M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

[Watson]

Local TV report on @MSportLtd's success this season speaking to company boss Malcolm Wilson about what it felt like to win the World Rally Championship and his plans for the future: https://t.co/iJyxEBuF4f

Malcom Wilson on Tanak leaving: "Ideally we would have liked to retain him as well but when the time came around [to sort out hos future] we couldn't offer him what he was looking for."

McRae, Sainz, Märtin, Duval and now Tanak all lost because Ford HQ couldn't make up their minds before August/September when drivers want to put pen to paper. It's just ridiculous.

But hey I guess I shouldn't complain after winning both championships and keeping Ogier and Evans onboard.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Malcom Wilson on Tanak leaving: "Ideally we would have liked to retain him as well but when the time came around [to sort out hos future] we couldn't offer him what he was looking for."

McRae, Sainz, Märtin, Duval and now Tanak all lost because Ford HQ couldn't make up their minds before August/September when drivers want to put pen to paper. It's just ridiculous.

But hey I guess I shouldn't complain after winning both championships and keeping Ogier and Evans onboard.

They couldn't afford what Toyota were able to offer Tanak, but as there was still a chance to retain Ogier that had to be their priority.

And as it turned out Ford hasnt come back as a full factory team, so M-Sport couldn't have afforded both Ogier and Tanak after all...

[Tarmop]

Wilson has also hinted (maybe during Wales?) that they weren`t in a position to offer him what he wanted THEN...maybe now they would have been. Tänak himself hasn`t said anything bad about M-Sport, even said that their offer wasn`t bad, but he can`t be no. 2 for long (mentioning that due to budget new updates came firstly on car no.1 etc).

[Gregor-y]

McRae, Sainz, Märtin, Duval and now Tanak all lost because Ford HQ couldn't make up their minds before August/September when drivers want to put pen to paper. It's just ridiculous.

Solberg? Sorry. I could not resist.

[Watson]

Wilson has also hinted (maybe during Wales?) that they weren`t in a position to offer him what he wanted THEN...maybe now they would have been. Tänak himself hasn`t said anything bad about M-Sport, even said that their offer wasn`t bad, but he can`t be no. 2 for long (mentioning that due to budget new updates came firstly on car no.1 etc).

Yeah I also understood it this way. Namely, that now with the backing they could afford OGI, TAN and EVA.

Tänak actually said before he signed for Toyota that he was torn and that he thought that the Fiesta was the only car that was fast everywhere.

[macebig]

Malcom Wilson on Tanak leaving: "Ideally we would have liked to retain him as well but when the time came around [to sort out hos future] we couldn't offer him what he was looking for."

McRae, Sainz, Märtin, Duval and now Tanak all lost because Ford HQ couldn't make up their minds before August/September when drivers want to put pen to paper. It's just ridiculous.

But hey I guess I shouldn't complain after winning both championships and keeping Ogier and Evans onboard.

For all of these guys (except Sainz) , leaving Ford proved to be the downfall of their career...

[er88]

For all of these guys (except Sainz) , leaving Ford proved to be the downfall of their career...

Didn't help JML or Mikko either. Although Jari is in a decent place now having moved on from VW

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[dimviii]

For all of these guys (except Sainz) , leaving Ford proved to be the downfall of their career...

forgot Solberg?

[macebig]

forgot Solberg?

For Solberg, leaving Ford worked mid term but in the long run, the uncompetitiveness of Subaru came back to bite him.

[Watson]

Didn't help JML or Mikko either. Although Jari is in a decent place now having moved on from VW

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Well they were both unlucky enough to have to endure the might of the Sebs.