Originally Posted by
mknight
Gone is any chance of Citroen attracting another top line driver
Yes that's 100% true, after Sardinia there might have been doubts, after Poland it's very unlikely others are interested until Citroen show stable good results in at least 2 rallies in a row. (again explains why Mikkelsen probably wasn't interested in Finland)
I didn't write anywhere that Lefevbre was the target. I wrote how Mikkelsen did and that it was not good, but not terribly bad either (and certainly massive improvement over Sardinia). Seems like you are seeing things that just aren't written.
On the other hand there are some facts that are quite funny:
1. First time Citroen had 2 cars in top 10 (in 8th rally of the season!!!)
2. Best Citroen PowerStage result so far comes from a replacement driver in his 2nd rally in the car, on wet, with setup made during the rally. (yes, not like every driver was competing it, but that's how it is on most powerstages).
One or multiple parts of the Citroen package (team, car, drivers) have issues. You seem to think it's only the cars/engineer's fault, I don't think the reality is that simple.
Still a bit of a shame as it would be nice to have 4 equal teams. On the other hand on a bit selfish note, it's better than Citroen dominating VW-style.