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[Eli]

http://www.auto-moto.com/actualite/s...65.html#item=1

Has anyone seen this? it says next year Meeke will do the full season & the other 2 will do some rallies....this interview was held before the start of Rally Finland.

[mknight]

http://www.auto-moto.com/actualite/s...65.html#item=1

Has anyone seen this? it says next year Meeke will do the full season & the other 2 will do some rallies....this interview was held before the start of Rally Finland.

I'd interpret it more like "of the three drivers that have contract Meeke will drive whole season while Breen and Lefevbre will do only some rallies".

=>
- sucks for Breen as he did well on all rallies except Poland this year
- opens for one more full time driver


But that's just my interpretation. He might also mean that they won't do full season with all drivers to focus on car development (heard that before).

EDIT: Note that he also says Mikkelsen told them Hyundai went in same direction as Citroen and made same errors. First time something like that gets mentioned. But the whole answer sounds like an excuse when he says that Mikkelsen confirmed their design choices. I mean that's why after he came they fired some engineers, did long test and homologated new parts.

[Eli]

I'd interpret it more like "of the three drivers that have contract Meeke will drive whole season while Breen and Lefevbre will do only some rallies".

=>
- sucks for Breen as he did well on all rallies except Poland this year
- opens for one more full time driver


But that's just my interpretation. He might also mean that they won't do full season with all drivers to focus on car development (heard that before).

Really hope to see Breen do all the rallies, would be so unfair to him if he doesn't.

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[stefanvv]

He might also mean that they won't do full season with all drivers to focus on car development (heard that before).

How so? I though they had this year for "just some wins/podiums" (which they already had) and go a full campaign in 2018? Something makes me think it was just a mind game (Meeke going for it every single round, or could be just Meeke doing it on his own?!?), which doesn't conflicts with current statement also.

EDIT: On other note they might consider Loeb doing some rounds?

[mknight]

Google translate:
"How are you preparing next season, both technically and humanly?

Yves Matton: Our three drivers have a 2018 contract, Kris Meeke is doing a complete championship and the other two will do a number of rallies. "

Clearly he does not mention how many cars they will drive.

But he is often contradicting himself in own sentences.

[stefanvv]

But he is often contradicting himself in own sentences.

Yeah, he is so unsure of the situation. Might be just the owner's management.

[AnttiL]

To me it sounds like they're reserving a seat for Ogier

[er88]

To me it sounds like they're reserving a seat for Ogier

That's why Mikkelsen wasn't hired for more than a rally by rally basis

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[Myrvold]

I wonder what FX is doing (Polo chief engineer/designer). Not quite sure he would be interested in joining Citroen, I think he left them to work for Solbergs team before going to VW, dunno for what reason. But he might be interested in joining others.

FX is back with Solberg, working with the RX programme at least.

[Simmi]

Yeah if that sentence is translated correctly it seems that Matton may not want to over-commit on what the programme for Breen/Lefebvre will be. Clearly as a whole that trio isn't strong enough.

Again, why they were handing out two-year contracts like confetti last year I don't know...