Quote Originally Posted by Mirek View Post
Škoda CEO Bernhard Maier said that Škoda needed to save 0,5 billion Euro per year in the comming years to finance development related to the electric cars, new emission standards and also building a new factory somewhere (likely Romania or Bulgaria as there is nobody to work in it in here). Considering that it seems that WRC is out of question for now. The R5 project is profitable and shall not be in danger I think.
If it’s true top factory teams are spending 60-70m euros on WRC, I am not surprised Skoda board would be sceptical to change their current strategy, which as you pointed out is profitable and can be used in WRC2, APRC, ERC, national championships..

Shame because it seems pretty obvious they would do a much better job now than their previous spell in WRC.