I know critics will be saying that Vettel is the luckiest bastard in the world to get his hands on dominant cars, and his achievements and wins mean nothing, while great drivers are mired in rubbish cars, but I don't care.
I've always enjoyed reading your posts because they were very well written and seemed quite objective but I feel now I've been fooled. I'm very surprised by this attitude.
Maybe this shows just how tight their budget really is. Its already been heard of them re-using old parts and at times struggling for a test car.
Is it known how many Rally1 Cars they've built...
That was exceptional circumstances.
This situation is purely due to the state of the Championship when the team with the biggest history in the sport cant go on.
Lowest point was probably when they had to put the top class drivers to run RX2e cars for the final races of the season, after the whole fire on the Lancias drama.
Despite bad results, Max McRae wants to continue competing in ERC:
https://www.fiaerc.com/en/news/mcrae-keeping-positive-looking-to-an-erc-future-and-a-day-with-the-stars
Hyundai? Where is that 4th car, you loudly talk at the beginning of the season? We all know Neuville will not be the one, who will get this car.
I just hope, that the car he will receive will not...
Maybe this shows just how tight their budget really is. Its already been heard of them re-using old parts and at times struggling for a test car. Is it known how many Rally1 Cars they've built...
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