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    No way Neuville is leaving Hyundai. That i20 is built around him. Would take years to do that with another team.

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    Tidemand would be a great choice in my opinion. Sure he will take time to get up to speed but he has good experience. Skoda is not planning on getting involved until 2020 so he could easily sign a 1 yr contract to get his feet wet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by racerx1979 View Post
    Tidemand would be a great choice in my opinion. Sure he will take time to get up to speed but he has good experience. Skoda is not planning on getting involved until 2020 so he could easily sign a 1 yr contract to get his feet wet.
    Do you think Skoda would allow that if they're truly going for a WRC program? Or if Tidemand would get a seat at Citroen, he would want to return to Skoda?

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    On the topic of Paddon, I think there are two main issues between him and a championship title

    1) He is not good on tarmac
    2) He is not good on power stages

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    On the topic of Paddon, I think there are two main issues between him and a championship title

    1) He is not good on tarmac
    Which is also why he's not contesting the full season

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigWorm View Post
    Which is also why he's not contesting the full season
    And also why he is not developing his tarmac skills

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    On the topic of Paddon, I think there are two main issues between him and a championship title

    1) He is not good on tarmac
    2) He is not good on power stages
    3) Active diffs

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Do you think Skoda would allow that if they're truly going for a WRC program? Or if Tidemand would get a seat at Citroen, he would want to return to Skoda?
    I don`t think Škoda would object learning with a WRC car for one year on others expense. Citroen on the otherhand...
    Last edited by Tarmop; 14th June 2018 at 11:33.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommeke_B View Post
    3) Active center diff
    Good call, but it could also be just car-driver-specific. It's been said that Neuville developed the new i20 more to his driving style.

    It's interesting though that Latvala has a similar sideways style but active diffs have always suited him better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sollitt View Post
    Paddon is indeed a "winning driver" and, on his day, on same level as Neuville, Mikellsen, Tanak etc ... And capable of doing so on any surface when all his stars are aligned.
    Citroen will be looking at him but he'll be at Hyundai for 2019.
    im a huge Paddon fan but i dont agree with this part at all. Like some have mentioned already here he is quite poor on tarmac IMO. And through the years i havent seen any progress from him at all and that is quite worrying.

    i think at one year he even had a some coach helping him?
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