which is also weird for a factory team with their budget. They should have a few finished cars just waiting in the factory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
The hyundai team is being run like they're on an M-sport budget.
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which is also weird for a factory team with their budget. They should have a few finished cars just waiting in the factory.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
The hyundai team is being run like they're on an M-sport budget.
Ive heard Neuville say a few times recently about the importance of points for the Team this year. They are probably making the Manus title the priority after last year and to leave WRC as Champions.
EDIT: Seems confirmed by Abiteboul...
'...this year we have some different goals to work towards,” Abiteboul hinted, referring to a manufacturers’ title push.
“While all our crews have their own individual goals, as a team we will be working to bring home as many points as possible for our manufacturers’ efforts"
In an ideal world, yes, the could have 1-2-3 spare cars ready to go if anything is wrong, but in the last couple of years, that was not the trend, quite the contrary. Maybe they allocated this "extra" budget (the set of parts in the cars, their rebuild, storeage etc) to development, or simply didn't do anything with it, but having it just sit there might not be the best way to use that money.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
They also dont have any spare customer cars around to use, unlike MSport & Toyota.
Yes because if you don't plan to use a car to rent out or have a clear plan and allocated budget for a additional entry you don't build up a extra car you don't need just for a what if.
Strange story about Toyota looking to replace Evans..
https://speed.dhpplant.com/toyota-no...yk3ByOULAu5hEA
I've been noticing an increasing amount of articles and websites writing random sh!t on WRC drivers for clickbait. "Loeb goes back to M-Sport with a part time program!" and then there is a picture of Loeb and a picture of a Fiesta WRC, not even a Puma.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
I think Toyota is absolutely fine with having Evans.
Where would he go? Hyundai is almost out and also M-Sport's future is uncertain. Also there aren't any new interest since they introduce new rules.
There is even more strange rumour circling around, not here in WRC but in different series... But it heavily touches our world. Rovanpera pursuing F1 career after this season. I guess he could try it. He is still very young, probably isn't motivated so much in rallying anymore and also Toyota have ties to formula now.
Right after they release those new regulations, I kinda got some hope, the World Championship will be saved. But since then we got nothing but negative news (if we can call it news at all). So the dark cloud over championship got even darker, sadly. But at the end, maybe we will have multiple teams. Toyota GR WRT, Toyota GR WRT2, GR Toyota WRT, Printsport Toyota WRT, Toyota NGR WRT...
This whole website is nothing but AI generated texts, as you can check. https://www.scribbr.com/ai-detector/Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Perhaps it reads this site and picked up the silly rumours about Evans to M-Sport last year, and now it's turned them into clickbait, which is in turn repeated here, and it goes on forever...Quote:
Originally Posted by Walach