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    Quote Originally Posted by car View Post
    Nice - I won some VIP passes years ago and my brothers and I turned up at the Cardiff super special after watching the real rally for 3 days. We were filthy and stinking and they had no idea how we got the passes, but reluctantly let us in to the VIP building. We ended up sat next to Ari Vatanen and Dave Richards for dinner! cracking way to end the event.
    Where are you watching from? I'm doing Myherin (twice) on Friday and not sure where Saturday yet.
    I was planning to do SD this morning but couldn't as I've had to wait in for an electrician after my heaters packed up.

    The competition was for Rallyfest tickets which I wouldnt have paid to go to, but as it's now free then why not..

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    Interview: Malcolm Wilson ponders M-Sport’s WRC title prospects


    Malcolm Wilson, proprietor of M-Sport, went to Wales Rally GB not daring to dwell on the prospect that his privately run world championship team stood to come home from the penultimate round of the 2017 season with one world title – and with the chance of a second.

    It had been 36 years since a private team had scored a major World Rally Championship title, that was Rothmans Rally Team, thanks to Ari Vatanen.

    M-Sport’s title chances this year had been largely thanks to their inclusion of Sebastien Ogier, a story which for Wilson had represented the second major unsustainable gamble in his career.

    The first had come when the 28-year old had personally invested in the purchase of an Audi Quattro which won him the British rally title in 1984.

    Wilson: “When we took on Sebastien I never thought that we would be in a position to challenge for the Manufacturers’. OK, Toyota was in the first year, but I really felt Hyundai and Citroen would be so strong in the Manufacturers’.

    “But I also felt we would stand a chance on the Drivers’, but to be so strong also in the Manufacturers’ has been really surprising. As the season progressed things changed. The fact that we have been on the podium on every rally tells you that the driver and the car package has been really strong this year”.

    Has reliability been the reason why you are now in this position?

    “I have said right from the start of the year that I think that reliability is what would win this championship. I genuinely expected there would be more mechanical issues, because everybody had completely new cars, a clean sheet of paper, new technical regs.

    “I think it just shows how things, technology and everything, has moved on. You can do so much simulation nowadays, that we have also seen really strong reliability from all the manufacturers”.

    What makes Sebastien stand out as a driver?

    “Sebastien and (co-driver) Julien Ingrassia are both so focused, so professional, dedicated, attention to detail and it is what they bring to the team.

    “I never lost the hope that we could still win a title, but we hadn’t won one for five years, so when Seb and Julien came to the team it just gave everybody the lift that we needed, it just makes everybody give that extra five per cent to be able to try and get the results.

    “And I think also their arrival has had a great impact as well on Ott (Tanak) and Elfyn (Evans), though they probably won’t admit it! I can see that it has just made Elfyn and Ott have to look at things slightly differently to probably what they have done previously.

    “There was no question from the moment that Seb walked into the workshop it was very easy for me to see why he and Julien have been four times world champions. Just because of the work ethic in everything that they do, their professional approach.”

    And, for Wilson, perhaps the most pressing thoughts are not so much the prizes he might achieve this year, but who he could persuade to be in his team in 2018, now that Ott has decided to move on the Toyota.

    “I would like to keep Sebastien and I would like to keep Elfyn. Whether I can do that I don’t know. I made the decision to engage Sebastien this year, but unless something changes (financially) then I can’t risk another year for M-Sport on the same basis. I can’t continue to do it. Ford know that as well.

    “At this point in time I cannot tell you what the outcome will be. I know what I would like the outcome to be, but I don’t know. I am working on it and I am not going to give up.”

    M-Sport has a team of quality technicians keeping the Fiestas moving.

    Are you disappointed to see Ott leave after all you achieved with him?

    “It is quite sad to see him leave, because we have been working with him since 2010, but he knows he has got a job to do for the final two rallies in 2017 and I am sure he will do a good job.

    “I have told him (how much I hope) he will be back in two years in any case. We had an option on him but weren’t in a position to confirm this. We had a date by which to decide, but I wasn’t in a position to be able make the commitment.

    “Compared with the other teams in the sport, we are in a different league altogether. Our great thing is we have got a fantastic team of people. Without a continued obligation to Ott it means we could put all our available financial resources in Seb, that’s the target. We continue to be in discussion with Seb.”

    What have been the main limitations of running a private team in the WRC?

    “To be honest the big thing is the money and the chance of sustainable development. If I didn’t feel confident that we could keep a competitive car, I would be honest and say I don’t think we (currently) have got the funding to be able to compete with the other guys.

    “Personally I feel that with the skill base that we have I know that we can do it. Obviously the thing that I am working on now is to make sure that we have got the funding to be able to continue at the top level.”

    And about your chances of keeping Sebastien in the team next year?

    “I don’t know. I am just hoping!”

    https://rallysportmag.com/interview-...tle-prospects/

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    Meet the man who made WRC’s biggest giant-killers


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    #8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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    Someone listened Ogier in start to SSS?

    "we achieved great results and Ford is now a fact... team... (laugh) Sorry, a great team"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira View Post
    Interview: Malcolm Wilson ponders M-Sport’s WRC title prospects

    “Compared with the other teams in the sport, we are in a different league altogether. Our great thing is we have got a fantastic team of people. Without a continued obligation to Ott it means we could put all our available financial resources in Seb, that’s the target. We continue to be in discussion with Seb.”

    https://rallysportmag.com/interview-...tle-prospects/
    This

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira View Post
    Someone listened Ogier in start to SSS?

    "we achieved great results and Ford is now a fact... team... (laugh) Sorry, a great team"
    refreshed screen and read this a second time.
    Pinched myself, Yes I am awake and not dreaming

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    Let's have this thread at the top where it belongs...

    M-SPORT WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONS 2017 !

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    #M-SPORTER

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    Post-Rally GB, Sébastien Ogier:

    “Emotion is something you cannot control. There is something beautiful about that and I have to say that this was the strongest feeling of emotion that I have ever experienced in my professional life. It’s hard to explain the feeling, but it is most definitely a good one.

    “Twelve months ago, we decided to take what could have been considered a risk. We decided to team up with Malcolm and set ourselves a challenge. Today, we have succeeded in that challenge and know that we made the right choice.

    “I felt immediately proud and very happy for the team. A drivers’ title is something that has never happened for them and it was so well deserved. What they are able to do is amazing. Really, a big thanks to all of them.”

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    nice video of the team from wales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFar5v13bi8&t=0s


    i have to admit it still hasnt got me what this team achieved this year
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