Just a bit more than a month ago, Urmo Aava presented his plans for 2009 with a drive in Stobart Ford. Aava has struggled during the first two rallies of the season. In Ireland he went off after an initial impressive performance, and in Norway he finished quite low down the standings after struggling the whole weekend.

Now, it also seems that Aava’s budget is far from complete – and Stobart is just paying a small amount of Aava’s budget this year. From what I know, the rest is mostly paid by some local Estonian companies and the Estonian tourism authority. Obviously, Aava is having problems to get enough money out there, which may cause him to miss some or all of the remaining rallies in the season.

Aava’s schedule until now has been Rally Ireland, Rally Norway, Rally of Portugal, Rally Italia-Sardinia, Rally Poland, Tour de Corse (France), Spain and Wales Rally GB.