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I believe it's unfair to dismiss Seb. Chardonnet judging from his WRC-2 season so far. The car was late and not that competitive out-of-the-box. He drove a WRcar in a WRC event only once and he finished 10th. Give him an Elfyn Evans season in 2015 and he will be up to speed in '16. In case Citroen will still be in the WRC by then.
Obviously VW will be the same.
Hyundai- Neuville Sordo / On the N Team Padoon( i hope he wont i think at the moment there are many better drivers. Hirvonen could be interesting)
Citroen - Meeke( Petter Solberg maybe? :) ) Ostberg and in 2015 will be the third Citroen WRC like earlier years. That will be driven by Sebastien Chardonnet and Stephane Lefebvr will be with R5!!
M-Sport- Evans and Ott Tanak and on some events maybe Quentin Gilbert??
If Petter come back, it could be very interesting, which team that he will choose ( M-Sport or Citroen) He won the RX with DS3
I don't think Petter is coming back. Recently he said that he was aiming for a manufacturer support to continue his fight in RX.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sch17
Thats sad :( . I think WRC needs his EnergyQuote:
Originally Posted by Co-driven
http://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/octob...8--12-12-.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by GigiGalliNo1
next time keep those retarded rumours you hear from your nobody "inside" sources to yourself...
I can imagine Eric Camilli entering JWRC 2015, winning it and getting the DS3 R5 for WRC2 2016 :D
Hopefully Hirvonen has a greater chance of staying with M-Sport for next season after his result this weekend. Let's not forget he is 4th in the championship and the only drivers ahead of him are all the Volkswagens.
It would be a mistake to get rid of him for Tanak, as has been most commonly suggested.
You pay, you stay. Simple.
Do you think it will be better with Hirvonen next year and possible to compete with VW-boys? What's the point of another season like this ? Yes he did a good job here in Spain but it's one of the highlights this season what was general speaking not a good year, specially if you look to the difference in (stage-)times and when you look at his results compare with his teammate Evans. You mus remember Hirvonen is the driver with the most experience of all. Last year he had all in hands to win (rally's and possible than the title) but there was already the missing extra drive, the extra speed to fight with Ogier and Latvala. I like the man for sure, he's good but it's time for fresh new drivers. Look at Meeke this season, he was (not for me after his speed last year in specially Finland and also in Australia) still the suprise for many and he has proven he is his seat more than worth in the WRC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack4688`
In my view Hirvonen will retire and a new job could be to develop the new Toyota WRC if they get the green light from the headquarters. Or to move on like Petter in to the WRX.
Next week Hyundai will come with the news that Neuville and Paddon will drive the full season with Sordo & Hanninen in a third car. That's what i believe. I hope even a fourth car for Kevin Abbring.
Citroën, well there's not much to choose on, Meeke is fixed i believe, second car is for Ostberg again with hopefully Kevin Abbring in a third car, or Tanak (he did most of the WRC-rally's at least two times) when there's only money for two cars.
M-Sport will pick up what's left over (and with money your chances are better).
It is way too early to put Paddon to Hyundai main team. I hope he does all the rallies with Hyundai N team next year (They can get more feedback from competition+more testing days), Neuville will be driver nr 1 and driver nr 2 will be Sordo+ Hänninen for some events on gravel+snow.