Thread: 2016 Silly Season
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30th November 2015, 14:25 #481
It is a kind of record? Only 33 rallies to be official driver?
EDIT: Ogier did itLast edited by Andre Oliveira; 30th November 2015 at 14:28.
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30th November 2015, 14:38 #482
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Nice move from Wilson.
I don't think this choice is about money. In all these years Wilson picked a lot of young promising guys (Solberg, Duval, Hirvonen, Latvala, Tanak, Evans) with limited (or even none) funds, and give them the opportunity to shine at WRC top level.
Now it's Camilli time. Best luck to him!Rally addict since 1982
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30th November 2015, 14:40 #483
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30th November 2015, 14:51 #484
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30th November 2015, 15:41 #485
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Of course it's about the money. The FFA will pay for everything. M-Sport needs the money to develope the 2017 WRC car. Even Mads is bringing money in.
I don't understand why people are saying that you can't compare Camilli in WRC2 because Fiesta R5 is so bad. Kajetanowicz won ERC with it.
In Spain, even Suninen was beating him on gravel. Indeed on tarmac Camilli was decent.
In Finland a lot of Fiesta R5 were faster than him. For example Pärn.
In Portugal he was a lot slower than Ketomaa and in the stages that went good for him, he lost 1s per km.
In Wales he had problems defending off Suninen who was with a old S2000 car
I have nothing against Camilli but to say that he was picked for he's raw speed and talent is baloney. The saddest part is that Evans doesn't have a seat anymore.
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30th November 2015, 16:03 #486
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The money arrived to Wilsons account.. sorry, the decision was probably made a long time ago already. Look at the M-Sport press releases from Spain and GB, Camilli was real star fro M-Sport there.
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30th November 2015, 16:15 #487
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30th November 2015, 16:18 #488
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30th November 2015, 16:52 #489
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I completely agree, I have not given up on him either. At least he had a balanced programme this year but generally i think drivers would benefit from some more experience before being thrown in to a full WRC programme. It didn't work out too well for Evans it seems.
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30th November 2015, 16:58 #490
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No really surprise at M-Sport. Supporting two drivers with no major sponsor wasn't sustainable. Economics had to play a part in decision
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