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18th December 2024, 17:31 #5371Senior Member
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Turkkan has barely any R5/Rally2 experience. 6 rallies with Fiesta R5 in 2022, 1 rally with Fiesta Rally2 in 2024, for the rest of the past 2 years he drove Fiesta Rally3.
Is he really going for Rally1 without even a single season on Rally2? He probably can, money wise, but I don't know if he should.
https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile...8-ali-turkkan/
I hope the second seat will be given to Sesks, but I think Armstrong has a chance, for many years he's been works driver of M-Sport in lower classes.
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18th December 2024, 18:01 #5372Senior Member
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If the money can be found, then it has to be Sesks after his heroics this year and experience with the Rally1 Puma.
Otherwise the Irish Rally Academy could put a big investment into one of their guys, probably McErlean.
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18th December 2024, 19:25 #5373Senior Member
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what bout those talks about a F1 driver testing msport cars in secret? wasnt that a rumor for a few hours during this year? bottas even said it wasnt him somewhere...
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19th December 2024, 01:00 #5374Senior Member
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Somehow, I don't think Checo Perez qualifies as "another promising junior crew" - even if it was him in the test!
Originally Posted by saco0o
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19th December 2024, 08:29 #5375Senior Member
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McErlean is officialy announced as second driver at M-Sport for 2025
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19th December 2024, 08:34 #5376Senior Member
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Is this the weakest lineup ever they have had?
Oh boy gonna feel them for next year
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19th December 2024, 08:36 #5377Senior Member
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Well, must admit I did not expect McErlean to get full season, but reading bits and pieces on Irelands Academy ambitions and funding, one could expect this to happen. History shows that getting full season with M-Sport without any experience is rather risky business - you must perform, not-crash and commit to the driver financially for several years - Camilli, Greensmith, Sunninen etc. The jump from R2 to R1 is too big in everything.
If Sesks still gets some drive, it will be less pressure for him to perform at his max, not just roll till finish at 6th place.
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19th December 2024, 08:37 #5378Senior Member
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Don't forget they still have Serderidis as back up plan Originally Posted by EstWRC
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19th December 2024, 08:38 #5379Senior Member
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People: we need new blood on rallies, mainly in Rally1.
People too: oh no, not that new...
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I'm not sure that there will be enough of them next year so maybe it will be better to keep them at the top level for a year or two. When they become available second hand then certainly WRC2 should...
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