Evans missed 3 rally's this year as msport's number one.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
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Evans missed 3 rally's this year as msport's number one.Quote:
Originally Posted by KKS
He had a medical reason.
Perfect scenario now for Hyundai. Tanak may want to win but he wont go crazy to beat them for the manu points.
Indeed. So ogier might just as well be "sick" if he doesn't want to do australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tarmop
His hands are in quite bad shape...Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
If anything Australia is "free" testing without using test days, so I just can't see why he wouldn't go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by denkimi
But maybe he prefers his final season in a proven winning car? A car, hinted in one big news or "big news" just revealed.:D
Sordo got some problem on sector2 (
Great job Kris - take the fight to the Hyundias.
Neuville
Tänak +20 overall
2 days of tarmac coming...
Loeb - flying ^_^
Meeke good time. He left it all out there
Sordo is slow for some reason yes, confirmed on 3rd.
wierd engine noise in Evans Fiesta
yep, at finish line it more weirdQuote:
Originally Posted by KKS
Evans on 3 cylinders...
Rallirinki / Teemu
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"Some service park speculation has already begun that Sebastien Ogier could now jump ship from Citroen to drive his final season before retirement in a Toyota."
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...ta-for-hyundai
World Rally Championship leader Ott Tanak has signed for Hyundai and will drive alongside his current title rival Thierry Neuville in the 2020 season.
Autosport's sources have confirmed the deal was completed earlier this month.
Tanak, who has been driving for Toyota for the last two years, denied any such agreement was in place and insisted his focus remains firmly on securing a first WRC title in Spain this week.
A service park source said: "Hyundai is the good option. Working with [team boss Andrea] Adamo, Ott knows what he will get and where he sits."
Asked if he had signed Tanak, Hyundai Motorsport director Andrea Adamo replied: "No. I want to see how the situation is going on.
"I don't know if Ott has signed with someone. I am watching the movie and I love the movie. I see lots of actors playing in the movie who are much more clever than me and much more good than me.
"I'm the new kid on the block. I'm not able to fight at the same level as them."
While Tanak leads the championship in a Yaris WRC, he has suffered a variety of mechanical problems through the season.
Power steering failure in Sardinia was arguably the most costly, with that failure on the Italian island costing him victory - a win that would have had him across the line and celebrating as a champion already.
Toyota team principal Tommi Makinen told Autosport: "I don't have anything to say about this at all. We are still talking, still waiting [for Tanak]."
Tanak's move would seal off Hyundai's team, with Neuville in the second full-time car and Dani Sordo and Sebastien Loeb rotating a third car. It has also fielded Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen this season.
Where Tanak's exit leaves Toyota is another question.
Kalle Rovanpera is the only driver with a contract for next season, with Kris Meeke and Jari-Matti Latvala in 2020 negotiations at the moment.
Some service park speculation has already begun that Sebastien Ogier could now jump ship from Citroen to drive his final season before retirement in a Toyota.
Teemu slow too - sad end to the day for M-Sports.
Kalle will not drive full season anyway. He said that, I don´t know where but saw. Believe me.
Opens for the old team with Ogier instead of Tanak, if rumours are true.
Maestro maybe leading after this stage.
Loeb jump into a lead on splits!!!
Quite strange that Sordo doesn't seem to know how he lost so much time.
Wow Loeb. Amazing.
It seems we will go to Australia after all. Neuville is in a amazing positio at the moment
Loeb leading the rally after day 1 :)
Loeb: Oh kids :D )))))
Loeb still the best
Loeb must be thinking.. ,,what have you guys been doing all these years?'' :D
Mr Maestro. Perfect word!
Partly I agree with you but I wanna see him on same starting positions as Neuville, Ogier and Tänak.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Tomorrow on tarmac I can see.
I wrote a few days ago that Sordo and Loeb will likely lead after first day, but the first few tarmac stages tomorrow will be really exciting to see tarmac speed. Especially Loeb's tarmac speed.
Loeb today... 10th - 9th - 6th - 4th - 3rd - 1st ! :D
Loeb is pure class, just turns up, builds the pace through the day and finishes in the lead. Fairytale stuff. Adamo will be very pleased with himself
Yea, I know the starting pos helped a lot, but still awesome to see the speed is still there and he was 9s faster than Meeke with a very good position too.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
So Ott needs to catch sordo tomorrow. 13 secs, that’s a huge task with Hyundai being so fast recently
Otherwise we go to Australia with the title fight
you want to see really Loebs tarmac speed or Hyundais tarmac speed?Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
I have no doubts about Loeb's tarmac speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
I have all the doubts about Loeb's tarmac speed with Hyundai. Being second-slowest WRC on Corsica does that.
If Neuville go with 30 pts from here, Ott need be 2nd and min 4th on PowerStageQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
If Ott finish 3rd or lower - it goes to Australia anyway
If Ott finishes 3rd, he needs 1p from PS to win the WDC in SpainQuote:
Originally Posted by KKS
edit: sry 4p
Big story if it’s right, David Evans must be confident in his sources to publish something like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
as we have seen plenty of times,almost every driver can make miracles, when setup the car properly for a particular round.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
If his setup is good, he will be fast.
The strange with Loeb is he still can match the speed of current drivers at his age ,with partial program,at a much faster car from these he used to rallied.