[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

[jbmarcus21]

Legend François Delecour had tested Mini Wrc
François Delecour a testé la Mini Wrc

[ToughMac]

In one of the recent issues of Vauhdin Maailma there was a number that Abu Dhabi will pay about half of the budget. The deal of course generates also some costs. Based on my personal assumptions without any inside info I'd say Citroen's budget could be somewhere near 50M a year.

With these figures being bandied about its a wonder M-Sport were competitive at all. If Hyundai and Toyota come back with full factory efforts in 2014 its hard to see M-Sport continuing in WRC after next year. Hard to know what Prodrive are going to do, engine is still being developed by BMW but it will be hard to be competitive against proper works teams.

[Allyc85]

Redbull use near 1/2 billion onF1

Nothing like that! In the last few years of unrestricted spending Toyota and Ferrari were spending 250 million euros tops.

Any who back to rallying, has anyone heard anything from the promotors as its under 50 days till the new season!

[Francis44]

Abu-Dhabi must be paying a fortune to Citroen. They will run Hirvonnen and Sordo full season (Sordo not confirmed yet for all season as far as I know), plus Loeb and Al Qassimi for small programs. If they sign Neuville than that's other 8 or 9 rally's. That must be some huge cost. I wouldn't be surprised if Citroen budget is well above 50 million.

[stefanvv]

Hard to know what Prodrive are going to do, engine is still being developed by BMW but it will be hard to be competitive against proper works teams.

Prodrive are taking over engine development from now on I think.

[skarderud]

Nothing like that! In the last few years of unrestricted spending Toyota and Ferrari were spending 250 million euros tops.

Any who back to rallying, has anyone heard anything from the promotors as its under 50 days till the new season!

they have 2 teams, and sponsoring different venues and happenings, pluss "sponsoring" bernie. Not that far away

[Padowa]

Mads definitely was handicapped by having a car less developed than the Fiestas of JML and Petter. Remember Greece at PS mads were hundreds of a second behind JML. Equal cars he´d been ahead of JML and third. Having said that you can´t expect him to win over the big boys regarding the technical differences.

What are the technical differences between the Jari-Matti and Petter cars compared to Mads car?

[Xsara Fan]

Xsara fan, did they offer something to Evgeny yet? And what want ALM itself for next season?

At the moment we are negotiating with different teams. We want Evgeny to take part in whole championship.

[Wasted Talent]

Redbull use near 1/2 billion onF1

I very much doubt that....

McLaren Group TOTAL turnover in 2011 was £239m, that includes McLaren Racing, McLaren Electronics and McLaren Applied Technologies

McLaren profits race ahead as F1 brings off-track success - Telegraph

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[EightGear]

McLaren Group TOTAL turnover in 2011 was £239m, that includes McLaren Racing, McLaren Electronics and McLaren Applied Technologies


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And turnover doesn't say anything about how much money they spent...