Search:

Nope. Mikkelsen have been driving for free this year (personal sponsors not included, but that's supposedly not included in the list either).

Still, wouldn't Ogier have had around the same, if not more time in the car before Monte, than Mikkelsen had when he started Germany?

Ye, I remember I had a 6 hour karting session with Andreas and Ola back in the days he was competing in the Focus. My only claim to fame is that I was faster than both :)

But then again, Suninen was a Toyota Jr (which is why Oreca ran his car) and then he signed for M-Sport. Not even he had a 100% privateer effort.

A perfect example of this is the Swedish Mirage R5

A bit different situation though. Kremer won his ERC title before any of the privateers that people want to "pay for Mikkelsen" even started driving (With the exception of Prokop, who started in 01).

There is not many drivers willing to use own personal money for driving in the WRC. Petter being an exception.