More MG rumors/news

[MG-ZS EX260]

theres the thing in motorsport news saying that MG are running 2 cars and one more possibly if theres money, but i question the reliabilty of that, sayin the manager of MG sport and racing told them bout it, but if theyre having a 'launch' on March 10th why would he tell motorsport news a week earlier!? and tis is taken from Gareth Howells website:

Gareth Hopeful of MG Return in 2003
Gareth has confirmed that he is hoping to secure support to take the wheel of the MG ZS once more this season....

interesting, i hope there will be more than 2 MG's this year, but im remaining confident.

[John]

Read elswhere that it is RUMOURED (not confirmed) that they may have lost HotWheels sponsorship - which might explain the lack of a third car. Which is a shame if that turns out to be true

[AussieV8]

I also read about MG losing the Hot Wheels deal on the blue page

[MG-ZS EX260]

i hope they havent lost hot wheels as a sponsor, i thought it was a 2 year deal, and why would the trucks still have the Hot Wheels logos and flames on?

[Kelvin]

Hot Wheels Logos have gone from sponsors list on the MG site!!

Kelvin

[MG-ZS EX260]

yes, interesting, but if hotwheels have finished i would think another company would sponsor them, i just hope everything work out for the best at MG

[Kelvin]

It maybe Scalextrix? - educated guess rather than informed!!
They put their name on MG rally cars, and they have just launched a Le Mans racing set, featuring MGs on the box!!

Touring cars wont look the same without the flames :-(

[thommo_fan]

it says on another website that MG have CONFIRMED a 2 car team for reid and hughes, with the possibility of a 3rd car later in the season, thats from rob oldaker.

i'm surprised MG are only running 2 cars seeing as their main rivals vauxhall and honda are running 3 cars each.

[John]

Some think there are advantages to a two car team other than just cost - you can concerntrate on reliability and development of the two your running - in WRC Subaru only have 2 now, as do Hyundai whereas Ford, Pug, Citroen etc have 3.

Personally I think a 3 car team is better (if you look at Turkey Subaru had a problem with their two cars which meant one DNF and one 8th, Pug had problems with 2 cars but their other finished in P2)

Swings and roundabouths though like most decisions.

[Ed- the MG fan]

But John unlike the WRC, three cars are eligable for maunfacture points instead of just two

[John]

Can Indy teams still score manufacturer points? (Not that there are any Indy MGs yet) because maybe that means they know something we dont!! (Ever the optomist eh?!?)