I rather seeing Ken using Fiesta WRC for his next Gymkhana instead..
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As I remember, Ken is not so fast, and Kimi yes. Kimi and Robert wanted to be fast in rallying. More or less.
For this moment he is rallycross driver. For sure we remember him as a rallychampion and a very popular person. Just want to see him back to WRC :)
I don't mind him being there. If he brings media and attention to rallying and make it more popular, why not? He's not causing any harm to non mechanical components by being there.
Rallying is after all just another marketing tool in the grand scheme of things so anything non destructive that helps it float is welcome.
Seeing Ford pulled the deal on his Hoonigan RX team I cant dislike him doing some WRC rallies.
All publicity is good and maybe when his fans see him beaten out of sight they might realise how good WRC driver's are and follow the series.
Also, it's not like he would take a seat from some young talented driver either, it will be an additional car. All good.
So with Monte Carlo finished, what do we think of Bouffier's performance as temporary 3rd driver... could anyone else who is available have done any better ?
Don't bet on that. He can't even finish a rally in R5 car. Almost anywhere...
I like Bryan. With worst conditions he sure can did better. Don't forget: no WRC in recent past. Changing of Co-Driver on start of rally. For me he did a good job.
Hard to say. Camilli and Suninen would have been faster, but probably would have also crashed like they did with their R5 cars. But did Bouffier help the team? He couldn't score any manufacturer points and couldn't keep Neuville behind. Also, would it have been an investment for the future to put Suninen in the WRC car? Let's see how Bouffier does on TDC
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Block can do more to WRC than some fans believe. Mainly in USA market.
Ok so I know he's gone with Citroen now (for Sweden), but Mads Ostberg theoretically could have driven Monte. He was 4th in 2016 and has experience with the 2017 Fiesta.
But Bouffier did ok and anyway Ogier and Evans both finished so took the Manu points.
Would Block be faster and finish ahead of Sheikh Khalid? I think he'd be faster but also prone to more accidents, like he was the last time when he tried the WRC? Difficult to remember how bad he was though off the top of my head
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I guess if the seat was given to Camilli or especially Suninen they would have been told to take it very easy. As Anttil mentioned it would have been good for Suninen to gain WRC Monte experience but then I guess by taking it easy he would've had similar speed to Bouffier.
So after all I guess Bouffier was the right choice considering they also earned a buck or two.
I still hope they will fill Suninen's calender at least with R5 starts. Especially in Corsica, he needs more experience on Asphalt. Maybe let him do some non-WRC asphalt rallies with the R5 too.
Looks like Block is really serious about running a WRC event with the Fiesta WRC. Which one remains to be seen. My money will be on Finland for the jumps. But, whatever event he runs, he will probably be entered as HRD and run separately from the main Ford/M Sport trio.
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...-and-australia
Serderidis in Deutschland and Australia
I re-checked and it's not Aprils' Fools Day :confused:
what the ?
Personally i wish Camilli do at least one rally on 2017 car. He tested the car at the end of 2016 yet doesn't drive that ever since
So Block in Argentina then?
If M-Sport are right in the manufacturers title fight entering the second half of the year then I'm sure things could change regarding points-scoring cars and drivers.
The trouble is who are they going to call upon? Camilli I guess could do a job in Germany but he is very incosistant. Suninen is already booked for all the rallies he is likely to do well in. Apart from that there are only youngsters and old drivers left. The latter have no experience in the car and the former have neither experience in the car nor the events.
If it was up to me they would have put Suninen in all the rallies. My hope is that he'll be the pemanent third driver next season. I suppose he'll be ready by then if he has a decent season this year.
I just checked out the pictures of the livery. At least it looks nice. But I have noticed that there is no Ford Performance stickers at all, opposed to Bouffiers. Also, it has start number 10 on it, wouldn't it be number 3 if it was a point scoring car? Or did they put #10 for a different reason? 10 would be Meeke's number anyway.
Also, no MS-RT decals like Bouffier, but a big M-Sport logo.
https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...-sport-chance/Quote:
Serderidis’ deal is a straight customer operation and he will not be running as one of the M-Sport Ford World Rally Team members in the same way Bryan Bouffier did at last week’s Monte Carlo Rally and Teemu Suninen will for the majority of the season.