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Thread: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
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5th January 2018, 12:08 #1831
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I think it's pretty sure he'll do Sweden, Portugal, Sardegna, Finland, Spain and Wales. Probably one or two of the long hauls, he won WRC2 in Mexico in 2016. Turkey is also a big question mark.
Last edited by AnttiL; 5th January 2018 at 12:29.
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5th January 2018, 12:22 #1832
I want see him here for sure
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5th January 2018, 12:24 #1833
WRC-2 for Östberg then?
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5th January 2018, 12:26 #1834
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5th January 2018, 12:32 #1835
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5th January 2018, 13:10 #1836
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If he drove his own car, it wouldn't be an M-Sport fourth car, right? I mean he would rent a new Fiesta from M-Sport for certain events and tape it to OneBet livery. I think he would get better results with the improvements M-Sport has made to their cars and the proper service. He had a bunch of retirements last year that were technical faults already fixed on the M-Sport cars, his private car not having the updates. It probably would had been better if he had rented the car all along...
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5th January 2018, 14:27 #1837
He was entered as M-Sport in 2017 but that was just how regulations were so I guess it wasn't a fourth car (unlike the Suninen/Kremer entries?).
I don't know what it costs to rent the car, but if he's planning to do a lot of events would it be cheaper to rent a Fiesta WRC than buying it?
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5th January 2018, 14:42 #1838
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Most definitely cheaper. Pay money and arrive with two hands in his pockets to testing/rally and after go home. No need for personnel, special equipment, equipment, their logistics etc.
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5th January 2018, 14:53 #1839
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True, only registered factory teams were allowed to enter WRC2017 cars, but that changes for this year. However, Østberg had his own team, own mechanics and everything. Suninen was an M-Sport paying driver for the whole season (just alternating between R5 and WRC car) whereas Kremer just rented the car for one event. Suninen's car had an M-Sport livery with just added sponsor decals, Kremer had his own sponsor livery. Not sure about Bertelli, if he had his own mechanics or through M-Sport.
I don't know what it costs to rent the car, but if he's planning to do a lot of events would it be cheaper to rent a Fiesta WRC than buying it?
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5th January 2018, 18:18 #1840
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It's not over until it's over. Other punctures or issues may come. Yesterday night it also looked very different than now just four stages later.
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