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Thread: M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams
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15th July 2021, 14:58 #3651Senior Member
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Lappi makes sense for Toyota having already been there, plus the events like Sweden/ Estonia/ Finland (if it's on the 22 calendar) will be events Ogier will not do (and fast rallies are some of Lappi's strongest events). Sordo makes no sense for this reason. Breen could be a decent option too, if Hyundai go with a Sordo/ Solberg car share.
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15th July 2021, 15:36 #3652Senior Member
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I can only assume David Evans lurks at the forum
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15th July 2021, 16:39 #3654Senior Member
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It's quite normal that Dirtfish writes on same topic we talk about a few days beforehand. I'd say it's a combination of reading this and us typically talking about the most pressing topics.
Breen could indeed become available since Solberg is good on same type of events. At the same time he is more risky choice than Lappi or Mikkelsen since he has never really had good result on other types of rallies and almost never drives them either (at least in WRC). Most importantly Malcolm never really seemed interested in him in any way. But it's hard to read Malcolm.
What kind of surprised me is that Dirtfish didn't even mention Gryazin.
Fourmaux+Lappi/Mikkelsen + Gryazin looks interesting. Malcolms authority might teach him to stay on the road and he has some money. But Fourmaux+Gryazin+Greensmith on the other hand might be both expensive and very unstable on results.
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At least David Evans also added some history and context of their previous drivers and the one-off outlay on Ogier when he became available.
But now there's no guaranteed rally winner available and their budget is tight after the loss of R5 car sales in the pandemic. Therefore it seems clear that any 2022 driver must bring some sponsor support.
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15th July 2021, 17:49 #3656Senior Member
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he has thick skin if he does Originally Posted by AnttiL
I can only assume David Evans lurks at the forum
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Bottas could be a decent option for M-Sport.
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16th July 2021, 10:40 #3658Senior Member
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Yeah no. The car is already bad enough, lets atleast have proper rallydrivers.
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16th July 2021, 10:53 #3659Senior Member
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doesn't matter who drives if the engine overheats after 3 stages
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As a 2nd driver why not lol Originally Posted by Got Mail
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