[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[GigiGalliNo1]

Better off doing all this extra work himself with "his" team then like many said and for a fact - get screwed by M-Sport and Citroen in the past.

[peter_85]

Apart from Lotos don't think he has many funds, he is just very rich, this is form his F1 days, I suspect him raising the full throttle from insurance after his crash.

Very rich? Maybe in comaprision to rally drivers. Also Lotos has really big funds for marketing (they support Kajetanowicz in ERC and Polish Rally Championship) and they seem satisfied with Kubica's cooperation, even if he has some problems in the last season.

[mousti]

LOL...

Eyvind Brynildsen ‏@E_Brynildsen 2 u2 uur geleden Vertaling weergeven
@voiceofrally I need help with my math!Grondal is now faster than mads at rally hadeland. I beat grondal 2 weeks ago. So im fastr than mads?

[nafpaktos]

He is not using A-Style team, only renting the car, and it's his team which is managing all (testing, assistance, ...). He will buy a new Fiesta for Portugal, and hope to rent the old A-Style the rest of the year, to help financially speaking.

sorry i dont get you,you say he rents the car he uses right now and after he will buy a new car and rent the old one(which is not his) to another driver!!!!!

[nafpaktos]

Apart from Lotos don't think he has many funds, he is just very rich, this is form his F1 days, I suspect him raising the full throttle from insurance after his crash.
Yes you get screwed if you pay cash to M-Sport and the team decides to witch car the money goes to...If you pay the top price for parts you suddenly are a very important customer and gets proirity treatment. And with own team you are independent and able to choose own engineer and tyre supplier, both are crucial for a good season apart from finishing the rally.

How can someeone be sure that a part is brand new and not just excellent rapaired-rebuilt?we are talking about msport guys.i am still a bit biased towards msport after antony's revelations in his blog.

[N.O.T]

How can someeone be sure that a part is brand new and not just excellent rapaired-rebuilt?we are talking about msport guys.i am still a bit biased towards msport after antony's revelations in his blog.

And why you believe those revelations ?

[nafpaktos]

Even if 10% is real then there is an issue!also i didnt se an answer from the directly concerned(msport).

[N.O.T]

If all these things were real M-sport would not be the best team to rent cars from... or rally privateers are just retarded... with all these fords i guess they do something right.

[nafpaktos]

Its easier to find a ford than another car,i think this is the most important reason.

[N.O.T]

Then they should not complain...

and the fact that i have not heard anything from proper rally drivers is also a hint, never heard anything from Latvala or Hirvonen in their privateer days...