Dani Sordo has stated that his future may veer away from Citroen, the firm who brought the Spaniard into the WRC. Instead, he says that as time passes, Ford is are more attractive.
Sordo’s Citroen deal came off the back of a J-WRC title in 2005. Sordo signed to Citroen to partner then double World Champion Sebastian Loeb. Since then, though, Loeb has scored 41 wins and 5 World Titles, while Sordo hasn’t scored a single win, but has finished runner-up to his all-conquering team-mate 13 times, and has scored third in the Drivers table twice, 2008 & 2009.
Malcolm Wilson has tried to sway him from the French marque, but has thus far failed to sign him. A plus point for Sordo would be Ford need a really fast tarmac driver, and the young Spaniard fits the bill. Ford have struggled on tar for a few years now, in fact their last tar win was Markko Martin’s Rallye de Espana win in 2004.
“At Ford, I have not talked about money. They are looking for a sponsor. In addition, we will try to contact a sponsor this week.”
Citroen have presented him an offer, but it would demote him to the Citroen Junior Team. Sordo’s seat at the full Citroen WRT has been taken by Sebastian Ogier. Sordo is still adamant that the team has been good to him.
“I can not blame the team of my situation. They offered me in Finland a project that included three rallies outside Europe . After [that] the offer was cut. I know that everything has come up.”
MINI still seems to be a possible route, but the team will only run 6 rallies next year. However, the seats at Citroen and Ford do require him bringing along a personal sponsor, or €1,000,000 from his own pocket. Possible sponsors could be Grupo Santander, a multi-billion euro Spanish banking group, or Puente San Miguel, a beverage company from the Philippines
“I have to put money down as I would like a change. In Ford they told me that before doing anything.”
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