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[mknight]

M-Sport? They are waiting for him with open arms, if he chooses.

Yes that's the only real possibly and imo it might be quite real. M-Sport was saying how they were continuing development and aiming for signing "top driver" next year. There is only one guy without contract who can without any doubt be called "top driver" atm.

Btw. after SS10 (fastest stage on Saturday) Tanak was asked about Toyota being so fast on these stages (Neuville said so) and he basically said "just my Toyota is so fast". The wording was a bit different but the message was similar to Neuville's comment at this very rally in 2017.

EDIT: He says it in the media zone before service on Saturday. On alllive it's on "SS13" 6:20 in. Tanak says "it's only my car. So it looks like the guys have done a good job, just with my car".

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About the "reliability":
I have been saying this since GB last year that they often seem to run very "risky" setups. Low rideheight, crashes down trough the very soft suspension etc. With all those impacts it's not surprising things break. Recent example is Tanak cracking windscreen here on Friday then a bit later the driveshaft failed (also on front).

When they didn't do this kind of risky setup (in Turkey), they didn't have speed at all though.