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Thread: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
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7th January 2021, 15:00 #3321
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7th January 2021, 15:08 #3322
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7th January 2021, 15:47 #3323
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7th January 2021, 18:14 #3324
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Lappi could've been a good one to choose having previously driven the Yaris WRC, C3 WRC and Fiesta WRC.
But I guess he's an extra wage when the M-Sport 2021 Drivers will do it as part of their duties.
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7th January 2021, 18:42 #3325
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Did Mikkelsen have anything to do with 'deweloping' the Polo?
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7th January 2021, 18:50 #3326
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If you mean 2017 one, he was driving it a lot in 2016 tests. Basically VW used all test days on driving the 2017 car for like 2/3 of the season. So he has driven 2017 Polo, C3 both before all changes and after (in 2020) and i20 over 2,5 years.
Anyway MSport do not need much of a development feedback from drivers before something like summer this year.
If there is a will (and funds) there should be numerous drivers with experience available for tests at that point - Lappi, Mikkelsen, Meeke, Paddon++
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7th January 2021, 19:16 #3327
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Meeke is a great shout actually. Hope they can put their differences aside.
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7th January 2021, 20:12 #3328
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7th January 2021, 20:52 #3329
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8th January 2021, 01:04 #3330
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Biggest problem with that Citroen fiasco was Matton. Meeke was even pushing for Loeb to have early tests of the car but Matton was having none of it.
Changes only started being made after Meeke offered to sit out tests/ a rally for Mikkelsen to reaffirm the same problems.
However Meeke won't be driving or testing the Msport car at all. Ideally they should get Mikkelsen involved and then sign him up for 2022. Mikkelsen + Suninen/Lappi + one other current driver or top prospect would be decent.
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What i say - when it is meant, all the small things go your direction. It seems more and more this is TN year!
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