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Would be surprised if Tanak hasn't driven the Puma, maybe even before he left Hyundai. Colin Mac tested an Escort in Scotland with MSport in secret while contracted to Subaru.
I don't say that it couldn't happen, but it was a bit easier to make secret test in 90s.
M-Sport has a private testing forest, so likely no videos will surface. It's a different thing in Finland when we have "every man's right" to walk in every forest even if it's closed for a rally test and always someone finds out when a test is arranged. Sometimes the marshalls can ask not to post pictures/videos from a test but it's more like youtubers want to be friends with the test organizers rather than become personae non grataes.
There's no reason to make it a big secret though as Tanak is a free agent.
Also Millener has said they have had discussions with Tanak and we would all expect him to have a test before signing anything.
Another article on Tanak...
"It depends on a lot of things ," resumes Tänak when asked if he wants to complete a full season next year.
"It depends on how I feel, and especially if I have the belief that I have a chance to fight for the championship, because it's something that I miss. If that's the case, then I will be."
https://fr.motorsport.com/wrc/news/t...2023/10404459/
Those comments are from Rally Japan pre event press conference
https://www.fia.com/news/wrc-forum8-...ess-conference
Be prepared for at least another couple of weeks of reheating interview snippets as articles.