Kris meeke- the fastest driver with no seat

I think that its time to veterans: Loix

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Originally Posted by EightGear

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Originally Posted by Rallyper

Matton said he has a choice of 7-8 drivers on a list from which shall be decided drivers in next years line up. I guess we can count in Neuville as #1 driver. Why not a youngster like Pontus Tidemand (yes - I know what yuo´ll accuse me for) but he is one out of a very few drivers who has his future still coming. And he´s proven fast even in a WRC car. I think he´d be #3 i Citroen. Mikko of course stays at Citroen as #2.

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When did he say that?

I guess Hans Weijs would be one of them too.

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I saw it on swedish WRC sum up programme tonight.

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Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira

I think that its time to veterans: Loix

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No.

Loix still better than Meeke, Sordo,.... (My opinion).

Why only bet on young drivers? This is not football, nothing to win on future transfer...

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Originally Posted by Mirek

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Originally Posted by rallyfun

Anyway the truth is last three rallies Sordo 37 - Meeke 0

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That's nice but does not help to understand the real situation. Matton saw clearly through the season that a team of perfect No.2 drivers can't win the championship. This season is lost and he must desperately find some way to defeat Volkswagen and Ogier. With Hirvonen and Sordo he will never manage that. So he tried Meeke as a logical step when he was already in the team as main test driver. The attempt failed but that doesn't mean it didn't worth trying when there was nothing to loose.

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I don't agree the season was lost, they were in quite good position to win manufacturers title. It is very likely that Sordo would bring some points from Australia. I think Matton was outspoken by Khalid with drivers choice.

Where do you think Sordo would have finished?

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Originally Posted by noel157

Where do you think Sordo would have finished?

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Don't know but he could bring some points for Citroen, dispite all critics he is still consistant.

Yes he was consistent on gravel, just not to Citroen's standard of consistency. Unfortunate.

even though he made mistakes i would let meeke drive wales rally GB, after all it's his "home" rally and he could score solid points there, plus if Citroen do intend to retain his services for next year then he needs more time driving the DS3 WRC.

I think there is not much to talk in this thread any more. Three big crashes in 2 rallies says it all. Yes he had the speed when he had the best starting position in Australia. But when the conditions were more equal then he started to drop down slowly until he crashed.