Originally Posted by
jonkka
Evidence points otherwise. There are many drivers that have signed to an under-dog team in the twilight of their career than there are those that bowed out while still on a winning team - or, on one they hoped would be a winning team.
Auriol and Skoda, Kankkunen and Hyundai, McRae and Skoda, Kenneth Eriksson and Skoda, Mikkola and Mazda, Blomqvist and Nissan, Panizzi and Mitsubishi.
Carlos Sainz, Tommi Makinen and Miki Biasion retired from a winning team.
I think it would be wrong to say that all drivers are like this or like that. So, there certainly are drivers that won't drive unless they can believe they can achieve decent result (Rohrl springs to mind). Then there are drivers who simply love what they do and drive just about anything just to get to the stages (Blomqvist being a superb example). Which sort of a driver is Marcus?
I think that much the latter because he did so long privateer career before getting works contract.
Fantastic entry for Jim Clark Rally and the Reivers Rally too. https://rallies.info/webentry/2024/jimclark/entries.php?type=s https://rallies.info/webentry/2024/jimclarkreivers/entries.php?type=s
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