M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

[bwallace]

Well money first this politic what m-sport have to do now to survive for the future

[Lancia Stratos]

official link https://www.m-sport.co.uk/single-pos...urmaux-in-2021

Our striking 2020 livery will also be carried forward to 2021, albeit with a few subtle changes - a new roof motif prominent amongst these changes and extending the popular design with further flashes of blue �� #WRC #MSPORTERS


such a shame cause the were the only ones who were gonna change if anything.

You think........let's see!

[AnttiL]

Suninen also changing co-driver, probably for a cheaper alternative.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

This is probably the best compromise in a really difficult financial situation.

Greensmith is bringing important money and I believe can improve his speed with more experience.

I'm really glad that Suninen can still have a role and hopefully it can be increased later.

Fourmaux is a fine prospect and it will be interesting to see him adapting to the Rally1 car.

[mknight]

What a terrible situation, but I guess they are still there.
Hope they can find a way of getting someone better for 2022.

This year was a write-off anyway, better concentrate money on 2022 development.

The only big issue I have with this lineup is who will develop 2022 car? (sure you don't need top-speed drivers for development, but usually experience helps) Neither of these 3 ever drove anything than Fiesta.


Other points:

- much better idea for Fourmaux to drive full WRC2 than learning in WRC at this point
- the "free" car when Suninen does not have funds obviously aims at "highest bidder" from the likes of Mikkelsen or Lappi for a few starts, but those will imo also wait for signs that Fiesta is somehow competitive still this year or for "promises" for 2022

[AnttiL]

- much better idea for Fourmaux to drive full WRC2 than learning in WRC at this point
- the "free" car when Suninen does not have funds obviously aims at "highest bidder" from the likes of Mikkelsen or Lappi for a few starts, but those will imo also wait for signs that Fiesta is somehow competitive still this year or for "promises" for 2022

I thought Fourmaux is going to do both full WRC2 season and also some WRC starts

Also remember that M-Sport must have two WRC cars at every WRC event if they want to compete in the manufacturer championship (not for the sake of competing, but for exposure)

[EstWRC]

Gus leading the team, eh?

well its better than nothing, at one point i was really worried about m-sport. im really happy that Suninen gets at least some drives, i wish Lappi would have shared the car with Gus.

really interested to see Formaux in the rally1 machine.

[AnttiL]

The 2022 cars are called Rally1, the top class is WRC until that

[meh]

sure you don't need top-speed drivers for development, but usually experience helps

disagreement, you need to have top-speed driver for development. From where you'll get the necessary feedback?

[Fast Eddie WRC]

disagreement, you need to have top-speed driver for development. From where you'll get the necessary feedback?

Only at the end of the development would you need a top driver to get the last few percent from the car. A lot of guys can be trusted to do the basic work and testing mileage.