You remember that Ford M sport is a Private Team!!! They will run with with Qatar's money.. And Petter for me is still a big drivers but is too dangerous and in this time is much expansive broken always the car..Quote:
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You remember that Ford M sport is a Private Team!!! They will run with with Qatar's money.. And Petter for me is still a big drivers but is too dangerous and in this time is much expansive broken always the car..Quote:
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Yes but then it also depends on how the cost price is built up and how much fixed costs the company has.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Oh wait this is a forum about rallying. :s mokin:
Anyone know what Abu Dhabi are paying Citroen next year? Considering the WRC has a new promoter for the new season and both teams are being sponsored by very affluent countries rather than by companies 3 million pounds doesn't sound like a lot of money, pocket change really. Just for the record does anyone know how much red bull have put into Citroen year on year and how much they put into F1 year on year? With VW around next year viewing figures are going to go significantly up meaning more exposure, more revenue for countries such as Abu Dhabi and Qatar - 3 million sounds like a very small investment.
Mads shouldn't have to be paying for all of that. Isn't that what Qatar are providing sponsorship for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Viking
The conclusion after your say is that M-sport funding quite a lot of money from Qatar? Am I right on that? pocket money would not even be mentioned like the deal with Qatar was.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToughMac
If so, then the discussion above means MW should have the money enough to keep two top driver in the team, not having to pay for their driving. Of course the drivers bargain from sponsors but I think that is for their personal benefit only, meaning if necessary MW doesn´t have to pay but not also need to have money for his two top drivers.
Yes it is indeed :D . But I also think M-Sport is doing more business than pursuit of the championship crowns. This is not bad thing of course, but the reinvestment seems not to be at the proper level I think. Always complaining for lack of funding... I'm also got sick of that. We should be grateful on the other hand probably Ford has been around for so many years, otherwise we could watch "real" one man show with Mr. Loeb and Citroen. Hopefully with Qatar's money that will change though and we see some progress in championship fights, at least for Ostberg's sake, he is promising driver imho. Now will be even more difficult with VW entering the show though...Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
In one of the recent issues of Vauhdin Maailma there was a number that Abu Dhabi will pay about half of the budget. The deal of course generates also some costs. Based on my personal assumptions without any inside info I'd say Citroen's budget could be somewhere near 50M a year.Quote:
Originally Posted by ToughMac
Citroën budget is a bit over 100m as far i concern. Atleast a couple of yrs ago.
Redbull use near 1/2 billion onF1 :)
In the series ”Engineering the World Rally” (part 6) by Discovery Channel, they said that the Prodrive’s budget for season 2006 was 50 million Euros. The costs have of course increased from those days.
Just wondering if there are two different budgets. The budget for manufacturer teams like Citroen and VW which don’t have to make any profit and the budget for teams run by private companies, budget – profit = true budget.