Good market hit in the future by M-Sport, who hired Pierre-Louis Loubet to run seven WRC 2022 races with the fourth Ford Puma Rally1.
Having come to light in the ERC before moving on to the World Championship, where he won the WRC2 title, the 24-year-old Frenchman is called to a sort of redemption given that in the two-year period 2020-2021 he raced for Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing, which supported him with the i20 managed by the 2C Compétition team without ever achieving great results.
For the English team it is instead a good bet on a boy who had already had in 2017 in its ranks, adding him to the owners Craig Breen, Gus Greensmith and Adrien Fourmaux, while negotiations with Sébastien Loeb are still underway for other exits after the victorious one. to Monte-Carlo.
“It is fantastic to join this team this year, as he has already proved his worth at Monte-Carlo with a Puma that really looks like a beast,” said Loubet.
“As a driver, you always want the best car because it’s the ideal way to show your potential. It was what I wanted for 2022, it will be a crucial season for me, as well as for M-Sport, but I have everything to do well.”
“It’s kind of a dream come true and it has happened to me for my second full year in the WRC now.”
Sébastien Loeb, Isabelle Galmiche, M-Sport Ford World Rally Team Ford Puma Rally1
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Loubet’s schedule, who will not be able to score points for the Constructors’ classification for his team, includes races in Croatia, Portugal, Sardinia, Estonia, Greece and Spain, plus an event still to be decided between Finland and the unknown one in mid-August.
“Loubet amazed us right from the start in 2017 and we are very curious to see him at the wheel of the new Puma – added M-Sport Head Malcolm Wilson – Promoting and nurturing young talents has always been in our DNA for programs. WRC and the fact that Pierre joins us is another example of that. “
“After the year we did together we stayed in touch and since then he has amazed me a lot. He won the WRC2 in 2019, a particularly important result, then he made the big leap, so we will be keeping an eye on him particularly.”
“We know what our Puma can do and I’m sure Pierre will take the opportunity to shine in these outings.”
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