Neuville and Sordo.Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
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Neuville and Sordo.Quote:
Originally Posted by dupanton
Brand new era...
I'd be very happy to see Neuville take Loeb's seat for a few rallies to get him factory experience, however if Citroen plan to pull out of WRC at the end of next year maybe better to go for Sordo or Solberg as there is no point looking for long-term prospects with only 1 season to go! If they plan to be here for the long haul then developing Neuville is wise.
No, Citroen's WRC future is "secured", at least for 2013:
Citroen's World Rally Championship secured by partnership with Abu Dhabi - WRC news - AUTOSPORT.com
The future of WRC is looking promising for the next few years. There's 1 factory seat in VW and two more in Hyundai. So who can be the factory drivers for those two teams? What do you think gyus?
A lot of options.
IF Mini does get their **** together it will be even better.
Meeke, Mikkelsen, Abbring, Paddon, Ostberg, Novikov, PGA, Hanninen all deserve a factory seat IMO.
Mikkelsen and Abring have said they're contracted for next year. Apparently VW are still going to run a Skoda programme of some kind in WRC next year to keep them match fit. Starting Portugal I think it said (Autosport)Quote:
Originally Posted by EightGear
Meeke - probably only rated for a UK-derived drive owing to his passport.
Ostberg - would Malcolm want to give up both the income he currently gets, plus have to possibly pay him in a factory seat? That's a big hit to his business.
Novikov - he'd want to bring a big wedge of cash. He's still too inconsistent.
At last.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielder
Yeh but that's what I mean - if they pull out at the end of 2013 after developing Neuville next year then it would be a waste. Better to go out with a bang and get a complete, world class driver for the last year, and out of the available/semi-available driver only Petter and Sordo classify as that. If they're going to compete another 5 years then develop Neuville as by 2014/15 he may be the new Loeb? Who knows?Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
They will continue in WRC after 2013 but not with Citroën brand. They will just bring back the Lion.