M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

Congratulations with the great work done on the new car. It is at least as good as Toyota at the moment.

Also congratulations on taking the risk with Loeb, even though there were clear PR benefits no matter how he would do.

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For business they couldn't have gotten a better sales add. So surely drivers with money will be calling them now.


Maybe they have something to think about at the moment. With some driver changes and/or rotation they could be a challenger in manu champs, but IMO not with Greensmith and Fourmaux as nominated drivers on most rounds.

Lorenzo Bertelli says, "See you (very) soon !"

PUMA Sale #1 ?

I would hope for drivers with money and (some?) speed.
Like Loubet, Veiby, or Huttunen (seemingly not much money there).

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Lorenzo Bertelli says, "See you (very) soon !"

PUMA Sale #1 ?

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Bertelli has liked to enter Rally Sweden and also did Arctic last year. He could also still use his own prev gen WRC car.

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Originally Posted by mknight

I would hope for drivers with money and (some?) speed.
Like Loubet, Veiby, or Huttunen (seemingly not much money there).

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I don't think Bertelli will ever be blocking these guys.

Huttunen has the WRC-2 championship to play and Sweden is a good opportunity for him in this effort. I think M-Sport will prioritize this. Rally1 drives will be only if he is good in WRC-2.
For Loubet, Sweden is not his best chance so I don’t see the point for him to pay to go to Sweden (should keep his money for later).
For Veiby, his visibility has dropped a lot so, as M-Sport is a business, I think they will prioritize who pays the most.

Also, I don’t know if M-Sport will be able to repair Fourmaux’s car in time (in general times, yes but with the new regulation + spare parts issues, may be harder this time). May affect the number of cars to rent.

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Originally Posted by AnttiL

Bertelli has liked to enter Rally Sweden and also did Arctic last year. He could also still use his own prev gen WRC car.

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Would be an interesting opportunity to see how the WRC Fiesta compares to the Rally1 Puma. On a fast rally like Sweden, the Puma may be faster?

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Originally Posted by MentalParadox

Would be an interesting opportunity to see how the WRC Fiesta compares to the Rally1 Puma. On a fast rally like Sweden, the Puma may be faster?

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Puma is faster than WRC17 in 2022 spec (with smaller restrictor I mean)

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Originally Posted by pantealex

Puma is faster than WRC17 in 2022 spec (with smaller restrictor I mean)

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There's no such 2022 spec, restrictor is still as it was. Only restriction on WRC17 "when the driver has not scored points for a WRC Manufacturer Team in the previous five (5) seasons". Which makes it not a fair test.

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Originally Posted by MentalParadox

Would be an interesting opportunity to see how the WRC Fiesta compares to the Rally1 Puma. On a fast rally like Sweden, the Puma may be faster?

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I actually had this thought today. It’s chassis balance certainly looks much better (strong rear end) and confidence inspiring, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was at least as quick in a lot of circumstances.