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20th March 2020, 09:26 #381
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20th March 2020, 10:57 #382
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With the break in current action I have been watching some old WRC series.
In 2010 not long after the 2008 global financial crisis there were two Manufacturer Teams: BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team & Citroën Total World Rally Team.
But also each had a junior team, Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team & Citroën Junior Team.
And there were also SEVEN privateer teams running WRC's (Munchi's Ford, Petter Solberg WRT, Adapta WRT, Synergon Turan Motorsport, Van Merksteijn Motorsport, Monster WRT & Ipatec Racing) !
And in 2011 there there were entries by 23 Teams including Mini WRC Team and Kimi Raikkonen's Ice 1 Racing1 !!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_W...y_Championship
This scale of WRC entry is what we've lost with the high costs of the new 2017-spec cars and what a reduction in costs could bring back.Last edited by Fast Eddie WRC; 20th March 2020 at 15:06.
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20th March 2020, 13:10 #383
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Out of those 23 teams only five managed a podium in 2011 (Ford, Stobart, Citroen, Petter Solberg and Mini), and out of those Petter twice and Mini once.
Outside the manufacturer teams it's rare to have competitional entries (unless we're talking about Loeb in 2006 or something). Østberg was close in 2017, but even he seemed to struggle with issues that the M-Sport cars never had, forcing him to retire even from decent positions.
I think the four-team competition from 2017 to 2019 has been the best the WRC has ever seen, even though it has been practically without privateers. And the title fight this year looks interesting, let's see how long it continues.
Sadly the WRC2 series hasn't really produced many interesting battles for seconds, it's been more about who finishes the rally without issues and some rallies have had a ridiculously low entry list.
In any case, if the cost-cutting brings us more factory teams, I'm all for it.
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20th March 2020, 15:20 #384
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Yes it was great, but it didnt (couldn't) last.
Citroen bailing-out when Ogier left was a big loss, but they were already on a tight budget anyway. I dont think they were going to be around that much longer.
Recently M-Sport said the loss of Lappi's car in Mexico would impact them hard financially, so they could be next.
You also have to think of the fans - watching less than 10 WRC cars on a rally nowadays isnt great, compared to seeing 20 (even if they weren't all competitive).#M-SPORTER
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20th March 2020, 15:58 #385
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Not the first time M-Sport says they're in financial trouble.
You also have to think of the fans - watching less than 10 WRC cars on a rally nowadays isnt great, compared to seeing 20 (even if they weren't all competitive).
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20th March 2020, 18:14 #386
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20th March 2020, 21:33 #387
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21st March 2020, 06:35 #388
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I would rather have 10 nail bitting fast drivers than total of 30 drivers and 25 of them woud be slower and of those 20 crash prone from rally2. So one gentleman driver now is too much at least for WRC+ Live. I would love to see mre teams or manufacturers but that how life it is and COVID-19 could worse the situation now, so I have none expections at all at the moment.
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21st March 2020, 09:34 #389
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nobody is stopping the teams from starting another junior team.
and nobody is stopping privateers from renting a car. there are people that are rich enough not having to worry about the costs, like serderidis or prokop. yet it seems they are not interested for some reason.
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21st March 2020, 11:28 #390
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