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Thread: Silly Season 2022
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19th November 2021, 08:26 #451
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19th November 2021, 08:40 #452
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19th November 2021, 08:42 #453
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Loubet as a customer?
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19th November 2021, 09:20 #454
Breen
Greensmith
Fourmaux
Loeb/Huttunen
Loubet (custumer)
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19th November 2021, 09:38 #455
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So 5 cars?
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19th November 2021, 10:28 #456
Loubet only from Croatia.
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19th November 2021, 11:00 #457
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It should be pretty clear to anyone that (extrernal) funding is the prime decider at MSport. They were trying to make an impression that they were aiming for results after Puma was announced, but almost everything they did after that shows that running a business is the prime goal.
Loeb might be getting a drive for free or even get some money (from Redbull) but that's because he brings a lot of ("free") PR.
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19th November 2021, 11:28 #458
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19th November 2021, 11:31 #459
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Exactly! And also confirms that Ford aren't as committed as we hoped they would be; otherwise you don't need funding from your No 2 driver. It's rinse & repeat; so people need to stop the sympathy for M-Sport.....it's how they run their business. As for Gus, as yet, he's nowhere near a No 2 level; but now he is, he has to deliver those type of performances. And I hope he does.....
Is there a better sound than that of Porsche engined Flat-6 ???
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19th November 2021, 21:25 #460
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M-Sport is private team, not a full Ford factory-backed team, so they need to run with financial stability in mind.
They have also suffered in the pandemic with lower car sales, parts sales and servicing earnings.
They have signed the best available driver, Breen, who has impressed in WRC this year, and who they are able to afford.
The 2022 Puma isnt going to be cheap to make and buy and even more to run than the WRC cars. Someone has to pay if its not Ford and that's the driver and their family or sponsors.
i think Michael said that while trying to get an indycar sponsorship, the guy saw a picture of the electric FE car in the Andretti's office and got stoked saying stuff like "oh, does such thing even...
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