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    What about Etios? Or it was only private project. All this talk about new manufacturer entry leave everyone hoping of something new, but clearly nothing happened in that way.

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    Etios has only regional homologation and it's not a works project.

    New R5 manufactuers keep coming since the beginning and their number has been steadily increasing. If You expect faster rate You need to get real.
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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    Having M-Sport, Citroen, Škoda and Hyundai would be a good WRC Pro battle. But even better if a VW team would be there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Having M-Sport, Citroen, Škoda and Hyundai would be a good WRC Pro battle. But even better if a VW team would be there.
    It won't be a real battle because everyone will enter different events, I really don't understand the point of this shit of WRC2 score system, they should fix the events to count to have the real battle between the drivers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
    Škoda CEO Bernhard Maier said that Škoda needed to save 0,5 billion Euro per year in the comming years to finance development related to the electric cars, new emission standards and also building a new factory somewhere (likely Romania or Bulgaria as there is nobody to work in it in here). Considering that it seems that WRC is out of question for now. The R5 project is profitable and shall not be in danger I think.
    If it’s true top factory teams are spending 60-70m euros on WRC, I am not surprised Skoda board would be sceptical to change their current strategy, which as you pointed out is profitable and can be used in WRC2, APRC, ERC, national championships..

    Shame because it seems pretty obvious they would do a much better job now than their previous spell in WRC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    If it’s true top factory teams are spending 60-70m euros on WRC, I am not surprised Skoda board would be sceptical to change their current strategy, which as you pointed out is profitable and can be used in WRC2, APRC, ERC, national championships..

    Shame because it seems pretty obvious they would do a much better job now than their previous spell in WRC.
    Maybe too much (and too strong competition).

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    Quote Originally Posted by m-ast View Post
    It won't be a real battle because everyone will enter different events, I really don't understand the point of this shit of WRC2 score system, they should fix the events to count to have the real battle between the drivers
    Hasnt that been the same before in WRC2 ?

    Like when Elfyn Evans was driving in WRC2 2016 he was entering different events to his competitors...
    #M-SPORTER

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    Quote Originally Posted by deephouse View Post
    Maybe too much (and too strong competition).
    If You didn't notice they compete with the very same competitors in R5. Believe me that's really not the reason.
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Hasnt that been the same before in WRC2 ?

    Like when Elfyn Evans was driving in WRC2 2016 he was entering different events to his competitors...
    And the same in main WRC until 1994 when 100% full seasons were introduced (through three years of rotating a few rallies per year for F2 only)

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