It could be that no Rally Deutschland for DDFT driver Max Vatanen as he is now also entered as a co-driver to RallyX driver Topi Heikkinen to Finnish championship event in Turku which clashes with Trier. Heikkinen participates in a rally for the first time as far as I remember. He'll drive a Fabia S2000.
C'mon that has to be an administrative error - If MV is serious then he needs to be on the tarmac in a Fiesta!
I can imagine the test debriefing meetings. Nothing much said & a lot of "Gallic shrugs" - and they wonder why they aren't getting anywhere!
I think they need a good test & development driver...
I've noticed multiple times now, the forum is very sluggish in the evening. Then after 23:00 UTC (00:00 CET), like clockwork, it becomes instantly loading and instantly usable again. I don't know...
And at the end of the 2025 season he said that all of his vacations are planned on the rally weekends so he wouldn't have time to watch or participate :D
After Monte they said, dont worry Sweden will be better.
They'd moved their test base to Finland 3 years ago to sort the car on fast gravel (and snow).
And in Sweden... they were worse.
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I can imagine the test debriefing meetings. Nothing much said & a lot of "Gallic shrugs" - and they wonder why they aren't getting anywhere! I think they need a good test & development driver...
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