[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

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Originally Posted by PLuto

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Originally Posted by TheFlyingTuga

I know that it is kind of a joke, but Oleksii Tamrazov put this into his facebook account saying that he is trying to bring MG to Rally again.
I know that this is probably nothing, but it's the second time that I see rumours of MG linked to rallying! Maybe something possible in a R5 form, who knows!!

3D Renderings of the MG 3 WRC
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This is really not a joke, Alex is really trying to start WRC project. He is negotiating with MG and I hope there is quite big chance to have this project working.

http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=16099

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Thanks Mr. Pluto! I'll see if I get a chance to talk to him next week, in Fafe Rally :)

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Originally Posted by PLuto

This is really not a joke, Alex is really trying to start WRC project. He is negotiating with MG and I hope there is quite big chance to have this project working.

http://www.autosport.cz/clanek.php?cl=16099

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Hmm, quite strange see the slow guy try to bring MG to WRC.
I'm ask this question from start of driver career of Tamrazov. What he doing here? many years at driver seat and no visible progress.

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Originally Posted by KKS

Hmm, quite strange see the slow guy try to bring MG to WRC.
I'm ask this question from start of driver career of Tamrazov. What he doing here? many years at driver seat and no visible progress.

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Alex wants to bring MG into WRC not as driver, but as investor.

He also told to Italian magazine Rallyemotion about various companies ready to enter the project, when will get green light from MG. The Manufacturer seems it will eventually have a works involvement starting 2015. This year they financed already 2 motorsport programmes... something around Asia, I guess.

http://www.rallyemotion.it/8593_wrc-arr ... y-emotion/

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Originally Posted by Motorsportfun

He also told to Italian magazine Rallyemotion about various companies ready to enter the project, when will get green light from MG. The Manufacturer seems it will eventually have a works involvement starting 2015. This year they financed already 2 motorsport programmes... something around Asia, I guess.

http://www.rallyemotion.it/8593_wrc-arr ... y-emotion/

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Alex is working on this project for few months and he has partners and companies which are interested to go in. Now the main target is to find manufacturer which should be interested in cooperation...

And about the other MG projects, if I am correct, they will be competing (again) in BTCC on circuits.

They have been for a while - Triple Eight (the parent team of the extremely successful V8 Supercar team) have run Jason Plato for the past two years. They use the MG6, which probably would not be eligible to enter in the WRC, but an existing motorsport programme does not hurt the idea of a WRC entry.

This project is working with MG 3 as a base car for WRC...

Yes, I know. The point I was trying to make is that MG are supporting a motorsport programme in the BTCC. And if they are willing to do that, then they might be open to expanding that programme into the WRC. Certainly moreso than if Tamrazov just picked a manufacturer with no motorsport programmes. If he wants it to happen, he will need the support of the manufacturer. If I was looking to get a new car into the WRC, I know the first manufacturers I would go to are the ones that already compete in other categories.

would be great if another manufacturer was in wrc