They won both 2016 and 2015 and before they were committed to other championships. In 2011 when they did PWRC as semi-works team they did and win Finland too. Therefore this is the first time they skip Finland. I guess they want to enjoy some holidays before Germany and Barum which are the most important events for them.
However, this is the most dangerous way of ruling a team or a company. Get rested and think you´re the best, often means you are declining on a scale.
"Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
Tommi Mäkinen, back in the years...
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...
There should be 6 other cars each with 2 engines at the other end of Bavaria.
But interesting how they changed the plates from Fourmaux in Paraguay 924, to Tanak in Chile 914 which was his in...
The engine that failed for Tanak was actually from Fourmaux ! Tanak took his car after Paraguay because it had a new transmission.
As Tanak finished Rally Chile to get 1 point, this means for CER...
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.
World Rallycross Championship...