Patrik Flodin had a hard 2009 P-WRC season in the Russian Uspenskiy Rally Technica team, but scored an important success to the team by winning the Russian championship. However, the Russian win doesn’t mean much outside of Russia – and as the team has taken a time off from rallying because of the financial crisis – it looks a bit dark to Flodin.
Flodin admits that times are tough, but still shows a glimpse of optimism:
- Currently I’ve got nothing to announce. For a full WRC or IRC campaign it looks dark, but I’m trying to get together a start in Rally Sweden and then we’ll see. Nothing is decided about the car, but I’m looking at renting a Subaru or Mitsubishi grp N. I’ve got some local sponsors onboard but nothing is finalised with the big ones.
Even though a larger programme looks dark to the Swede, he underlines that things may happen later in the season. Many drivers are switching for IRC, but Flodin is still looking primarily for the World Championship:
- I’d like to do the World Rally Championship, and the dream would be a Super2000 car… The new class [S-WRC / WRCCup] would be perfect for me.
So, I guess we just have to wish Patrik good luck and hope we’ll see him in Rally Sweden and more rallies during the year.
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