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They won't give a Puma for free and Mikkelsen don't want to pay for the drive so..

What I heard Skoda has cut their budget and there won't be as good deal for Mikkelsen as it used to be.

We might get some news on this rather sooner than later.

They noticed only now these two events are clashing? Or maybe mom didn't allow him to drive.

Difficult to say which fans are winning here, Sweden or Milan ;)

Anybody still thinks new Puma Rally1 was developed with M-Sport's (private team) money?

No. Ford Performance promised good support when new (Rally1 / Hybrid 2022) regulations were announced.
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Cool. That stat could look totally different at the end of 2022.

Interesting way to publish one driver at a time. Sure they get more attention to do it one by one.

Bigger question is does Tänak want to do Monte with Hyundai Rally1 car or not?

I also wish Ott and his family all the best.

I find three theories:

Continue with Hyundai
Retirement from WRC
Move to M-Sport Ford

Adamo first promised more events to Huttunen too but didn't happen. You never know what he talks now and six months later.

Yeah, just wrote that it's difficult. Nothing like that it's not possible.

There was agreed 4 WRC events with i20 WRC on Solberg's 2021 contract. That's why I knew a few weeks ago he would do both Catalunya and Monza.

Very difficult to get back to the main class when you have lost your seat. History shows that too.

No. He can't gain anything in Monza with Fiesta.
There will be no seat for Mikkelsen in Toyota or Hyundai. Not now or in the future IMO. Only option is Puma Rally1 but that needs his own budget.

I thought I was reading Silly Season 2022 but all here recently was that bulls*it why Toyota lost manufacturer title in 2020.

That title was lost because of clever tactics by Hyundai.

We are actually talking about pay driver on this matter too. There is lot of Monster Energy money involved.

Management team member won't jump in the rally car as they have their job to do in the main team.

However Juho Hänninen would have been even better solution as he works with Takamoto and has been...

For sure we don't know details of driver contracts but normally full time / full season driver is contracted until Dec 31st. This might not be the case for Breen who has been offered by Hyundai only...

Not relatives.

On the last photo^ that is legendary Finn Seppo Kopra on aluminium step ladders.

Luckily that is only a rumor. NEP faced that 'problem' already long time ago as those two events clashed already on 2020 calendar. They have had ca. 1,5 years to solve this matter.

Could well happen. Heard today that WRC team which is not located in Jyväskylä was looking new test days in Finland for September.

Interesting that Solberg entered to Sanremo with Seb Marshall.

Wild guess that co-driver has been changed just before the event and last name has just been misspelled.

Could be fighting for WRC2 win. He had a proper test in December in
Rovaniemi where he crashed heavily.

Works car but 2B service.