Meeke: “It’s time to go to the WRC”

If the former pilot Peugeot enjoyed evolving in IRC, his program with Mini in WRC allows him to open the doors to the queen discipline of rally. “The IRC has its place, it has its level and the drivers get the most out of their machines,” Kris Meeke said on redbull.com. “But obviously, everyone wants to face Sébastien Loeb, Mikko Hirvonen and Sébastien Ogier. These drivers are at the highest level of the discipline. It remains the WRC and I have always dreamed of achieving it. »

“The IRC remains a fantastic promotional discipline, but I don't think anyone will deny that the WRC has remained the pinnacle of the discipline. », added the 2009 IRC Champion. “It?s the time for me to go to the WRC. I think I will have to work more intensely but I won't have to reinvent my riding style. I have to take the opportunity to show everyone what I can do behind the wheel. I think beating Sébastien Loeb and all these drivers will be a particularly difficult task, but everyone associated with Mini has this goal.

Kris Meeke is all the more delighted as he will evolve within the Prodrive structure, in charge of the Countryman WRC development program. “For the last twenty years they have been one of the most successful teams in the WRC and supported Britain's only two WRC Champions Colin McRae and Richard Burns, both Subaru drivers. Additionally, I have known David Richards (the president of Prodrive) for a long time. He is someone very involved in motorsport, he doesn't do things by halves. »