M-Sport needs to hit the ground running. Immersed in a transitional season, with only two World Rally Cars and far from their rivals, Cumbrian preparer and Ford have put all the meat on the spit to get on the right foot in the hybrid era of the WRC. With this goal in mind, the Malcolm Wilson structure wants to make a splash to build a much more solid project. In this sense, M-Sport works to line up three Ford Fiesta Rally1 on an ongoing basis in 2022, in addition to having a line-up of first-rate pilots.
To have three Ford Puma Rally1 the team needs to find a budget, something that can even be linked to the line-up itself and the sponsors that join the project if there is a first-rate rider. And it is that beyond Adrien Fourmaux, a rider who is assured of his continuity in the team, M-Sport works on a real bomb signing. Specialty this point of Malcolm Wilson, the structure wants to emulate the signing of Sébastien Ogier for the 2017 season, when there was also a change in regulations in between. And the chosen one is his namesake and eternal rival.
M-Sport with Malcolm Wilson at the helm is in negotiations with Sébastien Loeb for the French to pilot one of the Ford Puma Rally1 next season. Although there is no further information in this regard and neither party has acknowledged the terms of the talks, the theory says that Loeb could carry out a partial program. The commitments with Prodrive for the Dakar and its program in Extreme E would not allow it to be in the entire development of the Ford Puma, although it could count on its presence in the team. it would be fundamental in Adrien Fourmaux’s learning and in reinforcing the link between M-Sport and Red Bull.