2022 WRC News & Rumours

[Jakem]

Hearing from a reliable source that Adamo MIGHT be out after all

https://streamable.com/8ud138

And Markko Märtin from RedGrey will take his place?

[bandit12]

No. It will be Pernilla Solberg

[WRCStan]

Ott Tanak.

Satisfies retirement rumours, Monza refusal and continued (substantial) testing involvement.

You heard it here first.

[ouvreur]

Walter Rohrl.

He's German. It's so obvious.

You heard it here second.

[rallyfiend]

Andrew Johns

You heard it here third

[becher]

I heard Guy Verrier is in talks with them.

[mknight]

Well reading last Dirtfish news was on about same level as this...

Puma program (speculation) for some guy from down under that does 2-4 national rallies a year ending 4-6th in them and that nobody in Europe ever heard of.
At this rate we might end up hailing Greensmith as first rate WRC championship challenger soon.

[AnttiL]

To me it looked similar to the Jocius guy in 2020. At least this guy has a business he promotes through rallying.

https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/the-p...ally1-program/

Remember, these drives are never "taken away" from a young talent.

[mknight]

Remember, these drives are never "taken away" from a young talent.

That seems less and less to be true.

Most recent example, Greensmith "signed" for full year while Fourmaux is seemingly still haggling about money.

This guy talking about possible Puma starts while Huttunen says he knows nothing about next year.

Suninen is out of MSport already, etc.

If MSport can get "full price" from some guy with no hope for good result and much less from a "talent" it seems they go for the full price option.

[ouvreur]

That seems less and less to be true.

Most recent example, Greensmith "signed" for full year while Fourmaux is seemingly still haggling about money.

This guy talking about possible Puma starts while Huttunen says he knows nothing about next year.

Suninen is out of MSport already, etc.

If MSport can get "full price" from some guy with no hope for good result and much less from a "talent" it seems they go for the full price option.

They're a business, not a charity.

Rally cars cost money to build and run - who knew?

If the 'talent' hasn't got the money to run, the car stays at Dovenby Hall. It's not like the guy with €1 more steals the car away from them.