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    Mikkelsen admits his first full WRC season with Hyundai has been a "nightmare" so far, but has reason to believe Italy this week will be his turning point:

    https://t.co/gOBLIusTbS

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Mikkelsen admits his first full WRC season with Hyundai has been a "nightmare" so far, but has reason to believe Italy this week will be his turning point:

    https://t.co/gOBLIusTbS
    Well the contrast with the 3 rallies in Hyundai last year has been huge. In Spain he led after gravel first day, same in Australia before double-puncture, in GB he was 4th with best saturday leg after Evans.
    This year only Sweden was good. On gravel he has only shown speed in short sections here and there.

    Really hard to see how the car has changed so much in those 2-3 months of break.


    Anyway he has never done well in Italy, so I don't expect much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Mikkelsen admits his first full WRC season with Hyundai has been a "nightmare" so far, but has reason to believe Italy this week will be his turning point:

    https://t.co/gOBLIusTbS
    He forgot to mention that his speed on tarmac is even worse than on gravel.
    You should be pissed when you see your teammate (who is not doing even full season) and a guy with first full season behind wrc car ahead of you in overall standings midway through the season.
    Its the last moment for him to wake up, or he can already write off this season.
    Last edited by Lead; 6th June 2018 at 08:46.

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    Much as I like Craig, a Breen/Ostberg lineup for Citroen is pretty underwhelming.

    As 2nd and 3rd drivers ok..

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    Quote Originally Posted by RS View Post
    Much as I like Craig, a Breen/Ostberg lineup for Citroen is pretty underwhelming.

    As 2nd and 3rd drivers ok..
    Yes, they are good second drivers but not rally winners.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Yes, they are good second drivers but not rally winners.
    Exactly. That's why I dont see any point Citroen continuing in 2019 unless they go all out and sign Ogier.

    But if he's happy at M-Sport then ...

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    The weirdest rumor to come out of my circle is that Toyota is interested in Meeke for 2019.

    I for one don’t know who he would replace or maybe he will run a 4th car like what Nasser was planning to do?

    I’m surprised Toyota is interested...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Mikkelsen admits his first full WRC season with Hyundai has been a "nightmare" so far, but has reason to believe Italy this week will be his turning point:

    https://t.co/gOBLIusTbS
    Maybe the Polo flattered him, or he was so used to it that he's found it really hard to adapt with the i20.

    I think he will get better once he's comfortable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Maybe the Polo flattered him, or he was so used to it that he's found it really hard to adapt with the i20.

    I think he will get better once he's comfortable.
    The really weird thing for me is the difference between the 3 rallies in i20 in 2017 and start of 2018.

    If you meant only tarmac with your comment then, he also did well on tarmac in C3 in Germany. On the other hand I20 did well on tarmac only in Corsica last year (this year even Neuville struggled).

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    Quote Originally Posted by racerx1979 View Post
    The weirdest rumor to come out of my circle is that Toyota is interested in Meeke for 2019.

    I for one don’t know who he would replace or maybe he will run a 4th car like what Nasser was planning to do?

    I’m surprised Toyota is interested...
    I'm quite surprised as well. I can't see whom he should replace? Obviously not Tanak. Compared with Latvala they are about the same, so don't see what's to gain. Lappi is not (yet) as fast on some events, but dropping him now when he is just going up would be insane.

    4th car? With the current points system and nomination of only 3 cars there is mostly not much to gain from that (ex. Sordo in Portugal didn't really help Hyundai in any of the 2 championships).

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