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    He is 17 and has a lot to learn, multiple years can mean just 2...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Franky View Post
    No one in the financial department cares about that.
    On the contrary, different teams with different opportunities, which would suit more drivers...who bring more money. Otherwise we wouldn`t have this project, because of the financial department.

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    Didn't Pontus drive the WRC Fiesta when he was under contract with Skoda?
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    Skoda totally deserves to be on the major series and we all hope for it since VW pull out; if they manage to do it from 2019 it’ll be great for the WRC and for Rovanpera, besides being Jouhki’s most amazing deal ever. Fingers crossed!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    I smell a green light for the WRC car (2019-2020) but it's just my feeling in the moment...
    I only hope it gets the backing VW gave the Polo. My memory of Skoda in the WRC are all short clips of an Octavia crashing or catching fire on the day-end recaps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rally Power View Post
    Skoda totally deserves to be on the major series and we all hope for it since VW pull out; if they manage to do it from 2019 it’ll be great for the WRC and for Rovanpera, besides being Jouhki’s most amazing deal ever. Fingers crossed!
    Would be very surprised if it happens for 2019.. S2000 and R5 I think tested for much longer and they would want to coincide it with new road car.

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    So does anyone know for sure which Skoda drivers will do what? I wonder if Kalle is looking at the WRC2 title to prove his ability, so that he can get into a WRC drive? Although I imagine that he will have to perform extremely well to have a chance against Pontus and Jan - if they are given enough events to be competitive across the championship that is!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gregor-y View Post
    I only hope it gets the backing VW gave the Polo. My memory of Skoda in the WRC are all short clips of an Octavia crashing or catching fire on the day-end recaps.
    Sir, they jumped from super simple carburettor-equipped 1300ccm Favorit gr.A into WRC in only 5 years. If You consider the conditions in which Octavia WRC was born (with help from Dave Richards and Prodrive) than the Octavia can't be seen as a fail (at least for me it was not). What was true fail was Fabia WRC in 2004-2005 due to completely messed-up team management.

    Anyway the reborn team from 2009 is completely different and moreover today there is way more money than that time. The company is roughly three times larger, it has cca 2000+ R&D staff and is overall on a completely different level in all aspects. Plus I think that the results of Fabia S2000 and R5 speak for themselves.

    For Your information - Polo WRC was based on Fabia S2000 not vice versa.
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    My memories are vivid of that time because it's when I started following rallies.

    I loved watching them take over the IRC and the R5s are great. The 1300cc cars have their own special history but the first decade of the 20th century was not kind. If they've got the money it'll be great. I think it was a mistake branding the WRC car as a Polo in the first place given Skoda's history. VW is too fickle as their pull-out illustrated.
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    "It comes with a price tag of $240,000 for the arrive and drive aspect of it and then you need to get yourself over there and accommodation and all of that. The whole package is worth around $320,000 to do the championship which is a lot of money but there is a lot involved in it.

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