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31st May 2017, 17:22 #1481
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But OMV Peugeot was an official team in the sense that they ran for manufacturer points (I'm not sure how the rules were different back then). In the same way as M-Sport is not Ford's manufacturer team. Jipocar could also run for manufacturer points if they entered as an official manufacturer team, right?
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31st May 2017, 17:24 #1482
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31st May 2017, 18:11 #1483
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A contract for the season (2017) is not the same as a full season of guaranteed drives.
If Mikkelsen wasnt available then Lefebvre would've driven in Sardinia. He has been dropped here and can be dropped again. He may in effect share the 4th C3 with Al-Qassimi.
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31st May 2017, 19:01 #1485
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I'd be surprised to see Lefebvre in the C3 again for more than a couple of rounds at most
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31st May 2017, 22:03 #1487
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it stupid to ask for privateer entries, and then when people show them, say that they do not count because they don't match your self-made criteria.
anyone who isn't payed to drive a manufacturers car is a privateer. if i where to win euromillions and rent a car from m-sport for the whole season, that wouldn't suddenly make me a factory driver.
so ostberg, solberg, stohl, bouffier where all privateers.
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31st May 2017, 23:48 #1488
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1st June 2017, 07:01 #1489
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I'm just trying to think it's not that black and white, there's factory teams, non-factory professional teams (M-Sport, Stobart, OMV etc) who run for manufacturer points and then there's privateers. And this season we don't have any non-factory professional teams contesting for manufacturer points, probably because there weren't yet any WRC17 cars available. Possibly we'll have some of those teams in the future?
And let's say OMV ran this year with Citroen C3 WRC's and ran for manufacturer points like they did in 2006. Would they be allowed to test in Argentina?Last edited by AnttiL; 1st June 2017 at 07:08.
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1st June 2017, 08:11 #1490
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