The word "can" means that they are "able of" not that they "must". Ostberg or Lukyanuk certainly are able of winning rallies or even the title in ERC.
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Kajto hasn't retired :) He's currently enjoying his success, makes interviews, appears on TV and promotes his first book:
https://www.facebook.com/KajetanKaje...type=3&theater
But I don't think he is going to compete in ERC next year. He proved everything he could in this championship. But, of course, everything depends on the money.
I dont want to take anything away from him because he is a lovely guy and a good driver, but I would like to see him stay in ERC but be pushed harder for the title.
He has shown an intelligent approach with a perfect combination of reliability and speed to win the title three times already, but he did get a bit of an easy ride this year because of the testing accident of Lukyanuk.
Of course Lukyanuk needs to improve his reliability, but I think he has progressed as a driver over the last couple of years nonetheless. Last piece of the puzzle is to cut out the mistakes, and then could Kajto still beat him? Im not sure..
Colin Clark saying DMACK rumoured to be targeting the ERC in 2018, possibly with a 2-car liveried team...
The advantage of ERC is that the events are also often part of national championships, i.e. there is huge number of potential customers there.