Quote Originally Posted by tomhlord View Post
Can't help but think M-Sport are now in a downward spiral towards little car development and purely pay drivers, once again. A shame. Reminds me of a few years back, 2011 and 2012 winning rallies with some Ford backing and a promising new car (akin to '17 and '18, although not as much Ford $$$), 2013 bringing some promising talent to podiums (could be Breen and Paddon in '19), '14, '15, '16 not much to write home about.
Hard to disagree with this; I can't understand why Ford won't come in with full backing, or why M-Sport have proved incapable of finding a title sponsor. Maybe they don't have a title sponsor because they don't have full manufacturer backing, or maybe they don't have full manufacturer backing because they don't have a title sponsor......