Publicat in: January 31, 2009, Vizualizari: 38
The First Casualty of Recession
The announcement that Phil Short has left M-Sport as a result of severe l budget issues shows the consequences of the world economic recession, and how teams are having to readjust their priorities
Phil Short is the most successful person in world championship rallying in terms of wins in world championship rallies and the world titles gained. Personally his greatest achievements were winning the national British championship twice, but he never stood on the podium of a world championship rally. It was what went on behind the scenes, starting with his work with David Sutton's Rothmans team in 1981, which is where his list of successes started off with a vengeance. And it carried on and on right up to the world championship rally wins for the BP Ford team in 2008. It is easy to claim credit when you are part of a large organisation, such as Audi and Toyota had been in WRC rallies in the eighties and nineties, but success in rallying cannot be bought. "I think my most rewarding times in world championship rallying were with Mitsubishi. That was never a big-money team. When Tommi Makinen won his four world titles in a row, it was the greatest achievement of its kind in rallying until Sebastien Loeb came along. The success of Mitsubishi was how to win without big budgets” .
Phil Short entered the management business in 1981 the year that Ari Vatanen won the world rally championship, the final time a private team scored an outright world rally title, competing against a host of fully professional teams in the sport. Phil may in human terms be one of the tallest people in the sport, but in present business he is a David in a world of Goliath
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The First Casualty of Recession
The announcement that Phil Short has left M-Sport as a result of severe l budget issues shows the consequences of the world economic recession, and how teams are having to readjust their priorities
Phil Short is the most successful person in world championship rallying in terms of wins in world championship rallies and the world titles gained. Personally his greatest achievements were winning the national British championship twice, but he never stood on the podium of a world championship rally. It was what went on behind the scenes, starting with his work with David Sutton's Rothmans team in 1981, which is where his list of successes started off with a vengeance. And it carried on and on right up to the world championship rally wins for the BP Ford team in 2008. It is easy to claim credit when you are part of a large organisation, such as Audi and Toyota had been in WRC rallies in the eighties and nineties, but success in rallying cannot be bought. "I think my most rewarding times in world championship rallying were with Mitsubishi. That was never a big-money team. When Tommi Makinen won his four world titles in a row, it was the greatest achievement of its kind in rallying until Sebastien Loeb came along. The success of Mitsubishi was how to win without big budgets” .
Phil Short entered the management business in 1981 the year that Ari Vatanen won the world rally championship, the final time a private team scored an outright world rally title, competing against a host of fully professional teams in the sport. Phil may in human terms be one of the tallest people in the sport, but in present business he is a David in a world of Goliath
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