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As far as I know, they were talking but nothing official came out of it. Quick search and I can't find any conformation for either in English.

I'd guess those three plus Australia. Argentina is the only flyaway I would expect them to consider.

Tommi's immediate concern, driver-wise, has to be to find a good development driver quickly. No doubt Meeke was top of that list, as a development driver able to compete the following year, but who...

Good point on that, had completely forgotten - thanks for the reminder that he could well have a fair amount of experience with the TMG car.

With or without Meeke, I can imagine they have Neuville on their radar, although Latvala would probably become a target too.

For 2017, there are a few young guns that I'm sure they'll have an eye...

Without success in IRC (for PSA), I suspect he wouldn't have had the 208 T16 testing gig and the following invites from Citroen in 2013 either, it was probably the springboard to his subsequent WRC...

Wow, that would really surprise me - wouldn't surprise me for Toyota to go for Meeke, but I thought Citroen would have sorted out a deal with him by now, otherwise the decision not to keep Mads looks...

Once again though, like who? He got Ostberg, who's almost certainly the best on the market, but all other contenders are under contract to Hyundai, VW or Citroen already. This year he tried paying...

I don't believe Evans has ever brought money to the team, he works at their facility and was a personal project of Malcolm, but I understand it's not one he can afford with the extra events,...

Surprising but that was my other guess, they could surely be funding a lot of young drivers in France with that budget, but depends

a) if they're actually paying a large % of it or 'just' a...

Yeah, that's the weird part of it. So it has to make you ask, who is paying if not them?

Actually, the other interesting thing is that there's no mention of Bertelli

Edit: ha, wrote the below before the confirmation. Little surprising to me, but I wonder if Toyota are paying for this season to see if he's worth having next year?



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And why shouldn't he?
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Agree with Simmi, Elfyn will be lucky to keep his seat, but he is younger and less experienced than Tanak, yet still outscored him this year in the championship and even got a better 'best' result of...

Hope the latter, suspect the former.

I'd suggest he's earned the support of DMACK with some good WRC and WRC2 performances for them, he certainly hasn't earned the same from two years with M-Sport.

I expect Meeke will be happy with a 2016 partial season if he's guaranteed a seat in 2017.

Even is Evans also gets the boot, there's no other 'hot shoe' out there, apart from Meeke or Lappi, who are both pretty much accounted for, or a gamble on someone who's not proven as quick as either,...

Would be great to see a 2 car DMack team, really would put their products on show, although part of me would prefer them to stay in R5 ranks where they can compete for wins and raise the quality of...

And yet he was the first non-VW last year, both in the championship and on many events. I think the VWs' level of advantage has given him a worse reputation than he deserves.

Surely if that were the case (family team), there wouldn't be much need for secrecy or much in the way of contracts etc.?

With all the rumours about Bertelli, M-Sport and the Tanak and Evans...

Your bookmaker must love you!

I see what you mean. Either way, Meeke or Ostberg I'd see as an improvement over Tanak or Evans respectively and if, as seems likely, Citroen are determined to drop one (so they can try blaming the...

Who?

There are no obvious other choices for your 'consistency' seat. If Meeke is dropped, he would make sense, but Meeke and Tanak in one team isn't a recipe for anything other than a huge parts...

I think you're spot on Jack. If you don't have Ogier, you're left with what else is out there. Which is either fast or consistent, but rarely both (and rarely as good at either as Ogier).

At the...