallies, I think I can get a good finishing position in the World Rally Championship as well.”

Last month, Breen insisted he was not thinking too much a💖bout where and when he will represent Hyundai Motorspor🌠t, saying he trusted those within the team to make the correct calls. 

With a title tilt out of the question for both him and Sordo, denying Toyota Gazoo Racing and M-Sport as many manufacturers’ points as possible is going to be their number one objective throughout 2023.

“I think I can do a good job for the whole team. With Thierry Neuville and Esapekka Lappi spearheading us, and Breen anꦏd I covering their backs a bit, I believe we can do some good rallies,” added Sordo.