He barely knew his arse from his elbow when he was actually with Ford, can't imagine much has changed now that he's long gone...Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
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He barely knew his arse from his elbow when he was actually with Ford, can't imagine much has changed now that he's long gone...Quote:
Originally Posted by TWRC
Breen and M-Sport split
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2022/wrc...-m-sport-ford/
I suppose a driver is returning to MSport, let's see which one ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinH3000
Rumour growing...
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhwSUx5W...jpg&name=large
Its definetely Tanak goes to Msport but if Loubet goes to Toyota maybe Ogier returns to Msport, so it will be a legendary team with two Sebs.
Yeah, Ogier-Loeb-Tänak at M-Sport :D :D :D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by spyros
Gerard is on the roll since yesterday. Lol https://twitter.com/wrcgerardquinn/s...Yo7sxmrtVycIVA
Guys, please tell me! Does he know something or just trolling? :D
maybe both :DQuote:
Originally Posted by flat_right
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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Best picture of the season
https://twitter.com/WRCgerardquinn/s...83375119896576Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
And a picture of Tänak? Coincidence?? i think not :o :D :D
Shame for Breen, but he had his chance and failed it big time. Now a place opens up at M-Sport... I say Tanak at Toyota and Evans at M-Sport, especially now with all these Tanak + M-Sport pictures. But hopefully they're "real", would be great for the championship.
Interesting!
Neuville-Lappi-Sordo/Breen
Kalle-Evans-Katsuta/Ogier
Tanak-Gus-Loubet/Fourmaux/Loeb
?
Poor Mikkelsen...
One could hope RedBull would pay for Tanak AND Mikkelsen for Msport but I doubt
Red Bull wont be paying anything for Tänak, since they dont have no good relationsQuote:
Originally Posted by lmmjvss
Is this real? Haven't heard this before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyest
I think it was something when Tänak Was "Kraavi Ott" and they dropped the sponsorship, and later when he started doing good they wanted to get on that ship again, and Tänak sayd noQuote:
Originally Posted by flat_right
Breen leaving MSport just increases silly season uncertainties.
1.
a) Might point to Tanak (or Evans) to Msport which would be great for championship
or
b) Might point to "budget level" Msport with Loubet, Greensmith and few Loeb starts
In either case Hyundai is now collecting drivers kicked out by MSport (Suninen got kicked mid 2021, Breen now).
Dropped sponsorship? Red Bull has never been Ott's sponsor.
My bad, i think i rememberd it wrong, it must have been that way that when Ott needed their sponsorship when he wasnt a title contenter yet, they sayd no, and when they later offered it to him, then he sayd noQuote:
Originally Posted by sti123
I don't see any reason why M-Sport would kick Breen if they don't have any replacement. It wouldn't make any sense and he isn't THAT expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
They have replacementQuote:
Originally Posted by Kenneth
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Tanak had Dirtfish sponsorship. Is this still going and could they bring some funding to assist an M-Sport deal ?
His dirtfish sponsorship ended last yearQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
even if they didn't have replacement what sense does it make to keep him? 2 podiums for 6 crashes? also everyone else pays directly or through sponsorship.
So according to the latest rumors:
Hyundai will announce this week:
Neuville (confirmed)
Lappi (according to DF)
Sordo/Breen (according to DF)
MSport will announce later:
Tanak (according to Gerard Quinn posting on the nose hints on twitter)
others...
Toyota will announce next week:
Rovanpera
Evans (has contract)
Ogier/Loubet (rumors Loubet to Toyota and sharing car and co-driver)
Katsuta in 4th car
So Ogier is Starting to train the next French legacy?Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Just change Evans and Tänak and you have the correct predictionQuote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
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if Evans is out of Toyota, Hyundai might also jump on him then it gets complicated for Lappi.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Surely it's better for Loubet to do a full season at Msport at this stage. He has the backing plus Msport should support him more.
Unless Toyota are offering him a multi year deal and progression plan beyond doing half a season
It's a good point. If Evans is technically on the market, it would be a huge oversight from Hyundai not to get him over Msport. They have the money. Then Sordo could retire, Breen is without a drive and Neuville, Evans and Lappi full seasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
But sounds like Hyundai have made their bed already....
This paves a path for Fourmaux in WRC2 (but they need 2 cars for teams?)Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
Sharing with Loeb in Rally1?
Greensmith to return as the third driver in the second M car and a third M car other rounds?
I can't be bothered counting rounds to make sense of this. Easier to wait for announcement.
Nothing yet, we have to wait until tomorrow
Wait a min,what about Solberg jnr?
With MSport it's tricky as it depends on the budget. They entered Breen out of own pocket but the rest had money/sponsorship of some kind. IF we assume it's the same this year then there will be one own driver, let's say we believe Gerard Quinn and it's Tanak. In this scenarion Tanak would presumably not take a big salary but have some kind of deal involving Red Grey.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Then presumably Greensmith still has the same budget do you'll have him as the 2nd permanent car. The third car is optional and might not be something decided up front and could be flexible as the season goes on.
What kind of Red Grey deal would make sense for M Sport? Any deal would likely harm their core businesses.
Maybe they have some hopes of some wins?Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
Fresh money, development of the cars, maybe M-sport is broke?Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
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Maybe Team Solberg has aired a similar Rally2 solution to Malcolm?
Sooner than that...Quote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
The WRC AllLive guys seemed to know a lot more than they were allowed to say during the broadcast at the weekend, so a lot of this was already in play by then.
Personally, I would like to see Tanak at MSport, I hope it’s possible as it would be good for the championship.