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i dont think its wise for duval to pay any money for a drive at ford as this is supposed to be a case of a good samaritan(duval)helping a sick lame man(ford)to try and walk not vise versa.Ford should get a better team to run their cars not money minded m-sport who cant accept theres need to reshuffle their drivers.
He's a sportman and not a good samaritan.. Bosses know that some Joukhi will come and pay so that's why this sport is so poor.. It's not about quality. It's about money..
its a pity ford are trying to chase citroen for the title but b4 they even get close.......a junior team comes from behind and overtakes them...also a privateer car.
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Originally Posted by Red bull
They stick to Citroën simply because currently, in another car(even a in a Focus), they could be behind the slowest of the Citroën's drivers !!! :rolleyes:
If you read the Autosport article, if that's the case, it's quite clear Ford isn't asking anything from Duval (for example to drive for main team to score manu points), but Duval and his sponsors are interested in renting a car from M-Sport, just like Grönholm's drive was sponsored earlier this year in Sweden. Of course we know the real deal when we see entries published for Germany.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red bull
Well I think that you are right, It's all about money... For exeple whitout Abu Dhabi's money that Ford team has been barried many years ago... And Ogier has never get a chance to drive rally. Citroen have money and Ford don't... So they(M-Sport) have to find it somehow if they want to compete in WRC...Quote:
Originally Posted by Barreis
Agree, but there is one other aspect also. Whatever "money" comes into M-Sport, be sure there is big margin going in Wilson's pocket FIRST, then the rest serves to run the team. Not the case at Citroën as everyone there is employed by the manufacturer, therefore all the money goes to use for motorsport.Quote:
Originally Posted by donlorean
I am fed up with hearing that m-Sport doesn't have as much budget...come on.
Last time wrc was in Monte, all Ford drivers and management travelled by private helicopter from Ardeche to Monaco, Citroën went by road cars. So who has money, and were does it go ????
ford dont want to admit it but they want to use duval to test their car on tarmack and see if there is a difference btwn him and their drivers as it seems they ve done everything posible to improve the car but their drivers keep blaming the car setup and tyre choice for their poor perfomance :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hartusvuori
Ok then both have money. M-Sport is anyway more private team supported by Ford and Citroen is part of the factory so some one look after all the time how do they spend money. Problem of all this is that you need hell of a lot of money to compete in WRC... There is many exellent drivers around the world who suppose to be driving in WRC but they don't have money. And I don't think that it's JM's or Mikko's(Jouhki's) or Seb jr's fault that things are like they are. They were right time in right place and good for them... I really hope that it changes next year and there is more teams. This two team series is realy boring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaffi
At the moment I think that everybody agree's that Citroen use they money much better than M-Sport... And problem is not drivers, it's car...
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Originally Posted by donlorean
I fully agree here but some Ford fans keep on moaning about drivers and still believe the car is "perfect" just "bad driven" :rolleyes: