[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[Tarmop]

It was Citroens partner PHsport and i don`t think there was a problem from their or Citroen`s side to run that car...just that nobody had the money to pay for such a thing, especially when you could go for a 3X title winning car, probably for the same or less (which also didn`t have much interest, apart from one outing in Finland and Tidemand/ Paddon/Greensmith, if you could even count those one-offs ).

[Japé]

What would it take? not much.. only 30-50mil euros

It would be interesting to see the actual costs split of this 30-50M€

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Best chance would be Abu Dhabi taking the cars and setting up a team. They did promise to come back in 2020 as a sponsor.

There are so many driver's going to be out of a seat next year it would be brilliant if there was some kind of partnership between their sponsors and AD.

[Norm75]

I don't think Abu Dhabi promised anything Eddie. In any case, any 'promise' that could be related to Citroen I would take with a pinch of salt.

[deephouse]

I think Qassimi put all their resources back to crosscountry rallies, although he kind of shine there. He is participating every year with PH-Sport's prepared Peugeot. Next year's edition is first time in middle east, kinda like home run.

[denkimi]

Nobody is going to buy the c3's to use them internationally.
Unless they can buy the entire team including the development department, there's just no point running them. Where are you going to buy spare parts if citroen doesn't produce them?

[TypeR]

Nobody is going to buy the c3's to use them internationally.
Unless they can buy the entire team including the development department, there's just no point running them. Where are you going to buy spare parts if citroen doesn't produce them?

I think the same.. Potential client would rather go to Wilson and get proper service from him + knowing that the can be very fast if driven right

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Of course the chances of this are slim to none. It's just wishful thinking seeking a way to make use of this resource with so many driver's seeking seats.

It's such a waste of the cars to leave them to just gather dust, when we all want as many WRC's to watch as possible.

I wonder if M-Sport could handle it if another 3 driver's came along wanting to run Fiesta WRC's, making it 6 in total ? And assuming all would want the latest spec car, plus spare parts/aero.

[deephouse]

I'm wondering how can PH-Sport kinda run old spec DKR cars? (They are now 3, 4 years old). So maybe could run one or two C3's for a year only, it' not like that the car would be that bad in a couple of months.

[RS]

I wonder if M-Sport could handle it if another 3 driver's came along wanting to run Fiesta WRC's, making it 6 in total ? And assuming all would want the latest spec car, plus spare parts/aero.

That’s a good question but the most likely outcome of the loss of two works seats is probably that we permanently lose a couple of drivers from WRC, ie. they retire.

Does Greensmith have the means to fund a full season? Maybe a few drivers could share the third car?