RML bids Yvan Muller farewell

Following today’s announcement that Yvan Muller will join Citroën Racing from next year, RML thanked the French driver for his four successful years with the team in WTCC.

Ray Mallock, RML Chief Executive said: “Naturally everybody at RML will be sorry to see Yvan go at the end of this year – he has been a key supporter and a perfect ambassador for RML over the very enjoyable years that we have worked with him. However, we appreciate this will not have been an easy decision for him to make and we fully support Yvan in his move and wish him the best of luck for the future. I am tremendously proud of our achievements.”

And Muller echoed: “This has been a very difficult decision for me. RML has allowed me to win many races and conquer two World Championship titles. We’ve worked incredibly hard together for the past four seasons and these have been years of great personal satisfaction for me. I would like to thank everybody in the factory for giving me confidence and I hope that our successes together over the years have put RML firmly on the sporting map.”

Speaking about the future Mallock said: “Our short term goals are clear; we are focussed on ensuring our 2013 campaign ends on a high note, with another World Title for Yvan and the team. In the longer term RML Group will continue to bring success in which ever formulae it competes in, and we hope to return to the new-specification 2014 WTCC, one way or another.”