I have some doubts to him pointing at the tyres.
They provide grip or they don't, that's all there is to them. Him being slow doesn't seem to be the tyres fault.
Clearly he's very fast on asphalt, as we saw from Canarias. He can't have just forgotten how to drive on gravel, it must be the balance and the set up of the hybridless + Hankook tyres. Others adapted better, Kalle and Neuville not so much...
I bet even if they would (again) have a suitable car for the championsip, they would not support M-Sport. I mean, how long will they make them free promotion before Wilson will say: I have enough....
Maybe we can see Rally1 with other brand in UK and M-Sport Poland build the Ford lower categories? Btw, which car to sell? Puma Rally2 and Rally3? Abandon Rally4/5/6?
Then Hyundai can build a suitable ICE by following the specific chapter that tells you how to build an engine for the championship and all the information is clearly written down. No production...
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