Silly Season 2020

before some months i had wrote about a feeling i had, that Linda had put pressure to wrc team about wins etc.
this ''feeling'' was from her tweets before rallies,but not only.

there somebody else mentioning same thing.

'''CEO Linda Jackson was a regular visitor to the Service Park and there had been numerous reports of her and management’s demands of the team. On the outside, the pressure and direct action from management into the sport is much bigger than we saw in the past and what we see in other manufacturer teams.''''

worth a read mates

http://www.racerviews.com/2019/11/15...-the-decision/

After next season Ogier and Loeb will be gone, maybe Sordo as well. So there are definitely places to fight for. Will be interesting to see what kind of programs Mikkelsen, Lappi, Breen, Paddon and Östberg (I count JML and Meeke being out) are able to arrange for themselves in 2020. Seems like the silly season will be far from over even when the line-ups have been confirmed.

I’m wondering if the promoter should be speaking to the teams and negotiating subsidising a third / fourth car to get the numbers up.
We may have a cracking fight for the WDC in store, especially with Ogier in that weapon, but the total field being 8 WRC cars, then the series is in a complete shit state. Genuinely worried about the future and let’s face it, the new regs for 2022 don’t sound like they are designed to save money.

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Originally Posted by T16

We may have a cracking fight for the wed in store, especially with Ogier in that weapon, but the total field being 8 WRC cars, then the series is in a complete shit state. Genuinely worried about the future and let’s face it, the new regs for 2022 don’t sound like they are designed to save money.

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It's not as good as it could be, but I wouldn't call it shit just yet. It has been worse. We started 1997 with 5 factory cars, and the post-Subaru era (whatever it's called) in 2009-2010 wasn't that great either.

One imagines Lappi is now regretting leaving Toyota at the end of 2018.

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Originally Posted by Allez Andruet

It's not as good as it could be, but I wouldn't call it shit just yet. It has been worse. We started 1997 with 5 factory cars, and the post-Subaru era (whatever it's called) in 2009-2010 wasn't that great either.

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I can’t think of one other world championship motorsport category that has 8 entries.
It’s shit.
They need to have a serious think about what is wrong and work out how to get more manufacturers involved.

Citroen Racing has posted on their FB page couple of hours ago - but nothing related to the leaving, just some Sebs interview. So IMHO this confirms that they are leaving. Otherwise, considering how high attention this speculation has received today, it would have costed them nothing to reply and deny it in FB. Lets see...

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Originally Posted by t16

i can’t think of one other world championship motorsport category that has 8 entries.
It’s shit.
They need to have a serious think about what is wrong and work out how to get more manufacturers involved.

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wec?

Well, why would they rush, people are talking about them...and they can drag it further and longer.

Budar just denied it in some French interview. Not that it has to mean anything.