Østberg drove 2 tarmac rallies in R5 with M-Sport last year. Not like they kept him. Malcolm had a deal with Mikkelsen in case Ogier didn't join.
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Østberg has also driven some Norwegian events this year in an R5 Fiesta.
https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...ally-gb-debut/
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Rovanpera’s manager Timo Jouhki said: “Kalle will be in Wales. For the moment, we don’t know what car he will be using, but we know that he will be coming and he will do Rally GB.”
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“What this means is that he can come to Rally GB and he can go to events like Argentina, probably Mexico, Finland, GB, Australia and Spain – Spain he can do anyway because he will be 18 by then.”
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“He doesn’t need to be in a World Rally Car yet,” said Jouhki. “I know how good he is. He could do very well in a World Rally Car, but it’s unnecessary. While he can’t do a full season of WRC2, we will probably bring him to this championship because it helps for him to run in the right place [among the priority two drivers on the road] and it’s helping with the profile.”
More Rovanperä news, in Finnish: https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-9671916?origin=rss
In here his manager says that the intention is to drive Wales in R5 class with either Skoda or Ford.
M-sport sells the 2 storey motorhome for 600.000 GBR + vat
Yes, back In the ford days