M-Sport and its drivers' plans for 2025 “are on hold”

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The list of drivers M-Sport For The year 2025 is 'completely uncertain' as rumors multiply about the future of its current driver Adrien Fourmaux.

The team ford usually hits the driver market at the end of the year and this season is no different, as plans to field two Ford Puma Rally1s next year.

The decision to promote Fourmaux His Rally1 program this year paid off, as the Frenchman managed to finish in the top five eight times, with four podiums in Sweden, Kenya, Poland and Finland.

This good run means that the Frenchman is only six points less at this stage of the season compared to the 2019 world champion. Ott Tanakwhich he replaced.

He Fourmaux's impressive progress made the 29-year-old driver very valuable within the service fleet, leading him to be associated with a stint at Hyundai Motorsport to drive the Korean brand's third car next season.

Asked about his team's plans for 2025, the director of M-Sport, Richard Millerassures that “nothing has been signed with anyone” for the moment.

“It's totally uncertain and nothing is signed with anyone, all options are on the table as is usual for M-Sport at this time of year,” Millener said. . “We want to have the strongest team possible to compete with two cars for next season and that is the goal and what we continue to work on.”

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The team wants to reach an agreement for sign a new contract with Fourmaux. However, in case you need to look elsewhere, the team seems to have a list of options already prepared.

Your other full-time driverGrégoire Munsterproduced probably his best Rally1 performance to date in Chile, where he finished fourth and matched the best times on several stages before finishing seventh.

This good performance comes after an uneven season which could bode well for his future, even if Millener believes that the Luxembourg driver should remain focused only on the last two rallies of the season.

“Now he just needs to focus on rallying. He shouldn't think about how to win a car for next year,” Millener added. “He has to do his best at every rally and see what happens at the end of the year.”

Another driver that M-Sport has in its sights is after his three participations in Rally1 with the team. The 25-year-old took fifth place in Poland, followed by a podium in Latvia before suffering a mechanical problem.

Sesks admitted after his last participation in Rally Chile that he was not sure what his future would be..

“As he says, he doesn't know what's going to happen and I don't know what's going to happen either. There's a lot of things up in the air, but it was good to give him this opportunity and now we let's see what happens in the coming weeks.” “Millener admitted.

In addition to these two drivers, Motorsport.com awaits the candidates for the WRC2 title, Olivier Solberg And are on the team's list of possible drivers for 2025.

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