Martins Sesks is working so as to add a seventh spherical to his partial 2025 World Rally Championship programme with M-Sport-Ford that continues at Rally Portugal this week.
The 2023 European Rally Championship runner-up burst onto the WRC scene final yr after a trio of spectacular outings for the Ford squad in Poland, his native Latvia and Chile.
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A run to fifth driving a non-hybrid powered Puma in Poland was adopted by a pair of stage wins in Latvia, although he then narrowly missed out on a possible maiden podium when a technical fault struck his automotive on the ultimate stage.
Sesks’ has since reached a deal to rejoin M-Sport for a six-round marketing campaign that started with a run to sixth in Sweden in February, and can proceed in Portugal this week.
The 25-year-old can have additional outings in Sardinia, Greece, Estonia and Finland, whereas working to discover a means so as to add a but to be confirmed seventh spherical to his schedule.
“In complete we’ve six occasions 100% confirmed however we’re actually working in the direction of seven as a result of we have to have a half season,” Sesks revealed within the newest episode of the WRC’s Backstories podcast.
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“In the beginning of the yr I mentioned to the sponsors that we’re doing half a yr, so both we’re dropping one occasion from the calendar or we do another occasion, so I can inform the sponsors we’re doing half a season,” he then joked.
Martins Sesks, Renars Francis, M-Sport Ford World Rally Crew Ford Puma Rally1
Martins Sesks, Renars Francis, M-Sport Ford World Rally Crew Ford Puma Rally1M-Sport
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Sesks was fast so as to add that the assist already obtained from sponsors in Latvia has been “superb” to assist make this yr’s part-time marketing campaign attainable.
“We’re coming from such a small nation, 1.8 million complete and the market we’ve right here is akin to some common cities in southern or central Europe,” he mentioned.
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“In fact it’s not straightforward to get the quantity of contribution for all the things. One of the best we might do was half a season at this level and nonetheless everybody was so passionate in Latvia about this programme.
“This yr was simply superb. From that standpoint this was the simplest yr to get the sponsorship.”
Looking forward to Portugal’s difficult tough gravel phases, Sesks revealed his method stays unchanged along with his focus firmly on delivering consistency so as to add to the outright tempo he showcased final season.
“Ending all of the occasions and getting expertise, that’s the complete intention as a result of in case you don’t end you aren’t getting expertise,” he mentioned.
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“We’re not doing the complete season, so factors for us don’t actually matter. We’re not scoring producer factors so once more it doesn’t actually matter.
“The purpose is to be constant and consistency is vital for this yr, after which after all if we are able to put some good stage instances in, that works for us.”
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