M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

Well thought, but then again Breen and Loeb never did the same events in i20. The only shared event in C3 was Catalunya 2018.

Breen has continually praised the Puma so any under-performance doesn't seem to be the car, but rather the driver.

It's funny that the pressure of leading a team in 2022 has told on him more than the pressure to win a full-time drive in 2021.

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Originally Posted by mknight

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/loeb-...s-this-season/

Loeb said it before that the Puma suits his driving style. Hyundai didn't. C3 did on tarmac in 2018, before the big changes.

Could it be the opposite case with Breen? Breen was struggling with C3, especially when it was best on tarmac 2017-2018 (note for example 3 spins and bad times in Spain 2018 while Loeb won the race). Did comparably better with i20 and now it's back to struggling. Crashing is one thing, but the times are worse than in i20 especially compared with Loeb.

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I remember that Loeb didn't change anything (neither a click on suspension) when he won Montecarlo on Puma

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Loeb have said many times that fiesta is a very easy driving car.
Confirmed to me too,when he had a small talk at Acropolis.

Makes no sense to put it on the Puma. Breen has pretty much led the development from September 2021 onwards. So, even if there were any incompatibility between the car and his style, it should have been ironed out long ago. Besides, Loeb says that everyone uses the same base set-up and then him and Loubet do some fine tuning, while the others go their own way.

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Loeb have said many times that fiesta is a very easy driving car.
Confirmed to me too,when he had a small talk at Acropolis.

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Fiesta or Puma?

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/loube...ounds-in-2023/

On the subject, well partially anyhow.

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It's funny that the pressure of leading a team in 2022 has told on him more than the pressure to win a full-time drive in 2021.

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It's quite different though.

In Hyundai the "pressure" was only one he put himself. He wanted to drive more rounds, Hyundai was quite satisfied with him since mid 2020 onwards. Often he could also "hide" behind others under pressure, for example Tanak in Estonia 2021.

In MSport (without Loeb) he is the only one expected to deliver a result.

Horrible season

The car is good, drivers…..

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Horrible season

The car is good, drivers…..

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And even the car is not that good; at this stage of the season and for sometime (At least 4 rallies) now, the Hyundai reliability is better than the M-Sport.