WRC Wales Rally GB

**tfp** · 20th September 2012, 20:15

Originally Posted by Karukera

No, you missed the sarcasm.

Grönholm is no authority as far as retirement time is concerned since he left the WRC too early when he owed us a couple of more years compared to Björn Waldegård wins time span of 15 years, Sainz, Kankkunen (14), Auriol, Alén, Mikkola (13), Blomqvist (11), Röhrl, Salonen, Loeb (10)... I selfishly denied him the right to retire.

Back to topic, i didn't hear Loeb retirement was a dead end for Citroën but i may be wrong. They were criticized domestically for winning easily but kept on saying to journalists and keyboards experts : no, Ford is tough bone enough for a challenge, even threatening FIA leaving the WRC with Ford.
Besides the usual financial, commercial considerations, they'll be in as long as there's a challenge, whoever leads the charge : Hirvonen, Neuville...

WRC is a thousand steps waltz, Ogier may well come back à la Ford / Solberg or attract other top drivers.

I diddnt miss your sarcasm, I just decided to rise above it.

As for the rest of your post, lets just wait and see what happens.

**stefanvv** · 20th September 2012, 23:43

Originally Posted by Karukera

No, you missed the sarcasm.

Grönholm is no authority as far as retirement time is concerned since he left the WRC too early when he owed us a couple of more years compared to Björn Waldegård wins time span of 15 years, Sainz, Kankkunen (14), Auriol, Alén, Mikkola (13), Blomqvist (11), Röhrl, Salonen, Loeb (10)... I selfishly denied him the right to retire.

Back to topic, i didn't hear Loeb retirement was a dead end for Citroën but i may be wrong. They were criticized domestically for winning easily but kept on saying to journalists and keyboards experts : no, Ford is tough bone enough for a challenge, even threatening FIA leaving the WRC with Ford.
Besides the usual financial, commercial considerations, they'll be in as long as there's a challenge, whoever leads the charge : Hirvonen, Neuville...

WRC is a thousand steps waltz, Ogier may well come back à la Ford / Solberg or attract other top drivers.

I would like to see that