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    The challengees for M-Sport are a few.
    We do not know the quality on their two drivers this year, since the WRCar is not that quick.
    Their money maker the Rally2 car is not selling much. The car struggles to get results, espesially on loose surface. So little demand.
    Theor Rally4 will loose JWRC,msince that will go to the rally3 class. They are per now the only provider, but the class will be open to all manus.

    They do not sell as many Rally5 cars as Renault, and profit will be less on these.

    So,
    they need a number 2 driver, in addition to the two pay drivers they have now.
    they need to joker their Rally2 car to fix its challenges, and get competitive, amd sell more cars. Here they also get a lot of service, due to high output on engine and suspension tha creates income.
    Hopefully the rest will not get a Rall3 car on the market in 22, so they sell a good bunch of those.
    Rally4 and 5 do not represent that much bread and milk, that it can support Rally1. So Ford will have to give more to balance the books in the top class.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    Is it a desperate attempt by Adamo to save his job? (by showing he had "planned" for this)
    A desperate attempt to save his job? Not sure where these rumours are coming from but Adamo is going nowhere.

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    oh no, such a weird time to announce the line-up..
    Toyota
    Ingrassia will retire after this season, B. Veillas on his seat.
    No word about Taka tho..
    https://www.wrc.com/en/news/2021/wrc...-2022-line-up/
    Last edited by TypeR; 7th October 2021 at 09:13.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lancia Stratos View Post
    A desperate attempt to save his job? Not sure where these rumours are coming from but Adamo is going nowhere.
    I only relay what I heard.
    Anyway if he keeps his job he surely is a perfect match with Solberg this season.

    Cause basically the only thing that didn't go wrong way for Hyundai this year is signing of Neuville and Tanak ( though it remains to be seen how that works out).

    - no driver title (1-2 for Toyota)
    - no manu title
    - Rally2 car delayed, reliability issues and questionable performance
    - disaster results in WRC2 for anyone but Huttunen (who drives in private team)

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    If I was a gambling man, I would bet on Toyota still hoping/trying for a full/extended schedule from Ogier. And that's why they are keeping options open for Katsuta. If they persuade Ogier to extend his program, Lappi will get moved to the 4th Rally1 Yaris, currently slated for Katsuta.

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    Quote Originally Posted by macebig View Post
    If I was a gambling man, I would bet on Toyota still hoping/trying for a full/extended schedule from Ogier. And that's why they are keeping options open for Katsuta. If they persuade Ogier to extend his program, Lappi will get moved to the 4th Rally1 Yaris, currently slated for Katsuta.
    Katsuta will be there next year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lancia Stratos View Post
    A desperate attempt to save his job? Not sure where these rumours are coming from but Adamo is going nowhere.
    Throwing a pinch of salt here... If the rumor of Adamo being on the hot seat are true, anyone thinking that maybe Solberg Sr. is waiting in the wings ? He had been pretty vocal in the past about his willingness to run a factory WRC team, has a very positive image in Asia from his Subaru days ... and this may explain the signing of Oliver which every pundit agrees is too early if not in a 4th, zero-responsability, car ... Just speculating of course.

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    Silly Season 2022

    Any news from 2022 WRC2 teams/drivers? Toksport, M-Sport, Hyundai, Citroen, Movisport, …?

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