[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[Franky]

Well, you can only blame Mikkelsen for not being willing to cough up the money for the car.

[Myrvold]

Well, you can only blame Mikkelsen for not being willing to cough up the money for the car.

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

[Vahula]

Even would find some sponsors if they wanted.

[Rallyper]

It's going to be a real shame when Ostberg, Prokop & Bertelli all have '17 WRC cars if AM still hasn't...

So they should step back and say: "Here you are, use our money and spend it on a VW. We can stand beside and look when you´re driving WRC, with our money." Is that what you mean?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

So they should step back and say: "Here you are, use our money and spend it on a VW. We can stand beside and look when you´re driving WRC, with our money." Is that what you mean?

Not at all. It's just that AM has a greater talent and we will be denied seeing it and instead have lesser drivers in these new cars.

[Andre Oliveira]

Mikkelsen should get the money and bet in Fiesta WRC'17. Cheaper than the VW, will be developed by Ogier and can shine again with same car of 4 time champion.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

It's a pity he couldnt have partnered with fellow-Norwegan Ostberg, instead of Prokop... but I assume he just couldnt afford it with sponsorship.

[Mintexmemory]

Think Andreas is only thinking about entering the 2017 VW car in selected events. 3 or 4 at most. No way he'll find the budget for the whole season

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...and that is the sticking point! For anyone to rally a 2017 Polo it must be homolagated. For it to be homolgated it must be entered by a 'manufacturer' team for the whole season before any private examples may compete. This is what the other teams have quite rightly objected to.

[jparker]

My feeling, if the VW thing doesn't work, AM will end up in one of the current WRC Teams. He's very talented and valuable driver, and some other team disappointments may open the door for him.

[Simmi]

...and that is the sticking point! For anyone to rally a 2017 Polo it must be homolagated. For it to be homolgated it must be entered by a 'manufacturer' team for the whole season before any private examples may compete. This is what the other teams have quite rightly objected to.

From all the meetings it's clear that in the eyes of the FIA you don't need to do a whole season at all. You can get an extraordinary waiver. I wonder whether by just committing to a limited programme the other teams might be more likely to say yes - rather than 10 rounds of potentially big competition.