Rally-eMag 015 January 2014 | Page 13

Rallye-eMag /The Teams of the 2014 season 13/40 M-Sport World Rally Team Malcolm Wilson wanted to be early this year in announcing his plans. He did not succeed, as one of the last teams he presented his plans early December, only days before the official launch of the Citroën team. His unspoken excuse was he had to wait for his star driver Thierry Neuville. When the young Belgian presented his plans to move to Hyundai, Wilson knew what he had to work with. One driver was not a surprise. Mikko Hirvonen came back to the Cumbria outfit. Let’s hope he’ll find back his old brilliance of the early Ford days. At least as Malcolm Wilson indicated: “He’ll be a good mentor to Elfyn Evans, the new young recruit of the Ford team!