[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

AL-ATTIYAH GUNT HANS WEIJS KANS IN WRC

Weijs has permission from Capito.

Sounds like a shake-up indeed. Its a shame, we have been waiting for a 3rd strong manufactor for a while now, and when its finally here, one of the old ones quit. I reeally hope its not true!!

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Originally Posted by Iskald

Petter Solberg visited Paris yesterday...Strong rumours has it that he, Mads Østberg and Dani Sordo is in the fight for a Citroën seat. Mini/Prodrive won`t get any support from BMW, except for a new engine homologation, and will not run as a factory team in 2013. M-Sport (Malcolm Wilson) wants to run Huyndai. Ford will quit. (and thats the reason for Latvala not staying with M-Sport and moving to VW) How`s that for a little shake-up?

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Ford quit after so many years in Rally? Hard to believe that, but who knows. About Huyndai I thought they want to run the team factory based.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Ford quit after so many years in Rally? Hard to believe that, but who knows. About Huyndai I thought they want to run the team factory based.

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Yes, but if Ford leaving leaves a perfectly good garagiste ready to go, then why not investigate.

I thought they were setting up a facility in Offenbach?

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Originally Posted by tommeke_B

I don't think the VW Polo S2000 is competitive anymore (has it ever been really competitive after 2008? 2012 now...), so it's hard to compare his results on that... When he was driving in JWRC he was always close to Neuville so that can't be so bad. :)

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Was it ever competitive to begin with? Not even Loix could make it shine in Ieper if I remember. Then again I only remember it on IRC events and don't know how it fared locally.

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Originally Posted by stefanvv

Ford quit after so many years in Rally? Hard to believe that, but who knows. About Huyndai I thought they want to run the team factory based.

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Ford have been gradually quitting the sport for many years.
That they should one day finally cut the apron strings altogether should not come as too much of a surprise to many.
So, still 2 manufacturer teams in 2013 if these rumours are to be believed!

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

Yes, but if Ford leaving leaves a perfectly good garagiste ready to go, then why not investigate.

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Or failing a perfectly good garagiste they could talk to M - Sport! ;)

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Originally Posted by rallyfiend

Ford have been gradually quitting the sport for many years.
That they should one day finally cut the apron strings altogether should not come as too much of a surprise to many.
So, still 2 manufacturer teams in 2013 if these rumours are to be believed!

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I don't possess the vocabulary to express how much I hope this is not true. Having only 2 factory teams for the last few years is what has made the sport so unbearably boring, and has been probably the largest contributory factor to the decline of the series.

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