A little bit more than a week ago Henning Solberg presented his deal: he pay’s 11M NOK (ca €1,15M) to drive with Ford/Stobart’s M2 team in all 12 rallies of the WRC season. A golden deal, considering that Henning according to himself will have a lot of testing and some extra priority included in the deal.
However, it’s quite a cheap price for the whole championship. What happened? In fact, Henning’s deal is more golden than you can imagine. Just the day before he announced his plans for 2009, he still thought he would do the season in a Peugeot 307WRC. Then – in the last hours – he got a call from Ford, offering him a drive 50% financed by Stobart (of course this means there will be some Stobart branding on the car), with testing, etc etc.
So, for Henning – that already had a car and just waited for his sponsors to commit – the decision must have been very easy. Switch back to the car he has already used for two years (before he had even left it), but in an even better deal, and save some money and problems. Crystal clear.
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