[WRC] News & Rumours 2019

[Norm75]

Maybe Paul Nagle with Breen? They worked together before.

Nagle co driver for Breen a couple of weeks ago in Killarney.

[deephouse]

And then boom, he overperform with Nagle and leave everyone with open mouths.. Maybe just a wish.

Now with FIA and their ''pyramid'' of naming rally car classes... https://www.motor.es/noticias/fia-qu...201852937.html

[garais22]

ERC Junior U27 champion Martins Sesks will make full season in JWRC + 2 ERC rallies with ''Škoda Fabia R5'' as price for winning ERC Junior U27
http://www.go4speed.lv/lv/news/wrc/8...ja-cempionata/

[T16]

Think it's right to retain Evans for 2019, he had a troubled year but showed some promising signs the last few events. He'll be no1 driver next year though and he has to show he can perform like one now, can't go missing in events like he has done in the past.

I've not considered the driver status in M-Sport for next year. Will Evans be number one?

[Allez Andruet]

I've not considered the driver status in M-Sport for next year. Will Evans be number one?

Based on their resume, I think Evans has to be valuated higher than Suninen at the start of the season.

If - and I guess that's a big if - the M-Sport trio will consist of Evans, Suninen and Tidemand, it would make for a perfect team in many ways. Not that it would challenge for any titles next season, but there would truly be competition between them, where no-one basically could afford to lose to his teammate(s).

[BigWorm]

I've not considered the driver status in M-Sport for next year. Will Evans be number one?

He's got the experience and the merits, compared to Suninen and Tidemand, to be.

[Andre Oliveira]

Are you serious thinking that will be a number one in M-Sport Ford in 2019?

[irish_tiger]

Is there any word at all on Craig Breen ?

[deephouse]

Losing his co-driver, no not much. I think he has not options in top category. Maybe in WRC2 or even in Pro.

[mknight]

Looking only on results vs experience and car I'd pick Breen over Evans.

Breen has not yet done a full season and this was his second half season with last one being in C3 that had lot of issues. This year he has good results from Sweden and GB, didn't get to start on some of the best rallies for the car (Mex, Cors.)

Evans in his 4th full season did also only 2 good results (Por, Spain), and in Portugal he basically only beat Sordo on speed (and timepenalties) since everyone else had issues.

That said Evans has a history with Msport, which likely matters a lot.