Chris Atkinson got some good results with Mini last year, any news if Prodrive had any tests or contacts with him? Also what about Craig Been? Everyone says Kris Meeke is good driver, but I think he crashes alot, like Novi and JML!
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Chris Atkinson got some good results with Mini last year, any news if Prodrive had any tests or contacts with him? Also what about Craig Been? Everyone says Kris Meeke is good driver, but I think he crashes alot, like Novi and JML!
Craig Breen continues with Saintéloc Racing in ERC. At least I believe I saw that news somewhere...
There were plans in the making.. I guess that program will start in Canarias if it gets made.
Such a shame their marketing people can not raise the budget
That's what he is aiming for, nothing confirmed yet as budget is not in place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mirek
Question guys (I know I ask alot, so please forgive me): is the Mini JCW car competitive enough? Given we have equally skilled drivers , can it compete with Ford Fiesta and Citroen DS3?
Certainly no, because it has lacked budget for development and competitive mileage. But how much really slower - no one can say
I think Mini is 1 year without development more or less...
That's tragic. I don't get how Mini can back the X-Raid effort and not Prodrive. However much Mini wins in Corss Country it will have less viewers than WRC. I suppose we can say now that Meeke is finished in WRC now?
I'm not sure exactly what happened, but it's pretty obvious that Mini either lost faith in Prodrive, or Prodrive did something to upset them enough that they pulled the team's funding. They haven't said anything on the subject, but I'm guessing that they might be willing to support a dedicated manufacturer effort in the future - they just don't want any factory effort to have anything to do with Prodrive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9
Unless he finds sponsors and/or another team. Which, if he was smart, he would have done at the start of this year when it became obvious he wasn't going to drive. There are several teams that competed in 2012 with no current plans - like Adapta, Brazil WRT and Monster (who have implied they may well continue in 2013 without Ken Block).Quote:
Originally Posted by Plan9