The 3 winners of the Beyond Rally program with the prize drive in Central Europa in Fiesta Rally3.
A bit surprising not to see Raftery which was the most experienced.
Not an easy one for Schonborn to almost begin in straight rally with a WRC round (just one e-rally so far where she did rather good).
For me it is quite nonsense to send them directly to WRC round...
That's why I think the closest chinese brand is Proton (actualy they are owned by Geely), which was in rallying, have some herritage, some success and were interested for top step various times...
Chinese manuf’s aren’t so far interested in motorsport of any discipline.
No need to drag down rallying around it.
Hell, they don’t give a shit about Formula E and that should fit them
We'll see. But yeah, I'm afraid Chinese manus won't be very interested in rallying until there will be more freedom in powertrain choice.
Altrough Lynk&Co and MG have TCR cars, so maaybe we can...
If you ask me, then no idea *♂️
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