[WRC] 91e Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo (16-22 January 2023)

[Danny0405]

Do you really think Mr. Wilson would let Delecour exit without a super deal to run Fiesta Rally2 instead?

Maybe Delecour or his backers didn’t want the Fiesta Rally2 and it’s quite understandable
Backing and sponsorship depends a lot of the advertisement you can give: being in the Puma Rally1 can give advertisement, being in one of the very first Skoda RS drives also, being in a Fiesta Rally2 ... well, when we know its level, clearly less and if Delecour has really a big budget for this rally, it’s clearly better to spend it on the new Fabia and I would have done the same if I don’t want to drive elsewhere and a company gives me the money only for this.
And as I said, it’s only an opinion and as I said before, we have only one side of the story, Delecour’s one: the only thing that sounds pretty sure is that he had a real budget considering the deal he gets with Toksport.
Was it enough for renting the M-Sport? Was it only a very conditional possibility with no real opening by M-Sport? A lot of question mark we may never have the answer.
It’s business, competition and the time frame was really short; sometimes, it’s a lot about opportunities, timing and a bit of luck.