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The last 5 debuts from WRC drivers

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  Gregoire Munster is making his Rally1 debut this week in Chile. The Luxembourger driver will drive a Ford Puma Rally1, previously used by the now retired Jourdan Serderidis, for the first time and he is also expected to drive the upcoming Central European Rally as well. Munster won Rally Japan in WRC2 last year, and also won Rally Estonia in JWRC this year (why he did that rally in a Rally3, I still don’t know). Expectations are fairly low, as the M-Sport driver isn’t getting his debut based on his pace, but because of his relationship with Serderidis, who owns the car. But how did the last (non-gentlemen or one offs) 5 drivers on their WRC debuts? Well, let’s take a dive on the past few years and take a look, shall we? Adrien Fourmaux – Rally Croatia 2021 Adrien Fourmaux’s debut was very impressive. The Frenchman was signed in for the main M-Sport squad in 2021, in a shared 2 nd seat with Teemu Suninen (which would later be a full seat after Estonia 2021). His debut came i...