Ott Tänak finished third in Central Europe, but Adrien Fourmaux and Thierry Neuville were unable to succeed.
Fourmaux placed fifth overall, while Neuville crashed into a bridge railing on the final day and was forced to retire.
Hyundai’s problems were frustratingly familiar. The team struggled to find consistent pace. The rally started promisingly enough from the team’s point of view, but the end result was once again all too familiar.
“We were running well for the first few stages of the rally, but we just didn’t perform well enough on the slippery and bumpy sections,” Fourmaux said candidly.
“Over the weekend, we made some progress with the flat roads, but we lost time anywhere else. Today was harder, I was fighting the car a lot,” Fourmaux continued.
However, Fourmaux felt there was a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. The World Rally Championship continues next on asphalt again, with the penultimate round of the season taking place in Japan at the beginning of November.
“But I think we have made some important progress to try and find the right setup for Japan,” Fourmaux assessed.
“We still need to work on it, but I’m hoping it’s not going to be the same as this weekend,” Fourmaux added.
