It's not a nightmare. Ogier will setlle for second. He's so good at being a consistent point scorer. If you can't win, make sure you are second. It's only a loss of 7 points and Meeke is quite far behind in the points. I bet that M-Sport will ask Ogier to secure 2nd to make sure they collect as many Manufacturer points now that Tänak is out and Evans so far behind in the standings.
nightmare in the sense that both Evans and Tänak have had car problems but it seems Malcolm has made a tank for Ogier to definetly secure the championship
#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja#8 - World Rally Champions 2019 -
No it's not obvious. It makes no sense at all which is why I continued to quiz it.
I fully accept you have your position, I just want to understand the reasoning it's based on. With that...
Gerard Quinn, the former Ford Senior Manager and of Ford Racing Europe, always says Ford's support for the Rally1 programme is considerable.
It seems that M-Sport (& sponsors) mostly pays out to...
Having no support for more than 10 years and no proper car in brands portfolio is a only logical to be open minded for other opportunities and not still hoping that someday they'll be back somehow.
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Behind the scenea of Fiesta Rally2 development https://youtu.be/sFDYXDonZqw?si=cTwo0YES80rXra8r
WRC Testing