Not sure Citroen should be so upset about it, just look at it as a free development year if he should return...
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Not sure Citroen should be so upset about it, just look at it as a free development year if he should return...
Behind them there's Infront Sports & Media, one of the main assets the WRC could agree. They have a great clients portfolio, as they manage UEFA/IAAF events, but also football leagues like French Ligue1 and Italian Serie A. It's great news, for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
Now we can hope for a wider distribution and sell of the TV rights to free-to-air channels...
Personally, I don't think they have any right to be upset about it. A driver has the right to make a decision about his future that he feels is the best for him. If Neuville's contract with Citroen had expired and he accepted a deal with Ford because he felt that was the best place for him to be, then Citroen have nothing to complain about. If they lost a driver that they wanted to hold onto, then perhaps they should have tried a little harder to keep him.Quote:
Originally Posted by SubaruNorway
ogier?
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Originally Posted by Mirek
Citroen has no reason to get upset at Neuville. I think it was easy choice for him. And Citroen also ranting about Ogier, well, if Citroen did not deny Ogier a fair chance into the drivers championship, he will not leave Citroen. But as we all know, all citroen team backing up Loeb, he is the 1st driver, he is the one who have to win. And I am semi happy because of Loeb's semi retirement. But still, I think there will be some dramas in the events he will take part in.
As I was saying the other day, I think Yves Matton is too conservative in his driver choices. He seems to be quite content letting drivers get their feet wet driving for other manufacturers before poaching them away. But conversely, he seems to get quite upset when one of those other manufacturers does to Citroen what he is more than willing to do to them, and steal their talent away. It's as if Matton seems to think he should have the first pick of the driver market, and that everyone else needs to wait their turn and sign up whoever is left over.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frostmourne
If that is indeed Matton's attitude toward it all, then I find it rather disgusting. Citroen's success might make driving for them an appealing prospect for any up-and-coming driver, but that does not give the team rights that the others do not. If he really wants to foster some loyalty, then perhaps he and Citroen should consider supporting privateer teams a bit more. I cannot help but notice that for all their success and the car's strengths, relatively few drivers choose to use a DS3 - particularly in comparison to Ford. In fact, the only three privateer teams using DS3s that I can think of in recent years were Van Merksteijn Motorsport, ICE-1 Racing and Petter Solberg WRT. Two of those have been shut down, and the Van Merksteijns have been rather quiet. If Citroen were willing to invest in younger talent, they would be rewarded in kind. A part of me believes they have already missed the boat in this regard, because once Loeb retires for good, the gap to the rest of the field is going to rapidly shrink. Mikko Hirvonen is likely to be the 2013 World Champion, but once Volkswagen have a year's experience under their belts, it's going to be a much tighter fight. Supporting privateers like Neuville and Ostberg would pay dividends later on, but Citroen's hubris will come back to haunt them sooner, rather than later.
I think the problem with this statement (which some 'no-nothing' at WRC's webmaster has clearly lifted direct from the Swiss Company's press release) is that it was probably written by someone who's first language isn't English and that the word which has come out as 'introduce' may well be a 'Googlish' error.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
BTW - Anyone else think Loeb's Citroen PA (in the accompanying picture on WRC.Com) is the very definition of 'caisses couilles'
Has anyone seen the press releas directly from HBS or Red Bull Media? I have searched for them to see directly what is said but could not find any.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintexmemory
you mean this? HBS: HBS APPOINTED TV PRODUCTION PARTNER OF WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 2013Quote:
Originally Posted by makinen_fan
It is a very big company and you cannot expect that their PR writer does know much about WRC. Important point is the fact that they have found a big company who does have many abilities to sell the product. many possibilities for cross marketig etc. As we learned from their PR the filming is still done by professionals.