Quote Originally Posted by AMSS View Post
Well on the other hand the worlds biggest car manufactorer chose not to use the state of the art motorsport factory they own themselves(Köln) but went with an option to make the WRC effort in a small garage in Finland with 0 infrastrucure and little knowhow. I`m just saying they have made stranger decisions...
Why would Köln be a good rally base?
In Finland they have a unique access to roads for testing just metres from the factory. Its like Ferrari whith its own race track, which was a huge advantage, and ultimatly lead to a very strict ban on testing.

And why is it wrong to hire a very experienced leader of the Finnish motorsport association, the association wich i believe has been instrumental in generating the most motorsport world champions pr capita, and organizing the most successfull WRC round on the calendar?

The Finns are a very clever and recoursfull people that among other things built the worlds largest mobile phone company from almost nothing. Nokia made as large a dent in the universe as apple did years later.
And Finns have something very important called Sisu (and Im not talking about the truck).

Finland is the rally capitol of the World, and I find it very strange that several forum members find it strange to base a rally effort there.