Van Merksteijn Motorsport – expected to run 2 Ford Focus WRC in the 2009 World Rally Championship – has cancelled their order of a 3rd Focus WRC’s from MSport according to Turbo Magazine. The whole thing seems to be caused by driver Peter van Merksteijn competing in the Dakar combined with the fact that FIA decided in December that Super2000 would replace the World Rally Cars as the main class of the WRC.
Van Merksteijn’s Dakar adventure ended early, but the Rally Raid formula seems to have made a strong impression him causing him to cancel the order of a 3rd WRC car from MSport. Van Merksteijn says that world rally cars are at a dead end street and that Super2000 doesn’t attract him after having driven WRC. However, it seems that Van Merksteijn will still be able to spend some of his money, since he’s now about to enter more Rally Raid competitions as preparations for Dakar 2010.
