Its team principal is Cyril Abiteboul, and its drivers in the 2024 season include Thierry Neuville, Ott Tanak, Esapekka Lappi, Dani Sordo and Andreas Mikkelsen.

The entry was run by British company Motor Sport Development (MSD), with David Whitehead as team principal.

However, at the season-ending Rally GB, the team achieved their best result with McRae finishing fourth and Eriksson sixth.

For the 2002 season, Hyundai hired the four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen, along with Freddy Loix and Armin Schwarz.

In September 2003, after a season hampered by budget constraints, Hyundai withdraw from the WRC ending the partnership with MSD and vowing to form their own in-house operation to return in 2006.

[7] At the 2012 Paris Motor Show, Hyundai announced that it would be returning to the WRC for 2014, eight years later than planned, using the i20 model built to World Rally Car specifications.

Hyundai nominated Juho Hänninen, Bryan Bouffier and Chris Atkinson as the official test drivers for 2013.

Neuville won Rally Italia Sardegna and scored seven podiums, ultimately finishing runner-up behind Volkswagen driver Sébastien Ogier.

Hyundai announced a crew line up of Neuville and Gilsoul, Sordo and Martí, Paddon and Kennard.

For 2019, Hyundai Motorsport announced it would field four crews for the WRC season: Neuville and Gilsoul, Mikkelsen and Jæger-Amland, Sordo and del Barrio, and Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena.