Maybe this is not the fault of Prodrive or Mini but the WRC promoter....
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Maybe this is not the fault of Prodrive or Mini but the WRC promoter....
Prodrive:
Sordo & Campana will drive at MC @krismeeke still part of the MINI team and should drive during the year plus testing & development.
Ok, you are a guy with no idea about the co$t of things. Probably you think that high level of professionalism is free. Or probably, you think that professionalism is in proportion of money wasted.Quote:
Originally Posted by N.O.T
Don't forget that you country is broken because trying to do something like a full WRC season with money for only half of the events.
If Mini as only money to 10 rounds, then let's see Mini in 10 rounds.
Your speach is out of time. That speach was valid in 2000 when we had six manufacturers, not when we have two and a half.
Merry Christhmas
Meeke didn't show much in WRC. With 2 podiums as Sordo he should also do 10 rallies in 2012.
To be fair, 6 rallies in 2011 doesn't exactly give one much of a chance to prove himself and the car's reliability let him down once or twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Love to see how good you'd be
Just laughable!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
He was learning all the time, and beating Sordo on the power stage in Spain showed the speed he has got. He will be better than any "tourist" Mini chucks in the second seat!
Meeke has had many chances in the WRC in the last nearly 10 years, probably more than most and I feel this may have been his last one.
My only fear now that is if he does get a start in the Mini this year he will drive it at twelve tenths to prove how much better he is then Campana and not finish. He should look at getting some top 5 results and set up a proper drive in 2013.
Finally the 'solution' about Mini WRC Team confirms what i expected from last Rally GB where the funding problems were revealed: bad publicity for Mini brand and for BMW, at least in GB.
It's a real shame not to see Kris Meeke in Montecarlo and i think will be very difficult to see him in other rallies next year, he deserves a lot this seat.
I still think that it's a major BMW mistake not to save properly this program althought I understand that the main problem is coming from Prodrive who hasn't been able to find the proper budget and sponsors for the team.
I can remember two....Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCS14
I don't think that driving an old private car in one event could even be called like that.