About Sordo:
Mini decision won't affect Prodrive and Dani Sordo's World Rally Championship programme - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
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lolololololololololololololQuote:
Originally Posted by Miika
they are trying to ridiculed more!!
are they thinking they are talking to monkeys?
If my guess is as good as the next... Prodrive wanted a lot of money for running the wrc team, team Portugal a lot less..
Maybe Prodrive has a longer term deal with BMW on development of the car and they tried to put pressure on BMW?
Only problem for them, at least short term, is that team Portugal have drivers that are to slow...
Maybe not a sensible explanation but here goes.......Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Munich threw out the baby with the bath water. They don't want Prodrive representing them in the WRC. They have an undertaking to the FIA to enter 2 cars in the WRC but they sure as hell don't want Sordo or Meeke because they are employees of Prodrive. Easy option is to use Nobre and Araujo as their factory representatives. Sure, they both drive Prodrive built cars but Prodrive will not be directly associated with the 2 entries. Motorsport Italia will be the only preparation company connected to them. This leaves Prodrive to do as they please in an M2 capacity or even in a non-M capacity. Problem is they have no money to run two cars, maybe not even one unless they can still find renta drivers. Maybe Campana will still appear for 3 more events and others.
That leaves Prodrive on the same level as Kronos or other preparation companies. Just sub-contractors.
More importantly, what will happen next season? What are BMW's plans if, as they say, WRC is a good fit for Mini? Build their own team or just let drivers buy an M1 seat?
The only thing I can understand from BMW press release is the fact that the person who wrote this story is worth of his salary :-)
Ken Block must be thrilled - he might be able to legitimately beat a 'factory' driver this year...
If I'm not mistaken these two factors are necessary for future development of the car.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel157
There must be an M1 team.
There must be a BMW signiture on any new homologation.
I understand BMW doesn't want Prodrive involved in either one. So will now Motorsport Italia get also over the development? Or will all the Mini project end silently at the end of the year? After a season of no results hardly someone will see the end of Mini as big news.
Another question. Who owns rights to currently homologated parts? Is it Prodrive or BMW?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=357256490960641
anyone of the portugese/brasil members here to translate what is he saying
If BMW are reading this:
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It seems like the Aston Martin Nimrod all over again — non-official entry beating official entry. If that happens, and I think it surely will, how on earth could BMW claim to have made the right decision? There would be no positive spin to put on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeD