Citroen WRT

[EstWRC]

About the situation https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...y-wrc-paddock/

[Jinu13]

About the situation https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...y-wrc-paddock/

Basically what everyone has been saying on here plus an Alonso analogy. (Come on the Citroën car's not THAT bad!)

[mknight]

About the situation https://www.motorsport-news.co.uk/ne...y-wrc-paddock/

- I find it extremely funny to have David Lapworth commenting. I mean who else knows better about going from top team to one of the slowest cars on the grid in a short timespan.

- The Finnish guy is funny, saying they should keep Meeke cause he can charge for win in Poland ( a rally where he has never done well and has not driven last year, all this after crashing 4 times in a row). And furthermore saying that with Mikkelsen they can't hope for better than 5th. He won there last year, if they can't hope for better than 5th (which indeed is a realistic goal) then clearly something is not good with the car/setup.

- 100% agree with the german guy

[Rally Power]

- I find it extremely funny to have David Lapworth commenting. I mean who else knows better about going from top team to one of the slowest cars on the grid in a short timespan.
- The Finnish guy is funny, saying they should keep Meeke cause he can charge for win in Poland ( a rally where he has never done well and has not driven last year, all this after crashing 4 times in a row). (...)

The whole piece is a joke. Using the comments from two former WRC players and two free-lancer journos to say there's a paddock backing to Meeke seems a desperate attempt to keep people focused (and clicking) on a solved matter. Btw, didn't Lapworth drop Meeke during Prodrive’s second season with the Mini?

[Fitz]

The whole piece is a joke. Using the comments from two former WRC players and two free-lancer journos to say there's a paddock backing to Meeke seems a desperate attempt to keep people focused (and clicking) on a solved matter. Btw, didn't Lapworth drop Meeke during Prodrive’s second season with the Mini?

This was because there was no money coming from BMW and BMW said that Prodrive were meant to find money to make up the shortfall.

This resulted in the tweet from Meeke about
'Ever had your girlfriend leave you & go to work as a prostitute'.

[greencroft]

Personally I would have thought Meeke not having contested Poland last year was a good reason for him to be doing it this year. If Citroen want to be doing well in the 2018 championship, then surely they would want their main driver as familiar as possible with each event in the calendar? Or does this tell us that they have little confidence in Citroen being there in 2018?

[AnttiL]

Or little confidence in Poland being there in 2018?

[N.O.T]

Personally I would have thought Meeke not having contested Poland last year was a good reason for him to be doing it this year. If Citroen want to be doing well in the 2018 championship, then surely they would want their main driver as familiar as possible with each event in the calendar? Or does this tell us that they have little confidence in Citroen being there in 2018?

What makes you think meeke is going to be their main driver in 2018 ?

[wrc2017]

What makes you think meeke is going to be their main driver in 2018 ?

Maybe its mknight or rally power, as they seem to have answers for everything.. the actual driving should come easy to both.

[greencroft]

What makes you think meeke is going to be their main driver in 2018 ?

Only because it seems he has a contract for 2018.

Not seen it myself but it was referred to as a 3 year deal at the time it was signed but as we know, contracts can have all sorts of options in them and sometimes can just be broken.