M-Sport: No immediate plans to expand 2023 WRC Rally1 entries

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Nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb joined the team to contest four WRC events last year to help boost the squad’s championship hopes.

The move proved successful with Loeb and co-driver Isabelle Galmiche winning the 2022 season opener in Monte Carlo. The pair also led in Portugal before a crash halted their progress, while mechanical issues robbed them of a chance to challenge for a podium in Kenya and Greece.
Loeb featured among an expanded M-Sport line-up last year that included three full-time entries and as many as five Pumas at selected events.
However, this year the team has elected to scale back its efforts to two-full-time WRC entries for Ott Tanak and Pierre-Louis Loubet, with privateer Jourdan Serderidis contesting outings in Monte Carlo, Mexico, Sardinia and Kenya.
M-Sport has’t ruled out the prospect of a …

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