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    Quote Originally Posted by DocMS View Post
    Craig breen doing Italian tarmac championship. This will get him drive in sardegna at least

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    Sardinia is on Tarmac? thats new to me... I think Craig will do CIR (Campionato Italiano Rally) wich is the Main Italian Rallye Champinship with Rallyes on Tarmac as well as Rallyes on Gravel..
    Juha Kankkunen: "The speed was o.K., but the corner was to tight"
    Marcus Grönholm: "... tell corrado .... three gears are enough..! "

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    Quote Originally Posted by WRC1 View Post
    Sardinia is on Tarmac? thats new to me... I think Craig will do CIR (Campionato Italiano Rally) wich is the Main Italian Rallye Champinship with Rallyes on Tarmac as well as Rallyes on Gravel..
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    If you are referring to Absolute Rally, it's not like he mentioned Abu Dhabi without asking. Of course he has to be polite because there's very little bridges to be burned, although inside he's probably mad at them for taking away the financial support that cost him the WRC seat for this year.

    I don't see how supporting Breen would revert Abu Dhabi's decision not to support WRC this year, since they announced returning in 2020. https://twitter.com/F_Gustavsson/sta...03632538234881 And it may not be with Citroen since they basically waved goodbye to them. https://twitter.com/khalidbinfaisal/...99911400574977

    At this point I would see Breen doing at most some rounds in an M-Sport Fiesta and/or maybe a few WRC2 outings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
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    People with money... He has already done some events as a privateer with a Fiesta WRC you know...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommeke_B View Post
    People with money... He has already done some events as a privateer with a Fiesta WRC you know...
    That was way back in 2014 in a rented Irish car. There arent any 2017-spec cars there now.

    And any such car costs a lot more to run than the earlier WRC's.

    If Abu Dhabi come back to sponsor Citroen in 2020 it could mean a third car. That may be where Breen has a couple of 2019 drives to get him ready.

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    So you're assuming all of these things will happen:
    1. Abu Dhabi will return to WRC in 2020
    2. Abu Dhabi will return to Citroen WRT
    3. The return will mean a third car for Citroen WRT
    4. The third car will be driven by Craig Breen instead of any other driver out of contract for 2020.
    5. Because of this, Abu Dhabi will buy drives for Breen from Citroen in 2019

    Also, I'm still considering the clash of Abu Dhabi and Red Bull a possible reason for their year off and maybe even a reason for moving to another team (maybe M-Sport). But this as highly speculative as any of the statements above.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    So you're assuming all of these things will happen:
    1. Abu Dhabi will return to WRC in 2020
    2. Abu Dhabi will return to Citroen WRT
    3. The return will mean a third car for Citroen WRT
    4. The third car will be driven by Craig Breen instead of any other driver out of contract for 2020.
    5. Because of this, Abu Dhabi will buy drives for Breen from Citroen in 2019

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    These are my ideas for the most likely way Breen will get some WRC action in 2019, considering his statements.
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    1-3. is very likely, but step 4. is imo rather unlikely and then 5. sounds like pure fantasy.

    ref 4. Sadly Breen was slower than Østberg on most gravel rallies where they started together which looks negative for a role of "reliable point scorer". Citroen already have Lappi as a joker that could possibly win rallies.

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    We have some more aerodynamic advancements on @ElfynEvans’ Ford Fiesta WRC this weekend - with updates to the dive planes for improved downforce efficiency. Spot it if you can �� The update will be on both cars in Corsica ���� #WRC #FordPerformance #RallyMexico


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    Quote Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira View Post
    We have some more aerodynamic advancements on @ElfynEvans’ Ford Fiesta WRC this weekend - with updates to the dive planes for improved downforce efficiency. Spot it if you can �� The update will be on both cars in Corsica ���� #WRC #FordPerformance #RallyMexico
    Is that where the yellow arrow is pointing?
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