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8th August 2023, 19:35 #1
My 2024 reading of the palm:
Toyota
Evans
Tanak
Katsuta
Ogier
Hyundai
Neuville
Rovanpera
Lappi
Suninen / Lindholm
M-Sport
Loubet
Fourmaux
Munster / anybody who can payMS-RT
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9th August 2023, 05:02 #2
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9th August 2023, 13:43 #3
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9th August 2023, 21:41 #4
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Too many options still for Toyota and Hyundai, to conclude.
But Ford need to come up with a better lineup than the two frenchmen.
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9th August 2023, 21:53 #5
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10th August 2023, 05:39 #6
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10th August 2023, 17:05 #7
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9th August 2023, 09:24 #8
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italian media: hiunday big offer to ogier
http://www.areacorse.com/hyundai-a-caccia-di-ogier/
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9th August 2023, 13:43 #9
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We already discussed that it could be very good idea for Hyundai to do this.
So moving on in the speculation. What would Toyota do if that is the case?
- Get Tanak
- "Nothing", letting Katsuta drive more and maybe offering a few outings to Pajari while he drives Rally2 car
- Solberg sharing with Katsuta (but they are mostly good on similar rallies). Also with Pajari seemingly set to go to Toyota having both might be an issue.
- Mikkelsen is good on same rallies as Ogier (hard to say if "good enough"), but Toyota has seemingly never been interested in him during the multiple opportunities in the past.
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10th August 2023, 05:27 #10
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Sadly I think that's the most likely lineup.
Top drivers like Tanak will avoid them due to their reliability.
MSport doesn't want to pay "2nd best" drivers (their own words in 2022).
The best young/talented drivers like Pajari will rather go to Toyota or Hyundai. Even Lindholm did that and I don't count him as one of the best talents. Drivers with money rather pay for a Skoda at Toksport (Greensmith, Gryazin).
So that leaves 2nd best young drivers with money...and you get exactly the listed lineup. At best maybe they will run Loeb on 2-3 rallies.
1 Tanak 2 Ogier 3 Neuville 4 Sordo 5 Evans 6 Katsuta 7 Faurmaux 8 Munster spyros
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