Well, you can only blame Mikkelsen for not being willing to cough up the money for the car.
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Well, you can only blame Mikkelsen for not being willing to cough up the money for the car.
Even would find some sponsors if they wanted.
Mikkelsen should get the money and bet in Fiesta WRC'17. Cheaper than the VW, will be developed by Ogier and can shine again with same car of 4 time champion.
It's a pity he couldnt have partnered with fellow-Norwegan Ostberg, instead of Prokop... but I assume he just couldnt afford it with sponsorship.
...and that is the sticking point! For anyone to rally a 2017 Polo it must be homolagated. For it to be homolgated it must be entered by a 'manufacturer' team for the whole season before any private examples may compete. This is what the other teams have quite rightly objected to.
My feeling, if the VW thing doesn't work, AM will end up in one of the current WRC Teams. He's very talented and valuable driver, and some other team disappointments may open the door for him.
From all the meetings it's clear that in the eyes of the FIA you don't need to do a whole season at all. You can get an extraordinary waiver. I wonder whether by just committing to a limited programme the other teams might be more likely to say yes - rather than 10 rounds of potentially big competition.