Prodrive Mini WRC

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Originally Posted by adr17

what a load of crap , i was there and that never happened , the problem with hyundai / msd relationship was the money that hyundai paid to msd paid the debts off from running the honda touring car programme and didnt spend enough on the wrc programme and they only had 2nd class drivers , it was a good car same transmission as focus and 206 which was originally designed by msd and the rights brought my m-sport when msd were short of funds , but the engine had no top end power due to a poor cylinder head design .

loix still says that it was the a great chassis to drive

most experienced rally team members who have worked for most teams will tell you msd had great staff and was a great place to work

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really? Did you expect Makinen ,McRae and Burns to go to them? I think for a new team they had a very respectable line up

I always thought they should sign Delacour instead of Schwarz and Loix.

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Originally Posted by Nornbugger

really? Did you expect Makinen ,McRae and Burns to go to them? I think for a new team they had a very respectable line up

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well in at end of 2002 carlos sainz approached the team offering to driver for one year and then go in to a team managment roll but hyundai and msd relationship had started to go sour by then , also loeb was in the workshop and in talks for a while in the early years

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Originally Posted by Barreis

I always thought they should sign Delacour instead of Schwarz and Loix.

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^^^This.

Juha K was not second class

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Originally Posted by adr17

well in at end of 2002 carlos sainz approached the team offering to driver for one year and then go in to a team managment roll but hyundai and msd relationship had started to go sour by then , also loeb was in the workshop and in talks for a while in the early years

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Was this before Loeb came 2nd in Sanremo? No I don't think so! Don't think Seb would ever switch from Citroen especially not to a **** team like Hyundai! Come on why would you suggest that?

The Mini WRC team is almost a 100% sick dog team this year.
Even Suzuki were beter than this, they had good drivers that did all the rallies, and now the Mini drivers are village drivers with money.

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Originally Posted by Langdale Forest

The Mini WRC team is almost a 100% sick dog team this year.
Even Suzuki were beter than this, they had good drivers that did all the rallies, and now the Mini drivers are village drivers with money.

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You should talk with your neighboor and ask why Prodrive sent to Motorsport Italia a crap of a Mini. That's the point.

They don't have top drivers. :P

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Originally Posted by JAM

You should talk with your neighboor and ask why Prodrive sent to Motorsport Italia a crap of a Mini. That's the point.

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Are you trying to hide the fact that some of the Mini drivers this year are sick dogs?
Nombre, Salazar, Oliviera, Gorransson, how can you say that the car is bad when they are driving it?