Quote Originally Posted by dnb View Post
Neuville had big support from Serderidis, this was mentioned when Bergkvist became JWRC champion with Serderidis paying for his season.
Bullshit. When Serderidis discovered rallying and did his very first events, Neuville was already driving a world rally car. (Besides that the company of Serderidis (ARHS) was much smaller than it is today.) Neuville was supported by the RACB in the beginning,with some other small sponsors he drove another year in a C2 R2 Max. After that he was supported by Peugeot BeLux, to do the IRC, while still receiving huge support from RACB. After that he went to Citroën to WRC. The main sponsors that got Neuville into the WRC are RedBull and Qatar, I think. I don't think Neuville or his family/relatives ever paid huge money for anything. He got where he is thanks to his talent, work, and thanks to very good relationship towards sponsors, fans and media in his early years.