M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

**Andre Oliveira** · 12th January 2018, 16:05

Greensmith in WRC2

http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-new...a-r5-and-wrc-2

**Myrvold** · 12th January 2018, 17:11

Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira

Block at Argentina, Camilli at Germany and Bertelli at Australia eheh

For some reason, I would not be surprised at all. Maybe play switcharoo with Bertelli and Block.

**macebig** · 12th January 2018, 17:13

Very difficult for Block to reappear in WRC. M Sport is now very close to Red Bull and he is a prominent promoter of Monster Energy.

**rallyfiend** · 12th January 2018, 17:18

Originally Posted by macebig

Very difficult for Block to reappear in WRC. M Sport is now very close to Red Bull and he is a prominent promoter of Monster Energy.

It's never worried them before and shouldn't be a problem again.

For many years in America, Ken (Monster) and Travis (Red Bull) were in the same team!

**macebig** · 12th January 2018, 17:26

Originally Posted by rallyfiend

It's never worried them before and shouldn't be a problem again.

For many years in America, Ken (Monster) and Travis (Red Bull) were in the same team!

True, but we are a decade removed from then. Monster wasn't that big and every promotion they would take was fine. Possibly Red Bull didn't think they were much of a threat in those days.

**Tarmop** · 12th January 2018, 18:09

Well, shouldn`t be a problem, there aren`t any RB logos on Bouffiers car either. In Ogier`s and Evans`s case RB is their personal sponsor, maybe they also made a deal with Suninen...or they are sponsoring the whole team... Anyway third car should be considered as a rental, when Suninen isn`t driving it.

**steve.mandzij** · 12th January 2018, 18:19

Originally Posted by Tarmop

Well, shouldn`t be a problem, there aren`t any RB logos on Bouffiers car either. In Ogier`s and Evans`s case RB is their personal sponsor, maybe they also made a deal with Suninen...or they are sponsoring the whole team... Anyway third car should be considered as a rental, when Suninen isn`t driving it.

Probably similar to VW, where Latvala wasn't a RB driver but the whole team was RB sponsored.

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**rallyfiend** · 12th January 2018, 18:47

Originally Posted by steve.mandzij

Probably similar to VW, where Latvala wasn't a RB driver but the whole team was RB sponsored.

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Latvala was a RB athlete when he drove for VW

**steve.mandzij** · 12th January 2018, 18:52

Originally Posted by rallyfiend

Latvala was a RB athlete when he drove for VW

Oh! My bad. I thought he wasn't because his helmet didn't have any RB branding unlike Mikkelsen and Ogier

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**Co-driven** · 12th January 2018, 19:46

Originally Posted by steve.mandzij

Rich local wouldn't be too far fetched I feel. Kremer in Germany, Ligato in Argentina and ??? for Australia

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Ligato retired from rallies at the end of 2017 season, but said that in 2018 he'd like to do Rally Argentina in a World Rally Car (and he will be on the first rounds of the National Championship to be fit).

Maybe, he really would be the guy in the M-Sport car, although his latest rallies with a WRC was with Citroen.