Mellors Elliott Motorsport (MEM) team principal Chris Mellors has confirmed Proton remains interested in a World Rally Championship entry, despite committing its Satria Neo S2000 car to the remainder of this season's IRC series.
"The IRC programme is fantastic news," said Mellors. "Everybody is behind this project, behind the team and behind Guy (Guy Wilks) and Phil Pugh (as co-driver). Proton is funding the rest of the season. As for what's beyond that, well let's just see what comes from the rest of 2009."
Mellors said Proton still has aspirations in the World Rally Championship (WRC). He added: "We're still very interested in the WRC, of course we are, but there needs to be a great deal of clarification on the technical regulations. This is, ultimately, incredibly confusing to go to Malaysia to explain the future of the WRC.
"When they ask me if the WRC is going to be Super 2000, I tell them it is, but it might be with a 1.6 turbo engine and that might - or might not - be coming in 2011 or 2013. The board of Proton needs a clear plan and that clear plan comes from IRC - which is why, for the foreseeable future, we're going to be there."
source:
autosport.com
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