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As I wrote numerous times before I think it's too early for a full season (with the related pressure to perform).

That said Jouhki has pushed trough drivers early before, but for example for...

Last time Sordo was ahead of Neuville while both were driving was Spain and Germany 2016. No teamorders then, even though Neuville was fighting for 2nd place in championship (certainly in Spain).
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Well he voices what I wrote here as early as February when I compared them with 2008 Subaru, that Citroen's future might be in trouble. Cause if they don't get Ogier they won't have realistic chances...

They did the same with Mikkelsen testing for Sardinia, 1 day test on gravel in France with no setup changes.

Anyway I wouldn't really rate this as management issue that much. As CWJ wrote, nothing...

Well in at least two articles after Germany Matton said how focused they were only on getting Ogier and that it was the reason why they let Mikkelsen go.

If they now don't get Ogier either it will...

6 events for Suninen sounds good to me. Not too few, not too many. Hopefully with R5 in between.

Yeah but for Loeb 2 times everyone was driving on the same tire, so wouldn't really say it counts.

If the choice is between Tidemand and Sunninen for WRC in 2018 I'd go with Tidemand.

I dare say that there are generally more examples of drivers going WRC too early and then getting kicked early...

Nope, A. Grøndal said he heard it during the live broadcast of PowerStage.

There was a rumor about Sordo not driving in 2018 and probably going to rallycross.

Nope. If you risk a lot to win one event out of 10 (and crash in the others) it means you are capable of winning events, but you are clearly incapable of winning titles.

The first one is in no way guarantee for the second part for like 95% of drivers.
For some it's actually quite the opposite, they can't win title cause they charge too much and don't settle for...

Aren't we almost there already?

Yes car let both down quite a few times but...
Sordo did decent on most gravel rallies, but that means getting 3-5 place, depending on how many of the top retire...

Well it's just a rumor Simmi just wrote (haven't seen it else myself).

But if he didn't show up for recce on purpose it's stupid no matter which team he is going to drive for.

Doing recce means...

That sounds really strange to me tbh..

- Can't see Malcolm paying Sordo anything (since he refuses to pay just about anyone).
- Can't see Sordo driving for free/no money either now towards the...

Best/Strongest team by results right now is clearly M-Sport.... even without the "continue" part.

If Ogier goes to Hyundai and Tanak to Toyota we will have a 2 team championship... that's not good at all.

a) If "the most" for the car is 5-6th place in every event it doesn't matter much that the driver can achieve it in. Just after Finland people were writing Ogier off and Neuville was actually...

a) you assume that all 3 cars are capable of winning on any given day.. that is never really the case. Citroen and Hyundai for example were clearly incapable of winning in Finland. Toyota was clearly...

Think you are a bit blinded by the recent 2 good rallies. It certainly wasn't looking anywhere that good after weak performances in Sardinia and Poland and off in Finland. If he does not have...

Ogier wasn't exactly dominant this year, especially not in the mid-season with 5th place on Sardinia, 3rd place gifted in Poland after many retirements and 0 points from Finland.. going into Germany...

lol @ Toyota

If M-Sport does not have money to keep developing the car Ogier's chances would diminish fast imo. Malcolm said it multiple times how they can't afford this next year without extra...

When was getting Ogier instead of Mikkelsen an option?
After Germany Mikkelsen was available and wanted to drive next rallies. Citroen let him go and Hyundai took him. While he certainly wanted a...

Same, Ogier to Citroen and Tanak at Msport will make for seemingly balanced teams. Any of the other combinations will leave 1 team too weak which is not good.

Well it must have been a no-brainer.

Contract with Hyundai, possibly the fastest or one of the two fastest cars
or
Wait if Citroen does not get Ogier for a chance to help them fixed their car.