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Why would they? They have a world champion driving 'their' car leading the championship, for very little outlay as m sport are running the cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson
Little or no cost to ford but they can take all the credit.
Would ford come back just to keep Ogier in the car, I doubt it. Very few people that aren't interested in rally, which is a lot of people, wouldn't have a clue who Sebastian Ogier is.
They will have a clue Ford is winning WRC though, and that's the marketing purpose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm75
Exactly my point. Why would ford spend millions when someone is doing it for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by stefanvv
The only way I see ford coming back is if Malcome and Seb suggest to Ford big wigs that they maybe have a little chat with Volkswagen about running Polos next year. It would probably never happen, but then again they do run Bentley GT programme, and who owns Bentley!
So Toyota, Citroen and Hyundai are just doing the WRC for a goof?Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm75
It's not just about Ogier, it's also for car development. If they don't come back it will all turn sour next year and the 'free publicity' will be gone. We have been talking about this for pages now.
For the record Ford does spend some money on M-Sport already and help with the development. They are tied together to a degree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Norm75
Are you suggesting Wilson will threaten them to run Polos? Man you talk more nonsense than jparker.
In Europe, where rallying is quite popular (and so are small cheaps cars which Yaris, Polo, Fiesta, i20 etc are), it would be quite a nice way to advertise ones products. For a big company it`s not such a big amount of money and Ogier isn`t after a huge salary (probably his sponsors pay him enough) but a title-winning car.
No, I'm not suggesting Wilson would threaten Ford, just that I don't see ford coming back unless m sport looked like they were going to pull the plug. Maybe playing devils advocate to a degree, but no, I'm not suggesting that is what Wilson would do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watson
As for your comment about Toyota, Hyundai, and Citroen in wrc for a goof, they haven't got a company with as high profile as m sport doing all the hard work, well no, they have their own divisions . . . Ok, maybe a little different with Makinen and Toyota, but surely you can work out what I'm getting at.
Yes you are correct, I was thinking of the option of a team running two cars for the whole season. I wasn't specific enough but I meant it would be possible even without other manu's approval as long as that someone respects the rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rally Power
All the hard work would still be done by M-Sport, question is in money. As for M-Sport pulling the plug, Wilson has started talking about it...not directly, but still, he has said quite many times that they are doing it over their limits and with his personal money and he has no idea what happens next year. He even mentioned that he wanted to win WDC before leaving. This could mean him stepping down and delegating others, maybe Wilson jr. to do all the work/travelling across the world or maybe a hint that this could be the very last season for M-Sport, probably/hopefully not the last.
Your point :) TNX for analysis.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight