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At least Hänninen gets paid by Škoda. I believe PG as well. Rallying is not only WRC.
Paddon will be works driver or thereabouts. Still young.
Don't get me wrong, I've been Meeke fan as long as he started driving Pug 106 in BRC, but sitting at home is not doing good favours for him.
He doesn't have a rich Dad and has nothing to prove in S2000 - what else is he supposed to do?
Exactly! He's very little chance of getting any sponsorship, coming from the UK, and if he did - what good would 1 or 2 events do? Nothing. It's just another poor reflection on the sport. There does a time when you say enough is enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
If I was advising a youngster going into Motorsport, at the moment, I'd tell them to go circuit racing, so much more opportunities.
How do you know Tanak is getting paid? As far as I know at the bigging of the season he's budget was some 800000 euro.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
Oh, so Hänninen and PG both have rich dad's! Good to know.Quote:
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And you have always something to prove, but I guess sitting back at home gives you advantage over guys who are doing 10-14 rallyes per season.
You still have provided nothing but excuses. The fact is that Kris is not driving and thus chances of him getting factory seat is getting smaller each day. Only real chance for him is Prodrive getting proper funding, hopefully. :)
What do you want him to do? Visit the money tree at the bottom of his garden? Like everybody else he has bills/ mortgage to pay....British companies aren’t interested in a minority Motorsport with no mainstream coverage.
He is at least doing some test & development work for Citroen – as a qualified engineer...so his feedback is good.
^ +1
Additionally what good other than paying the mortgage is PG's Proton drive doing him - at best he trails Breen and Paddon (who are trailing Ogier and Mikkelsen). At worst he is beaten by a rookie team mate. Great for Juha, long term S2000 driver but apparently not good enough for VW. So they may not have rich Dad's but are they really demonstrating ambition? Mikkelsen is a very lucky bunny, I understand he'd just about used up the Dad-cash when Skoda UK and Italia came calling (although this looks like VW at work back then because he was fast and perhaps importantly, having not won anything at that stage, cheap).
Sadly, unlike Sweden, there aren't enough UK hard-core fans to pay for a ride as a one-off for Kris, but what good did that do PG?
I thought Ott had a 5 year contract with M-Sport or is that just an option to give Malc lots of cash? Can you shed any light on that relationship
Nah, you forgot this bit (2009 and 2010 season) I think we can say it was Erik Veiby (Even Rally) that saved Mikkels career.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
"The global financial recession put the brakes on Andreas’ rallying career. Having contested 15 rounds of the WRC in a Focus WRC in the last two years, scoring points and building up extensive experience, he was to contest just one WRC event over the next two years.
Erik Veiby, who as chairman of the Rally Norway board had been so instrumental in bringing the WRC to Norway, asked Andreas’ father if he could help, and so began a new partnership where Erik looks after Andreas’ rally interests. As manager, Erik was aware of the slight jealousy some felt towards Andreas’ ability to drive a Focus WRC at such a young age, but Erik could only see his talent. It was time to put Andreas head-to-head with is adversaries in identical cars.
It was a brilliant plan. In 2009, Andreas became Group N Norwegian Rally Champion, he dominated the Subaru Cup and scored outright victory on the Rally Costa Brava in Spain – silencing his critics and gaining even more fans with his skill, honesty and sportsmanship. His only WRC event that year, in a Škoda Fabia WRC owned by Erik, ended prematurely with engine problems on Rally Poland. There was some Škoda joy that year, when Andreas finished 3rd on Rally Bohemia in the Czech Republic, driving a Fabia S2000.
Having finished 2nd in S-WRC and 11th overall on the Swedish Rally, Andreas gained important IRC experience by contesting seven rounds of the series later in 2010, finishing in the points on four occasions. He came a close second to Juho Hänninen (Škoda) on the RACMSA Rally of Scotland, and won the inaugural Love Cyprus Golden Stage Rally in a Hankook-backed Ford Fiesta S2000.
Having rallied a Škoda Rally Team Italia Fabia S2000 on the Rallye de France (Round 11 of the 2010 WRC) Andreas took the car to a sensational S-WRC victory on Wales Rally GB, finishing 10th overall on the final round of the WRC. He ended a successful 2010 by winning the WRC class on the Solberg Extreme MotorShow in Oslo and the Super 2000 class at the Bologna Rallysprint, which was part of the Bologna Motor Show."
Andreas Mikkelsen | Andreas Mikkelsen
Sorry mate, don't know lot about Tänak's contract with M-Sport. I only know that before Ott was mechanic in MM Motorsport, but he doesn't work there anymore. He is also established small rally team called "Oti rallkiklubi". Based on that information one can conclude that he receives somekind of salary from M-Sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
I posted a couple of weeks ago re Kris's future... got some information this lunchtime that they are fine tuning a Citroen campaign, nothing finalised but getting there. Hope so