it's just a speculation i made,it doesn't mean it's true.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
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it's just a speculation i made,it doesn't mean it's true.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyRAC
Everybody speculates Neuville to Citroen but I really don`t see the reason why he would be attracted to Citroen other than money, providing M-sport gets proper funding. The Fiesta seems to be on par with Citroen on any surface if not even better on some gravel events(like in Finland). Also the fact that Citroen is concentrating the efforts on circuit racing should make it less attractive I think, unless they already can say it will be Peugeot in the future and promise extensive testing etc. Which looking at PSA:s financial situation is doubtful.
VW is out of the question and Hyundai won`t probably be as competitive as VW in it`s first year. But we`ll see
I have always believed that Neuville's drive this season is basically funded by Nasser/Qatar. If Qatar stays onboard for next year too (AFAIK it will), I don't see any reason why Neuville would leave M-Sport.
I would personally like Neuville to stay in Ford.
probably Kubica with full programm at Citroen for 2014...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Me too, and think that Al-Attiyah will secure him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
I remember reading (in Motorsport News I think) that Al-Attiyah will only continue to sponsor M-Sport with the guarantee that Neuville stays. Or at least it's a key point to the Qatar backing remaining. It would also make sense that Neuville wouldn't stay if M-Sport loses the Qatar sponsorship (unless they can make up for it with another sponsorship deal).Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
So if Qatar backs off from M-Sport, they will just get back to being a rental company like they were in 2011? Isn't it somehow the case already with the talks during this half of the season about Östberg having to pay for his rallies?
M-Sport has been a rental company ever since Ford withdraw. The three team "mates" (Neuville, Ostberg, Novikov) are all rental customers in 2013, without any obligations to each other...