Silly Season 2019

[Rallyper]

I know Mads situation was the same back in 2012. Didn´t have same parts as Petter and JML.

[racerx1979]

For fu@$ sake let's hope Khalid is not driving. Unless of course he's paying for things... Oh wait nevermind..

[racerx1979]

Nothing he said could result in a fight between him and M-Sport. He said that it was pointless to run a private car against factory cars because he doesn`t have the testing possibilities, unlimited access to parts (some even M-Sport had at the last minute like tarmac setup) etc. Going to a rally with ones duffelbag is quite another story and probably costs the same for the whole package from test days with a test car to compeiting.

I thought there was an interview where Mads mentioned he could not get updated parts until the very minute. He also mentioned support was not all that great at that time.

[Tarmop]

Private operation is a private operation, has been and always will be, even with cars intended to be customer cars (R5). Everything was last minute for M-Sport also, Tänak in no. 2 team car didn`t get the latest- best parts (this year the same with Suninen and Evans), Ogier was obviously the priority. When there were talks about a private Yaris, Mäkinen immediately said that if that is the case, it`s going to be a 17 spec car...or Neuville getting his new aero for AUS17 and new engine mod for AUS18.

Like said, no reason for being offended and not choosing M-Sports official driver package.

[Rally Power]

Have a watch/listen for yourself on WRC+... his interview is at the start of SS11.

In summary he says:
He's happy to have signed two drivers and to have the #1 on the door
Loeb doesnt want to do the full season - so who can do the other events ?
If they have a 4th car they would need to think how to use it. Is there any point if going for the Manu's title?
If he gets another good (3rd) driver, really he should do all the rallies.
There is still a lot to decide.

Remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay7GFxwnPMs
With due respect, Budar sounds exactly like him. That’s why you should take his ‘fourth’ as a ‘third’…

[Zeakiwi]

Ostberg should see if the Mitsubishi people in Sweden (that did the Mitsi R5) want to put a project proposal to the Nismo or Mitsubishi people to run a semi official works WRC team out of Sweden (like the Solberg/ VW team, Olsbergs, Hansen have done in RX etc)

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...eing-developed (soon drop out the batteries, electric motor, inverter etc)

Norway has the electric car marketing angle for Nissan Leafs etc. Le cost cutter is no longer around.

[AnttiL]

I listened to the Budar interviews from All Live and Autosport podcast with headphones. It seems he says something like fird, a hybrid between third and fourth. It could be his French way of pronouncing English. But wouldn't it be weird to talk about fourth car before ever mentioning a third car?

[AnttiL]

From how I remember it, he was discussing Loeb and was asked about other driver's and mentioned Breen and then Al-Qassimi.

Where was this?

[EstWRC]

in his head

[AL14]

in his head