M-Sport Ford World Rally Teams

[wyler]

yeah - cheers, but I'll call it what I like. R1 Car.

yep. my niece calls it "broom broom"

[wyler]

I am not (and I don't think anyone else is either).

But I am worried if it will be only those 3, off course that alone does not mean it can't be a great car.

wilson jr will be first again, then someone will show up. ostberg made a good job with c3 bringing r5 towards rally2. maybe camilli will take a shoot also. I guess they'll be cautious on this matter, they get burned with the mkII fiesta r5, who sorted it out in the end?

[T16]

yep. my niece calls it "broom broom"

Until we go electric

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Lappi could've been a good one to choose having previously driven the Yaris WRC, C3 WRC and Fiesta WRC.

But I guess he's an extra wage when the M-Sport 2021 Drivers will do it as part of their duties.

[T16]

Did Mikkelsen have anything to do with 'deweloping' the Polo?

[mknight]

Did Mikkelsen have anything to do with 'deweloping' the Polo?

If you mean 2017 one, he was driving it a lot in 2016 tests. Basically VW used all test days on driving the 2017 car for like 2/3 of the season. So he has driven 2017 Polo, C3 both before all changes and after (in 2020) and i20 over 2,5 years.


Anyway MSport do not need much of a development feedback from drivers before something like summer this year.
If there is a will (and funds) there should be numerous drivers with experience available for tests at that point - Lappi, Mikkelsen, Meeke, Paddon++

[T16]

Meeke is a great shout actually. Hope they can put their differences aside.

[Francis44]

Meeke is a great shout actually. Hope they can put their differences aside.

Yes because that worked wonders with the C3 😬.

[TypeR]

Yes because that worked wonders with the C3 😬.

Well.... that project is called ,,Matton f0rk up''.. as well 22'' car regulations.

Meeke has told couple of times, that he was not heard/listened by the enginers etc..

[er88]

Biggest problem with that Citroen fiasco was Matton. Meeke was even pushing for Loeb to have early tests of the car but Matton was having none of it.

Changes only started being made after Meeke offered to sit out tests/ a rally for Mikkelsen to reaffirm the same problems.

However Meeke won't be driving or testing the Msport car at all. Ideally they should get Mikkelsen involved and then sign him up for 2022. Mikkelsen + Suninen/Lappi + one other current driver or top prospect would be decent.