Originally Posted by tommeke_B
I think it depends on who pays FIA for a "license" to sell their tyres. Details about how much it costs to be able to sell tyres in WRC are not known. You have this license and the logistics for tyre manufacturers to be there. If nobody is interested in your tyres you make a huge loss... And there are not too many active crews in WRC at this moment, thanks to previous decisions of FIA... For example if you have to transport your team, tyres and equipment for example to Mexico, to sell only 100 tyres, you are not going to make money...