I think he did a test yes. Quite surprising not to see at least Nordgren on his home event.
Nordgren's season seems like a letdown indeed. He didn't get to do APRC and seems like not a lot of WRC2 events either. But then again, he is the fifth driver of the Skoda team and he probably doesn't have the backing for private entries like Rovanperä and Veiby have
I wouldn’t spend a penny on a tarmac WRC rally either if i was him. The Puma is relatively weaker on tarmac, he’s not got much experience and he will have road position disadvantage as well. Better...
Thanks for the info, PLuto.
So it seems Sesks is looking to progress in WRC via good gravel results giving him a high profile, rather than showing he's an all-round package (tarmac & gravel).
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I like Martins and having him in the WRC again. He's a great character and good on fast gravel. His sponsor money is welcome for M-Sport too.
But to be honest he would've been better to do a WRC2...
The WRC site says he'll also do selected ERC and National rallies. Maybe he should do tarmac ones to get experience instead of proving what we already know, that he's fast on gravel.
I wouldn’t spend a penny on a tarmac WRC rally either if i was him. The Puma is relatively weaker on tarmac, he’s not got much experience and he will have road position disadvantage as well. Better...
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