Toyota announces WRC plans

[jparker]

Well he says so himself in an interview in latest finnish VM magazine... At the time of his testing the car was not very competitive and he was positively surprised about their speed in the beginnig of the season..

If Ogier knew he's not going to get a drive with Toyota, what do you expect him to say?
Can someone confirm TGR actually offered Ogier a drive?

[pantealex]

If Ogier knew he's not going to get a drive with Toyota, what do you expect him to say?
Can someone confirm TGR actually offered Ogier a drive?

You believe that TGR just wanted Ogier to test Yaris and nothing else ? No work offers ?

I don´t have any proof of TGR offer, but I still believe they did make very good offer to Seb.

[AnttiL]

Can someone confirm TGR actually offered Ogier a drive?

Can you confirm they did not offer him a drive?

I'm sure the VW drivers negotiated with all teams and Toyota had negotiations with a lot of drivers to find stars for their line-up. There's a video of Ogier testing the Yaris WRC, struggling on a slippery tarmac road, it's not hard to believe his comments about not liking the car. It's definitely improved a lot after JML joined the team, although I don't doubt for a second that Ogier couldn't have achieved the same.

[jparker]

Can you confirm they did not offer him a drive?

Of course not, that's why I keep quite. Some other people here are building their analyses based on unkonfirmed facts.

[Watson]

Can you confirm they did not offer him a drive?

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...toyota-859532/

Sounds to me like Ogier walked away before they even got to print an offer. I remember Ogier saying that he will choose competitiveness over money even before he started testing either car. And why wouldn't he? Being 4-time WC in the then richest team means he has his financial future sorted out already anyway. Plus he kept going on about how much he liked Malcolm Wilson.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Of course not, that's why I keep quite. Some other people here are building their analyses based on unkonfirmed facts.

You dont half talk some crap.. I wish you would keep quite (sic).

Ogier, the 4x World Champion is available. But new boys Toyota only 'allowed' him to test the Yaris, but didnt offer him a drive, so he rubbished the car.

Ridiculous. He turned them down after preferring the M-Sport Fiesta.

[AL14]

Of course not, that's why I keep quite. Some other people here are building their analyses based on unkonfirmed facts.

[N.O.T]

Ogier looks a lot like Emmanuel Macron

[AMSS]

You dont half talk some crap.. I wish you would keep quite (sic).

Ogier, the 4x World Champion is available. But new boys Toyota only 'allowed' him to test the Yaris, but didnt offer him a drive, so he rubbished the car.

Ridiculous. He turned them down after preferring the M-Sport Fiesta.

Everybody with a sain logical way of thinking agrees with Fast Eddie, how you even can come up to think like jparker is beyond me..
Also the fact that Latvala had to wait for a drive until Ogier made his decision supports these clear facts..

[dimviii]

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Toyota Gazoo Racing's #WRC project's Operations Director Lauri Riipinen has resigned from the job. He announced his departure in Facebook.