[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[Fast Eddie WRC]

That article is just loads of warm air

Not having seen the onboard, this piece clarifies how angry he was.

[macebig]

The video with his off on SS14 posted here, had a bit of that frustration.After the C3 beaches and Meeke and Nagle get out of the car,Paul goes directly across the road for help and warnings, while Kris spends around a minute wandering aimlessly around the car shaking his head and hands.Probably a lot of french came out of his mouth during that moments.

[Doon]

If there are problems with the way the car is driving, isn't that Meeke's fault considering he's spent so much time developing it? That's maybe why he's so annoyed, with himself.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

On the TV highlights they said his problem was the tyres had lost their grip (studs) ...

Couldnt just be that to make him so frustrated surely.

[WRC1]

who is the main development driver at citroen?

who had one year time, missed most races in 2016 to concentrate on development??

WHO is responsible for this result???

Kris himself is the one to blame, he had all resources (time and money) to build HIS car arround him....and this is the result...

[jparker]

If there are problems with the way the car is driving, isn't that Meeke's fault considering he's spent so much time developing it? That's maybe why he's so annoyed, with himself.

Same come to my mind as well.

[MrJan]

Kris himself is the one to blame, he had all resources (time and money) to build HIS car arround him....and this is the result...

I think it's more than that, people don't build a car to their settings that's so drastically unpredictable, I don't care how good or bad people think a driver is. At the heart of it would appear to be that the cars are naturally a bit dodgy, Latvala said as much on Friday about the Yaris causing him problems.

Incidentally, does anyone know the ballpark amount of testing that each manufacturer got done? Seemed to me that Citroen and Toyota were the ones with the most, M-Sport with the least...but I only had a passing interesting in testing.

[Arwel Davies]

At the end of the day we are only 2 rallies into the new season and both those rallies are classed as specialised events. I was expecting more from Meeke especially after how much praise he gave the car during testing last year but I see no reason to write him off yet. Im sure we shall see the true performance of Kris and the C3 over the next few rallies.
I find it strange but glad at the same time that there hasn't been the same levels of negativity aimed in Thieryy Neuville' direction either given the fact he was in a comfortable lead in both rallies before making a silly mistake and throwing it all away. I think Thierry will also get it all together over the next few events so expect some impressive performances from Kris and Thierry over the next few rallies.

[Rally Power]

Kris himself is the one to blame, he had all resources (time and money) to build HIS car arround him....and this is the result...

Jesus WRC1: you’re being prosecutor, judge and executor all at the same time…poor Meeke!

I've (tried to) said it in another thread: rally is a team sport and even if some mistakes or achievements are more visible than others it’s the whole team that looses or wins. That’s way it doesn’t make sense to see Meeke fans blaming Citroen or other drivers fans pointing at him.

Like Davies ahead and some other guys before, I also believe the car will be a winner on gravel and on tarmac, but somehow they’ve miss to get the right setup for the snow/ice mixture of MC and Sweden. Fingers crossed!

Meeke really not happy with the C3:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ke-and-citroen

Autosport’s journo is a blood sucking creature. Last year he wrote several pieces suggesting troubles in the Yaris development, now it looks the C3 will be his new drama topic...

[dimviii]

I've (tried to) said it in another thread: rally is a team sport and even if some mistakes or achievements are more visible than others it’s the whole team that looses or wins. That’s way it doesn’t make sense to see Meeke fans blaming Citroen or other drivers fans pointing at him.

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