JWRC 2014

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Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys

Then why suddenly start supporting the JWRC? What can their driver development programme do that others cannot? The would not be spending all of that money building and maintaining DS3 R3s simply for the sake of developing drivers for the sport. M-Sport and Ford could have done that with Fiesta R2s.

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They are supporting JWRC because they wanted to continue with scheme of Citroen Top Drivers and JWRC is good idea. And they alse wanted to put M-Sport out of JWRC ;-)

http://www.fia.com/fia-junior-wrc-championship-1
Official. Citroen DS3 R3T

How on earth did you find that? I just went looking through the site, trying to find news on an unrelated subject, but they only have stuff from the FIA Gala as their most recent stories, even under the WRC heading.

Dutch talent Mats vd Brand will do JWRC with a DS3 R3t. 2 Years ago I think he only did short rallies in Holland, Last year he did 350z cup and some other rallies also in Belgium. So a big step up for him!

Boss of Even Management, Erik Veiby wasn't very impressed i saw on twitter, budget will now be minimum 50% more than last year to do a full season. I guess M-Sport and Citroen were in a bidding round, i wonder how Citroen managed to win that…

Let´s hope that MW is innovative enough to start up any kind of youngster cup in contrary to the new JWRC cup. New JWRC looks like bribes to me... :angryfire

Can't understand this decision, well I can, but I won't say what I really think. Makes no sense. FiA strikes again.

What will a season in JWRC be in 2014, compared to the R2 option of 13?

Maybe this will be the chance for the ERC Junior Cup, if the price is too high?

Lots of secret handshakes going on in Paris recently then.

Stupid decision to change the JWRC so late and to a championship that is double the cost! I have already seen on British Rally Forum that one crew from Canada have had to pull their entry.

This is the price of having two competing championships, with newly appointed promoters, all fighting for the same competitors to be part of the their championship.

The ERC would struggle to attract competitors for Eurosport's Junior Series if the WRC was using the same cars, for the same or better price with a more global platform and the attention of WRC teams watching you.

Seems Eurosport won this one with the FIA, and the WRC will be left to pay the bill.....