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Ah, the facebook text is a bit longer (twitter doesn't mention giving up)

https://twitter.com/HaydenPaddon/status/1430420730626199553?s=20

In case someone already got excited, no, Paddon doesn't have any actual plans.

WRC+ used to have a lot of drone action in 2017/2018 but they have disappeared since.

Good solid second-driver-form but not the rally-winning pace of 2016. Many believed him to be the dark horse of 2017, challenging Ogier for the title.

Of course not for those, but the car was shipped to the other side of the globe along with parts and mechanics.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/motorsport/hayden-paddon-concedes-wrc-career-all-but-over-after-rally-australia-cancelled

Looking bleak right now, a lot of funding was gathered for these two...

1 Evans
2 Suninen
3 Tidemand
4 Greensmith?
5 ???

I haven't heard anything about Greensmith doing Wales in a WRC car. M-Sport could also have plans to win the WRC2Pro manufacturer's title.

You could say Hyundai favored Loeb over Paddon, and Loeb managed to win Catalunya.

Hopefully the contracts are not sealed before Australia. It seems they're drifting later and later.

New GoPro video https://www.facebook.com/haydenpaddonwrc/videos/358212821516213/

The car is not binned completely, it can be fixed with less cost than 600k...

Even buying an R5 wouldn't cost 400k. The insurance thing is a big IF but this way his sponsors are getting no exposure for their investment. Driving an R5 would give at least something. And the race...

Did his budget burn here? His best bet would now be Australia, the rallies before that aren’t his expertise and that’s too late for 2020 seat negotiations

Takes too long to ship out a new car from Cumbria

Quite dramatic really, I’m surprisingly shaken

Crash aftermath https://youtu.be/UJNExCURMOA

But if the rollcage/bodyshell is too badly damaged, they need to take the car back to Cumbria to fix it.

Apparently yes.

Seems like gone end over end, the front and back are smashed in, but not the roof. Ylivaa facebook has more pics.

https://twitter.com/HaydenPaddon/status/1155763840820350976

Quite sideways

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EAoNbwZX4AAQltJ?format=jpg&name=medium

How much does M-Sport reduce the price for expected manufacturer points? I mean, it must be different from Serderidis or Virtanen renting a Fiesta WRC

He's also running for manufacturer points. In M-Sport there's a fine line between a "client" car and a "works" car.

I imagine Breen has it easier to find sponsors in Europe compared to Paddon - especially in Ireland.

I don't know more about these cases, but at least Toyota didn't have a WRC team during Duval's career, and same goes for Peugeot and VW right now. It would be different if a manufacturer is letting...

Would mean quitting his current business

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