2022 WRC News & Rumours

[Danny0405]

Maybe Cais (yet MSport) could be one?

Does Loubet has funding on its own (as Greensmith) or by sponsor?

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Even if the father Yves (former ERC champion and 4x WRC podiums) has some facilities to find budget for his son (Qatar in the past for example), it is not personal money but sponsorship for Loubet. Currently, he is in the last of his 3 years plan with an French investor to help him to reach durably WRC.
However, it is not sure it will be renewed (not the primary plan normally).
All the more that there is a bit of a question mark about his true potential: he begins his rally career with WRC directly (or almost) so he has already made 75% of his starts there (more than 50). For me, he has some kind of advantages on international experience compared with some other young drivers so not sure his potential is that incredible (for example, personally I would not switch Solberg to Loubet but I would be really thinking on the contrary if I was M-Sport).
But still, he may find some other backing.

For Cais, considering his season, no way he can be in Rally1; too weak still on gravel with a calendar less and less tarmac-oriented, don’t see how he could finish better than Fourmaux in this situation.
Atm, only reasonable youngsters with no WRC experience are IMO Rossel, Lindholm or Huttunen (well, forgetting in outside WRC RC1 drive and his Finland outing).
Gryazin has the speed but I don’t see how it could finish better than Novikov (and the Russian context cannot help). And Ingram, for the moment, is not really able to play RC2 podiums (or is a bit short for it).
All the rest is too far in RC2 today to play in Rally1.