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Thread: Ford is withdrawing from WRC!
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15th October 2012, 20:52 #11Senior Member
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Some words from the press release - and think positive
Originally Posted by MTA
"reduce their commitment", "look forward to continuing our strong technical partnership into the future"
So Ford will support M-Spore but not with full face and they have to step back - this is necessary in front of the share holders, workers , public , maybe they will close factories etc so difficult to explain that in the same time they spend huge $$$ for rallying. Basically the same explained by Citroen, they reduce the support to Citroen Racing but the official name remains.
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15th October 2012, 20:54 #12Admin
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If anything deserves it's own thread. This is it.
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15th October 2012, 21:46 #13Senior Member
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Bloody hell, I was thinking this would happen but maybe at end of 2013. So I guess Latvala goes to VW next year then.
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15th October 2012, 21:46 #14Senior Member
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Lets try to collect all regarding the Ford withdrawal here instead of putting it all over the place.
This major news deserve that also for historic reasons.
Ford has had maximum 'Bad luck' since they have had to fight top cars with the best driver for 9 years. Something like this has never happened before, and probably never will again at the top level of any motorsport.
Most car manufacturers are loosing a lot of money these days, and have to close factories. Most CEOs will cut rally before workers, that is an easy choice !
Sad but true !
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15th October 2012, 21:56 #15Senior Member
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from Gerard Quinns twitter
I stay with Ford to run our other Ford Racing projects in Europe. My team will continue to provide M-Sport technical support.R5 continues
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15th October 2012, 22:30 #16Senior Member
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Soo.. M-Sport will do s-o-m-e-t-h-i-n-g in WRC 2013, then go 2014 for ERC and drop WRC
it's all about driving fast
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15th October 2012, 22:45 #17Senior Member
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Nothing will happen in ERC without paying customers. Originally Posted by rallye-vid
Why is this acceptable, but people see customers in the WRC as some sort of poison?
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15th October 2012, 23:02 #18Senior Member
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Of course someone will pay for it.
If i want to win and i can pay.. will i go for motorsport italia or m-sport?it's all about driving fast
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My thoughts exactly. Will be a great shame if M-Sport isn't competitive next year. Originally Posted by J4MIE
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16th October 2012, 05:00 #20Senior Member
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SO we talk about Ford leaving in this Thread and the News & Rumours one right? That's why this Thread doesn't make sense.
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