Signing Lewis for 2 years was the final piece to get Russell in and let him get up to speed quietly whilst the maestro's carreer winds down. Russell is the future at Mercedes
(note : He will have to train hard to get to better starts. His trend of losing 3-4 positions at every (re)start is worrysome. Aside from that, no flaws...).
I'm really interested to see how qualifying will go between the two. I think Hamilton will have a hard time against Russell. His fastest qualifying laps are impeccable in that Williams and have been for a very long time.
Wonder if another of the crossroads of HP's rally career is approaching. Kia (the South Korean car company part owned by Hyundai) is outselling Hyundai in both New Zealand and Australia. Kia is...
"Signed for" are big words for them having done a deal to drive the current Stellantis Rally2 for
another season.
If Hyundai comes knocking that deal is done for sure.
I rank Rossel above Gryazin. Gryazin used to be very fast and unreliable, now he is reliable but not much faster than others.
In all those years in WRC2 Gryazin never had a real shot at title....
Solberg confirmed with TGR Munster out of M-Sport
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