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    #M-SPORTER

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    He says he'd love to carry on with Opel, but that's not going to happen unless they manage to homologate the Corsa is it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    He says he'd love to carry on with Opel, but that's not going to happen unless they manage to homologate the Corsa is it?
    No, that's not going to happen. I think he's just saying that as a another 'thank-you' to Opel for backing him the last two years and saying if they had an R5 he'd stay with them.

    In terms of his options, I wonder if M-Sport would consider backing him with an R5 ERC entry ? They have won the BRC twice now and dont really have anything to prove there. Perhaps they could step into the ERC in 2018, especially with Ingram having the €100k to bring to them ...
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    M-Sport has nothing to prove in ERC either. They won the title with Kajetanowicz 3 times in a row.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dupanton View Post
    Do you deserve the title when you crash 4 out of your 6 starts? Nothing against Lukyanuk, he is fast and spectacular for sure. But that alone doesn't mean you deserve the title...
    Wasn't talking about any specific season, just saying that Lukyanuk name deserves to be on ERC champs roll; once he wasn’t able to get it on the previous years, I hope he’ll managed to do it in the future.

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    I prefer this one: “Driving fast on the track does not scare me. What scares me is when I drive on the highway and get passed by some idiot who thinks he is Fangio.”
    Rally addict since 1982

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommeke_B View Post
    M-Sport has nothing to prove in ERC either. They won the title with Kajetanowicz 3 times in a row.
    That wasn"t an official M-Sport entry by the British team. Lotos got all the publicity with Kajto's titles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    No, that's not going to happen. I think he's just saying that as a another 'thank-you' to Opel for backing him the last two years and saying if they had an R5 he'd stay with them.

    In terms of his options, I wonder if M-Sport would consider backing him with an R5 ERC entry ? They have won the BRC twice now and dont really have anything to prove there. Perhaps they could step into the ERC in 2018, especially with Ingram having the €100k to bring to them ...
    How much is €100K going to get him? Being a young British driver can't be much fun, as there aren't the big money sponsors/ backers out there. Gotta wish him well though.

    Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???

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    It shall be enough for 2 ERC events with a good car and a pre-event test.
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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    As long as one or more Fiesta R5s are fighting for the title, and it doesn't cost M-Sport any money... For M-Sport it's probably better publicity if a privateer with their car can fight for the title, than when it's one of their own "works" cars... It means it is the car you can buy yourself, that's fighting for the win (be it Kajto or Lukyanuk or anyone else). With "works" cars you are never 100% sure (they should be the same but everyone knows they aren't). So I don't see any reason why M-Sport should invest in ERC. Maybe you want it to happen, but it's pointless.

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    Ingram already last autumn was testing Fiesta and looking for opportunity to drive it in 2017... so maybe now he will come back to this idea.

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