[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[Simmi]

I like Rally 2 if I'm spectating at that event. Other no it feels messy.

[macebig]

It might be a little bit far fetched but in reality that VW scandal may cost WRC two teams.Explaining that.If VW Group is forced to scale back motorsport activities except VW Rally Team also quitting will be the Bentley GT team,run by none other than Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport.Without the cash by VW and if Ford doesnt return in an official capacity Wilson may need to find new partners for M-Sport making the Fiesta WRC future uncertain.

[Zeakiwi]

It might be a little bit far fetched but in reality that VW scandal may cost WRC two teams.Explaining that.If VW Group is forced to scale back motorsport activities except VW Rally Team also quitting will be the Bentley GT team,run by none other than Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport.Without the cash by VW and if Ford doesnt return in an official capacity Wilson may need to find new partners for M-Sport making the Fiesta WRC future uncertain.

M-Sport might find it less difficult to find sponsors without VW competing (The Fiesta might get to at least 3ed on the podium from time time.) Are the R1,2 R5, s2000, rrc etc bringing in any money?(Have M-Sport built any cars for the Chinese Rally Championships?)

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

(Have M-Sport built any cars for the Chinese Rally Championships?)

No, I think.
But they have 2L version of R5+.

[Andre Oliveira]

1 R5 are running there

[Simmi]

I figure M-Sport were running in their current situation before the Bentley contract came along. So I don't think it's make or break for them.

Plus the GT3 programme is now primarily customer racing - meaning that there are always going to be teams that have bought cars who will need support.

[Lundefaret]

So, Muller it is:

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/09/24/v...as-muller-ceo/

[itix]

So, Muller it is:

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/09/24/v...as-muller-ceo/

I feel like an ass saying this but hope he is more restrictive in budget towards his wrc team.

[Lundefaret]

So, VWs position in the WRC was not as certain as i believed in the outset.

Jost Capito is a VERY clever man, and nothing he does comes by chance or accident.
He is off cource informed of what happens in VW around this "SmokeGate."
Mathias Müller seems certain to be the New man in the driving seat, as some very prominent heads start rolling in the VAG concern.

Capito, a master of strategy and details, suddenly has the urge to tell the world (or more rightly, tell the New CEO) that VW is always in for the long haul, that they want Citroën like dominance, he paints a picture of a dinner with the cup and all the badges of Citroëns victories.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120946

This can have no other explanation than Capito being VERY concerned about the future of the WRC program.
Why did it take me two days to realize the importance of Capitos statements to Autosport?
Well, most often big companies patch over these things by firing a few leaders, making a good excuse, and coming up with a swift escape plan. Well, seems that they are taking this a bit more seriously. They are firing, amongst others, Ulrich Hackenburg, who has been an extremely successful head of development in Audi. This means that they are taking this all the way.

On a side note: The most probable new CEO, Müller, was the head of strategy in VW to I thinnk 2008, wich has to be the period when this Nox-scam was planned.

Well, lets keep our fingers crossed for VW in the WRC!

[Lundefaret]

I feel like an ass saying this but hope he is more restrictive in budget towards his wrc team.

The only dominant force in the WRC is Ogier. Its not about budget, or car.
He would be a World Champion in the Ford, the Hyundai or the Citroën. That's how good he is. That's how big a difference a driver makes.
Just look at the differences in speed whiting VW, and that's between the three drivers in the WRC that VW thinks are the best.