[WRC] News & rumours (part II)

[danon]

Matton: Seb the Third can make the grade - http://www.maxrally.com/2013/11/17/matt ... -the-grade

[wrc45]

http://www.maxrally.com/2013/11/18/vvroom-for-kruuda

[GigiGalliNo1]

Sordo has been given two options for 2014:

Citroen or Hyundai

[RS]

Matton: Citroen approach 'different' for 2014 - http://www.crash.net/wrc/news/198264/1/ ... _2014.html

That sounds like Meeke and Kubica to me.

[noel157]

Could well be.

[Mintexmemory]

On Thursday after Llandegla I visited the service park to see the position selection event (interesting couple of hours). Wandering around the non WRC areas I caught sight of a well-known guy in a red jacket talking to Yazeed Al Rahji in the latter's service bay marquee. Now does anyone think that while Citroen WRC are Abu Dhabi sponsored, that Citroen / Peugeot R5 may well end up in Saudi green? Or was the Yaz looking to step up to the big stage?

[A FONDO]

On Thursday after Llandegla I visited the service park to see the position selection event (interesting couple of hours). Wandering around the non WRC areas I caught sight of a well-known guy in a red jacket talking to Yazeed Al Rahji in the latter's service bay marquee. Now does anyone think that while Citroen WRC are Abu Dhabi sponsored, that Citroen / Peugeot R5 may well end up in Saudi green? Or was the Yaz looking to step up to the big stage?

haha come on, the rally guys are all together for a week, it is normal that somebody stops for a chat with somebody else

[makinen_fan]

On Thursday after Llandegla I visited the service park to see the position selection event (interesting couple of hours). Wandering around the non WRC areas I caught sight of a well-known guy in a red jacket talking to Yazeed Al Rahji in the latter's service bay marquee. Now does anyone think that while Citroen WRC are Abu Dhabi sponsored, that Citroen / Peugeot R5 may well end up in Saudi green? Or was the Yaz looking to step up to the big stage?

Citroen is supposed to have the support of Abu Dhabi next year, Matton said clearly they will have an extra car for Qassimi in selected events, so I don't think so.

[Mintexmemory]

On Thursday after Llandegla I visited the service park to see the position selection event (interesting couple of hours). Wandering around the non WRC areas I caught sight of a well-known guy in a red jacket talking to Yazeed Al Rahji in the latter's service bay marquee. Now does anyone think that while Citroen WRC are Abu Dhabi sponsored, that Citroen / Peugeot R5 may well end up in Saudi green? Or was the Yaz looking to step up to the big stage?

haha come on, the rally guys are all together for a week, it is normal that somebody stops for a chat with somebody else

This was not stopping to have a chat... the marquee was nowhere on the routes Matton would ordinarily have been taking. I'm not a lip reader but this was definitely discussion, not just a 'chat'. Now whether anything significant occurs I couldn't predict, but if Citroen are committed to just a 2+1 effort for the Abu Dhabi team next season then if a certain customer is prepared to take a package that won't require factory support then there may be a deal to be done. I'd say R5 / RRC is most probable if I were a betting man!

[rallyfiend]

Yazeed's car is run by MyRacing.

Guess who the owner of that team is? That's right - Yves Matton!!

Nothing to see here, move along.