Norweigan youngster Andreas Mikkelsen is close to sealing a deal with the Red Bull Skoda team for Rally of Portugal. For a while it was belived that the deal was already complete, since Mikkelsen’s co-driver Ola Floene confirmed the drive in a local newspaper – a confirmation that Mikkelsen has now said is wrong. However, according to him nothing is signed, but a deal may be close – even though he underlines that he has other choices too.
Seeing Mikkelsen in the Fabia would be really interesting. After Mikkelsens extremely good times in his group N Subaru in Norway fighting with Sandell, he seems to me like the optimal opponent to measure Sandell.
The question now is just what the deal depends on, more than the traditional show-stopper: money. I know that Skoda have had problems to deliver enough Fabia Super2000s to meet all requests – but I think Mr. Baumschlager (Red Bull team boss) have the best possible priority there. Let’s just hope to see Mikkelsen/Floene in the Fabia – that would be awesome!
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