[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[Barreis]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112771

[Doon]

The MG WRC thing won't happen, and if it does it will be a pathetic attempt. From this article is seems that the manufacturer aren't even interested, so it will be Mini WRC all over again but much, much worse!

[Mirek]

The main initiator and investor of the project is Ukrainean driver Alex Tamrazov. As You know almost whole Ukraine is now in a state of anarchy so it's well possible Alex has different problems now. As far as I know he is now on Crimea.

Meanwhile (before the things in Ukraine got crazy) he said he is considering to put his money in support of already planned Renault R5 car instead.

By the way not so long time a go he put this livery on his car...

[bluuford]

Oleksii is a great dude. He is always very positive with good sense of humour. I do not know why PG could not work with him Some personalities do not match. Tamrazov has investments all over in Europe, including some in Estonia.

[Plan9]

It would be interesting to know who is backing this MG project. I am not sure how it could be worse than Mini in the wrc, but if they can do anything it would bring some attention to the brand again.

It would indeed be interesting to know why PG could not work with him and what is PG doing now anyway?

[Prisoner Monkeys]

The MG WRC thing won't happen, and if it does it will be a pathetic attempt. From this article is seems that the manufacturer aren't even interested, so it will be Mini WRC all over again but much, much worse!

Seems more like they have only recently been contacted, and have not discussed it in-depth. The car exists; it just needs MG's support. I'd say the plan is to do all the testing and development on their own, with MG putting their name to it.

[Eli]

we all know Hyundai will have a new car next year but what about the other teams, will there be any changes?

[Mirek]

Seems more like they have only recently been contacted, and have not discussed it in-depth. The car exists; it just needs MG's support. I'd say the plan is to do all the testing and development on their own, with MG putting their name to it.

What car are You speaking about?

[AndyRAC]

MG in the WRC….the alarm bells are ringing. Sounds like a private project – hoping to get MG to homologate it.
No thanks!!
Please do it properly – with finance & resources. Otherwise don’t bother. You can’t do the WRC on the cheap. Haven’t the lessons of Suzuki and BMW-MINI been learnt?

[Motorsportfun]

MG in the WRC….the alarm bells are ringing. Sounds like a private project – hoping to get MG to homologate it.
No thanks!!
Please do it properly – with finance & resources. Otherwise don’t bother. You can’t do the WRC on the cheap. Haven’t the lessons of Suzuki and BMW-MINI been learnt?

Oleksii told me he has big partners behind him and ready to step in, they're just waiting a green light from MG. It's all in place. I noticed quite big differences with worst-ever business plan made by Prodrive. Anyone remembering how bad and unprofessional was it?

If you wanna start a project, you should have already money in place, not hoping to gather all necessary when car is already homologated and championship starting in less than a month...