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Thread: 2023 WRC News & Rumours
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20th December 2022, 15:47 #541
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Mikkelsen in Puma M-Sport for Rallyes Montecarlo and Sweden???
Spanish motorsports website has reported that Mikkelsen will be drafted in to the M-Sport team for the first two rounds of the 2023 World Rally Championship. With Fourmaux confirmed in WRC2, and Tänak and Loubet both set to do full seasons in the Puma, Mikkelsen might be a good choice as a strong points scorer.MS-RT
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20th December 2022, 15:48 #542
Same rumour shared by multiples pages will not make it true.
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20th December 2022, 16:27 #543
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Think M-Sport still has something up its sleeve. They wouldn't turn down Delecour and deny Greensmith a start without something else planned. Having Puma chassis sitting in Cumbria doesn't help the team or the business in any way. We will see...
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20th December 2022, 18:13 #544
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20th December 2022, 18:34 #545
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Not about WRC but this was a really fun reading, to see the guys from "Hyundai" so happy with American Motorsport...
It got me interested in taking a bigger look at ARA in '23.... I havent seen much, just some Pastrana vs Block drama and thats it...
https://dirtfish.com/rally/ara/the-w...e-for-the-ara/
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20th December 2022, 18:40 #546
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I like to rag on Dirtfish but even I admit they have been spot on with the rumors this silly season and they said Tanak, Loubet, Serderidis for Monte.
The Manufacturer's title is not the target and is Mikkelsen really a driver that can be just behind Tanak but in front of Rovanpera, Ogier, Neuville? I don't think so... I think that they simply don't need Mikkelsen so he has to pay like any customer.
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20th December 2022, 19:06 #547
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Who can be regularly ahead of Rovanpera, Ogier and Neuville? Not even Tanak can.
Mikkelsen can and has been ahead of Ogier and Neuville on multiple WRC events, even in his last season in 2019 where he did it on about half of his starts.
So if aiming for manus or just for drivers title with Tanak and needing a support driver he is clearly the best choice available at the moment.
I highly doubt it is going to happen, but have to say that Greensmith leaving really surprised me.
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20th December 2022, 19:18 #548
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20th December 2022, 20:12 #549
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The only support driver that has ever done anything decisive in the past 20 years was Sordo at Citroen for Loeb against Hirvonen and Gronholm at Ford. I checked
The support driver thing is overrated, it was never a thing in rally. Name any champion, they drove for themselves and won their points against their rivals. It's even less helpful now because all drivers are forced to use the same diff. So if they need a different feel you're screwed. It's probably part of Evans' issues at Toyota. Blame the FIA and the promoter. I'd love to see Mikkelsen in a Rally1 but in this context I would ask for money if I was owner of MSport too...
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21st December 2022, 06:24 #550
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Can we please get Oliver in a Yaris Rally1 for Finland please? Been a sensation to watch, really hope he takes this one.
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