[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[drive]

https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/s...22426072600576

[Simmi]

Sorry if this was already answered, but has the 4 car option been approved?

It's not been announced. I guess it will be at an upcoming FIA World Council meeting if it gets green-lit. Can't remember when the next one is.

[bluuford]

so the "silly season" has finally started now!

Actually it is finished already, just announcments left

[Andre Oliveira]

And you know more than us, obviously

[tomhlord]

I really like the guy but I maintain he has no idea what is happening. Just following the rumours along like the rest of us.

Ta-Dah https://motorsport.hyundai.com/driver-line-up-adjusted/

[tomhlord]

Do you remember that article at Autosport.com last week about Paddon's future that everybody considered useless?

Now you realize what was going on. Paddon was seing is place in doubt and had to react on the media.

Correct.

[smsgrafica]

So this means no Ford Official Team and Ogier to Citroen in 2018 then?

[Tarmop]

ummm, how? Maybe Andreas was offered more money and definitely better car on gravel.

[Eli]

So this means no Ford Official Team and Ogier to Citroen in 2018 then?

Seems that way unfortunately... but if we'll have a 4 car team next year...it will make things quite more interesting.

[mknight]

Yes smells a lot like Ogier to Citroen with Meeke as second.
Mikkelsen to Hyundai.

BUT it could be that both Meeke (at Citroen) and Mikkelsen (at Hyundai) have 1-2 rallies to prove if they will drive with their teams next team. I doubt this though.

Looks much more likely that both of them are signed for next year already but their results will decide who will drive all rallies next year.

From Hyundai it's totally logical last push effort to snap the manu championship from Ford.

- On a side note I really wonder how it is going to work between Mikkelsen and Neuville (who are supposedly friends) when they compete against each other in same car.

- Also wonder how much testing Mikkelsen will get before Spain.