[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

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Originally Posted by Tomi

Same here, but I dont think he will get a works seat at Ford, he should have left earlier, he has dont a not so good season this year.

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But you forget that due to team orders Sordo has never been allowed to perform at his best, he really should seriously consider swapping teams as he must know that he will never be allowed to win under the citroen banner, regardless of which citroen team he is in.

Seb junior is different, after all he is french.

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Originally Posted by Camelopard

But you forget that due to team orders Sordo has never been allowed to perform at his best, he really should seriously consider swapping teams as he must know that he will never be allowed to win under the citroen banner, regardless of which citroen team he is in.

Seb junior is different, after all he is french.

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same goes in every team he will go...latvala also did not allowed to win against hirvonen. Sordo is good for second fidle and first on tarmac..now in ford he could gain 1st spot since both hirvonen and latvala are very easy targets to be faster (latvala is fast but not mentaly there yet)...he was unlucky and was in team that had the best driver ever in the sport as No1...everyone would have the same treatment in any team.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

same goes in every team he will go...latvala also did not allowed to win against hirvonen.

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This is nonsense. Stop saying it!

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Originally Posted by Bobcat

This is nonsense. Stop saying it!

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yes indeed nonsense...latvala was on a leash NOT ALLOWED to win for the most rallies, and when hirvonen lost every chance for a title Latvala suddenly became faster...how you explain that ??

2nd drivers are called 2nd for reason

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

Plus the spanish market is vital for every manufacturer....

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Really? How so? It's an economic mess and they already buy Ford and Citroen a lot so that makes no sense.

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Originally Posted by I am evil Homer

Really? How so? It's an economic mess and they already buy Ford and Citroen a lot so that makes no sense.

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Economic mess or not they are a market of 45 million people....and the fact that they buy fords and citroens a lot makes it even bigger attraction.

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Originally Posted by N.O.T

Economic mess or not they are a market of 45 million people....and the fact that they buy fords and citroens a lot makes it even bigger attraction.

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Spain can't offer new and big sponsors to the WRC, for the moment. You know, sponsors like TELEFONICA or REPSOL are not investing in rallying anymore at a world level...

Can anyone confirm that MINI will begin testing in Spain (near Huelva, Andalucia) at the end of September or early in October?

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Originally Posted by Motorsportfun

Can anyone confirm that MINI will begin testing in Spain (near Huelva, Andalucia) at the end of September or early in October?

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I know they will test in spain in september. I don't know exact date, nor location.

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Originally Posted by Motorsportfun

Spain can't offer new and big sponsors to the WRC, for the moment. You know, sponsors like TELEFONICA or REPSOL are not investing in rallying anymore at a world level...

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It’s been said that Botín, Banco Santander’s president, got personally interested in Dani’s future. That’s a new and very big Spanish sponsor.

I am evil Homer, Spain is a big market for Citröen and Dani helps to sell cars as well as Carlos Sainz did. Though they might be the actual top seller here, they might not want to lose, for example, 5000 cars/year, which is a big amount of money.