No one said that they weren't, as Myrvold says it's about who's putting up the money.
Money is quicker or the car is quicker? Make up your mind. Quicker car always attracts more sponsors (+ in our case Petter's personality which is marketable).
Discussions with who?
Rally1s are done. More likely there'll be a teams championship including Rally2s if there's not enough WRC27 constructors to constitute a constructors championship, else they...
We dont know what discussions are going on behind the scenes especially with Hyundai and M-Sport.
I wouldn't be surprised if they extended Rally1 for another year to give them time to build...
If I am not mistaken, 2026 is the last year where you can build Rally2 car according to current regulations...
WRC mainclass from 2027