Thread: 2024 WRC News & Rumours
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21st October 2023, 08:30 #41Senior Member
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Except when M-Sport can hire a top driver (Ogier, Loeb, Tanak) their strategy is to develop promising young drivers. Mikkelsen is not in either catagory, and Solberg's possible issue is his Monster sponsorship.
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21st October 2023, 08:41 #42Senior Member
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I don't think Red Bull will be a problem..
Didn't they come only because Tanak joined M-Sport? Without him I doubt Pumas would be covered with RB logos.
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21st October 2023, 08:44 #43Senior Member
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Fourmaux would deserve a 2nd decent rally1 chance!
Fourmaux full season.
Loubet wrc2 championship and some wrc1 outings.
Than they should go for Oliver Solberg, has speed, and can bring monster.
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21st October 2023, 14:28 #45Senior Member
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Their strategy is to make buck, not hire top drivers or develop young ones. That's their customer's choice. If Mikkelsen turns up with a Red Bull cap on or Solberg with a Monster cap, I'm sure they will embrace either.
They came in because nobody else did, that's their job. If they refuse Monster, they'll have to cover the hole, so I agree, it shouldn't be a problem. Pumas had Red Bulls in 2022, and Fiestas before too, didn't stop Greensmith and Loubet, etc, wearing different colours.
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Possibility too that a car, two or a team carries EA logos next year. That'd be refreshing.
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Ofcourse, I dont know why I had forgotten that.. Breen, Fourmaux and Loeb had RB on their cars.
Originally Posted by WRCStan
Thank for making me refresh my memory!
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Now when RedBull is Ford's factory team in F1 I really doubt they would let M-Sport to have Monster sponsorship of any kind.
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