I like Martins and having him in the WRC again. He's a great character and good on fast gravel. His sponsor money is welcome for M-Sport too. But to be honest he would've been better to do a WRC2...
The WRC site says he'll also do selected ERC and National rallies. Maybe he should do tarmac ones to get experience instead of proving what we already know, that he's fast on gravel.
It's the events where he should getting the experiance at. Monte, Canaries and also Croatia will be on 2027 calendar (and if I remeber correctly Japan too have contract to host the event that year...
Sesks budget came together. Nice. Expect no more "safe driving to prove consistency" approach. He will want to show the speed again. But still no tarmac. I find it either as "hiding"/ignoring ...

Current plan of starts in ERC is Scandinavia and Fafe, only two current ERC gravel events...
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