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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    No, but Tanak could play hardball and say he will stay at M-Sport unless Toyota pay a fee. After all there is no shortage of money in Toyota.
    Wishful thinking

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    Quote Originally Posted by smsgrafica View Post
    Please remind me when Ott was being treated like a clear Nr. 2 driver? Because I haven't seen any team orders in fovour of Ogier this season...
    Please remind me of a reason when team orders needed to be given thus far?

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    Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post
    Wishful thinking.

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    Just a theory to make sense of the rumour.

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    Quote Originally Posted by racerx1979 View Post
    I agree about the "transfer penalty". Contract is up and Ott is a free to do whatever the fu@k he wants
    Not always.

    As has been explained before, it's not unusual to have ongoing rights over future earnings.

    It's well know that Neuville had to spend the first couple of years of Hyundai money paying back Malcolm and Nasser for his year in the Qatar car.

    It's well assumed that Malcolm has such rights for Tanak too. For sure he's pumped enough money in to him over the years...

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    Well, Neuville was a different case, as he had a valid contract. Tänak said his will end with 2017 and he would be free to do what he likes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rallyfiend View Post
    Not always.

    As has been explained before, it's not unusual to have ongoing rights over future earnings.

    It's well know that Neuville had to spend the first couple of years of Hyundai money paying back Malcolm and Nasser for his year in the Qatar car.

    It's well assumed that Malcolm has such rights for Tanak too. For sure he's pumped enough money in to him over the years...
    As Tarmop said, Nueville was still under contract. Tanak is considered a "free agent".

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    Also a good blog post by Finnish motorsport journalist Miika Wuorela https://www.facebook.com/mwmsports/p...82681151931491

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    The silly season does not want to quit, that's for sure. If Ogier goes to Hyundai what happens to Sordo and Paddon? Maybe someone gets demoted to WRC2 duties? Do Paddon and Sordo share the 4th car where Sordo drives on tarmac and Hayden on gravel?

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    If Citroen aren't willing to put up the money for Seb they shouldn't have let Andreas go to Hyundai. Risky game to play once again by Matton.

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    If Ogier goes to Hyundai and Tanak to Toyota we will have a 2 team championship... that's not good at all.

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