Is that still the case or did it only matter when Prodrive was the manufacturer entry?Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
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Is that still the case or did it only matter when Prodrive was the manufacturer entry?Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
This might be more bull****ting from DR but here is what he told Autosport magazine today:
- "I wholeheartedly believe this is a better deal for us. Finally we have resolution to the long term security of Mini in the WRC"
- "Our goal is to have Kris back in the car as soon as we can. We will now sit down and go through our programme and in conjunction with BMW decide on which events we will go to with Dani and Kris."
Autosport speculate that they probably will only do key market events (Portugal, Germany, France, Spain, GB)
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Originally Posted by TyPat107
It's no longer the case since neither the Motorsport Italia/WRC Team MINI Portugal nor the Prodrive/MINI WRC Team have opted to score Manufacturer points for the rest of the season.
The 26 manufacturer points that MINI scored in Monte Carlo will stand, whereas the 4 manufacturer points scored by Armindo Araújo WRT and the 2 points scored by Palmeirinha Rally have been deleted.
PS: This is the official FIA statement today posted on WRC.com
Why did WRC Team MINI Portugal opt to NOT score manufacturer's points? They might just be worried that they would score not very many points, which would look bad.
The way the news article reads to me is that Araujo and Nobre are basically funding their own cars, and significant portions of Sordo's and perhaps the continued development of the Mini WRC.
Ouch!
As far as I know, Nobre has a deal with Motorsport Italia and nothing changed after these changes in the teams names/status. He's funding his own car, as it was agreed at the beginning of the year.
The own funding of both of them got BMW agree with Fia, it's only input of Araujo and Nobro what did it. Because they were already sure of a full program.
That is such a waste for the red mini (no, I can't call it the independent team yet).Quote:
Originally Posted by MikeD
- "Our goal is to have Kris back in the car as soon as we can. We will now sit down and go through our programme and in conjunction with BMW decide on which events we will go to with Dani and Kris."
Autosport speculate that they probably will only do key market events (Portugal, Germany, France, Spain, GB)
Bull**** or not I will be glad to see Kris back in the car. Can you post the article on here? I think it may be a bit of a waste. God know what rounds they will do in 2013.
Hmmm this situation gets worse day by day.
Now we will see the Red minis at best only where the rally car can be towed on a trailer or what ever from Banbury to the event basically.
People now saying neither team can take manufacturer points? This is even worse than I orginally thought.
So the only gain for mini is they can legally develop and homologise the car. which makes me suggest bmw really has long-term plans in WRC