Only VW & Hyundai are proper Manufacturer entries - Citroen is thanks to Abu Dhabi, and M-Sport is a privateer effort. Toyota is likely to be a Manufacturer effort - but they won't splash the cash since their F1 'failure'.
How can you say Citroen is not a manufacturer entry? It's run by a department of Citroen, by the same people who run the WTCC team.
Rumour has it a new WRC team leader will be announced soon.
Cyril will concentrate on overall management across all programmes, and this new person will be dedicated to WRC. Seems to be a known...
Timo Jouhki reveals major contract details about Kalle Rovanperä's next 2 seasons - if he does one he must do both and full-time... ...
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