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    Quote Originally Posted by rallyfiend View Post
    It does if you keep 4 drivers match-fit over the season to choose from for your 3 nominated drivers.

    Like they did last year with Paddon, Dani and Thierry. As has been pointed out a couple of times above....
    Expensive way of doing it, paying four drivers contacts when only two of them can score you points in any one event...

    If that happens I wont give them any credit if they win the title.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Expensive way of doing it, paying four drivers contacts when only two of them can score you points in any one event...

    If that happens I wont give them any credit if they win the title.
    3 drivers score points.

    How have you missed that point so many times? That's the way the WRC works now....

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    is it reasonable to make the comparison to M-Sport, which operates differently to other WRC teams? I don't see a point in hiring a driver who can't win the championship or score manufacturer points. Unless he pays for it like the M-Sport guys, and Mikkelsen said he's not paying to drive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rallyfiend View Post
    3 drivers score points.

    How have you missed that point so many times? That's the way the WRC works now....
    But only the 2 best placed drivers eligable for Manu points, score. I think you have missed that point!
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    Denial from Hyundai for the moment. Nothing more than the test but let's see - http://www.autohebdo.fr/wrc/actualit...al-184885.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by rallyfiend View Post
    3 drivers score points.

    How have you missed that point so many times? That's the way the WRC works now....
    Quote Originally Posted by MikeD View Post
    But only the 2 best placed drivers eligable for Manu points, score. I think you have missed that point!
    Exactly, thank you Mike. I'm glad someone understands.

    Apology accepted Rallyfiend.

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    Thinking more about this - if you could always pick 3 from 4 drivers at Hyundai - then you're basically subbing in for Sordo on some (particularly the fast) gravel rallies and then Paddon on all tarmac rounds.

    For me I don't think there's any combination of 3 guys (on any round) that wouldn't include Neuville and Mikkelsen.

    So Hyundai immediately go back into the territory of potentially having to hurt a driver's feelings by demoting them.
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    Does Paddon have a contract beyond the end of this season? If not, it may be the kick that he needs to find his form from late 2015, when he was in a similar position.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dodge33cymru View Post
    Does Paddon have a contract beyond the end of this season? If not, it may be the kick that he needs to find his form from late 2015, when he was in a similar position.
    As I understand it Neuville and Paddon have deals through 2018. As does Sordo, but media reports at the time said Hyundai also have first option for 2019 on Sordo.
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    Hyundai will choose to nominate 3 of the 4 drivers to score pts before each rally. Then the best 2 finishers of those 3 selected drivers score manufacturer pts. Simple.

    Could help Paddon actually, he's the weakest of the 4 drivers atm so he should be #4 and told to just focus on pushing hard and driving his own rally (without having to think about manufacturer pts). Let Andreas and Sordo help Neuville and Hyundai out. Paddon needs to regain his confidence fast or he will be quickly lost, and chucked into the scrap heap of nearly drivers that have went before him like Duval, Marko Martin etc. Paddon should have a word with his "mate" Neuville about how to fight back from the dumps. I still believe in him, but he's currently very poor on tarmac and has lost all pace on gravel. Unfortunately for him, that is not a good situation to be in

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