Why would VW even want to have 2 drivers like JML and Ogier together? It would be Colin and Carlos at Subaru all over again...
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Why would VW even want to have 2 drivers like JML and Ogier together? It would be Colin and Carlos at Subaru all over again...
I can't see Latvala and Ogier working as a driver combination.
If I were in Volkswagen's shoes, I'd be looking at getting Mads Ostberg in. He's young and he's fast, and he's a lot more refined than the likes of Tanak
If Ostberg wasn't available, I'd be looking at Theirry Neuville. Citroen evidently think highly of him, which would make luring him over that much more difficult, but for Volkswagen to poach two of Citroen's biggest stars would a major coup.
My third choice would be the eternal journeyman, Chris Atkinson (the Atko we saw in Germany, not the Atko in Finland). I think he's a solid, dependable choice who knows when to push for position, but doesn't get carried away by his own success.
I'd also look at setting up a customer team like M-Sport and picking out a couple of rising stars there - maybe put Hayden Paddon and Craig Breen together in a team with a view to promoting them to a works drive at some point in the future.
Naming Atko you could as well name PG as driver for VW along Ogier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
I wasn't really that impressed by Andersson when he was driving for Suzuki. Maybe the SX4 wasn't a great rally car to begin with - Suzuki weren't overly interested in it - but Atkinson impressed me when he was with Subaru in a way Andersson hasn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rallyper
Besides, Atkinson would be my third choice for Volkswagen. I think Ogier-Ostberg would be the best way forward, followed by Ogier-Neuville and then Ogier-Atkinson. Andersson would be my fifth choice at best; it just occurred to me that Kris Meeke might be another potential candidate.
I still think it will be Ogier and JML but Sordo and Ogier is probably the best combination. VW and driver recruitment seems a strange thing, remember Nasser and Petter were almost dead certainties, then that went cold and Jari Matti has been linked to VW since that first night lsunch in Portugal 2011. I'm just wondering why the JML announcement hasnt happened? Maybe Jari Matti should stay one more year at Ford (2013) then join Toyota in 2014.
Rovanpera was quicker in his F-cup rwd BMW at some warm up event prior to Rally Finland compared to his times in the Suzuki.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
Sordo was entered at the event to get some Finnish road experience and some of the wise-guy Finns here posted the times and the difference between his normal WRC times in the Suzuki and Sordos times was whatever, and he was noticably closer gap in the rwd BMW..
That says something about the Suzuki.
Right, but of course you was saying that the driver was Gardemeister, not Rovanperä...Quote:
Originally Posted by janvanvurpa
Yeah yeah sorry, very confusing all those Finnish names.. I mean where the hell did a Finn get a name like Gardemeister?Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
Shouldn't it at least be Kardimesteri or Kardimesterinenen?? Then at least we could remember it better.. Please tell him to change is name.
kiitos.
Janni Vainalantikhammi
I think you underestimate PG´s speed a lot. Look what he´s doing right now with the Protn. That´s impressing to me. And he has a lot of experience as well...Quote:
Originally Posted by Prisoner Monkeys
Back to VW in 2013...Why can't Hanninen be added to the like up with Andreas and Seb? He has won x3 consecutive s2000 European titles; but VW seems not to be picking up the phone. Also if it comes to it Andreas could be a number 2 driver with Seb now I think.