Quote Originally Posted by seb_sh View Post
Red Bull could choose to just sponsor one car in each team like they do in DTM with BMW and Audi.
They do the same in World Rallycross, MotoGP and have done the same in single-seaters too. Surely it's entirely plausible that they'd do the same in the WRC.

Quote Originally Posted by MikeD View Post
The VW private team with Qatar backing is dead, according to Colin Clark. It was only a remote possibility if Qatar (as a sponsor) would a back a team with Nasser and Ogier.
Colin says many things... More recently he's tweeted "Hearing some very interesting news about The Handsome One [Mikkelsen] tonight. When is the Rally Sweden entry list published?". Since this tweet we've had an official teaser video from VW finishing with a "Stay tuned" message: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgR6ops4Hhs .

Unless VW have embarked on a PR nightmare trolling exercise, I can't see how a 2017 VW team isn't a done deal now. I'll be amazed if it doesn't happen.