Silly Season 2026

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Originally Posted by Eli

I don't know, I'm tired of the speculation, someone just post once he's in Toyota or stays put, their trolling is too much! Weirdest case scenario would be if he said he's taking a year off to fight off Toyota with a Lancia Ypsilon...

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I kind of thinking for a while now that Tanak will be placed in Lancia or Subaru (if the dream will come true), like some kind of a underdog. In Hyundai he will never achieve much, Ford is too slow for him and Toyota have Ogier. He need to be absolute first in the team that supports him with trust and performance.

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Originally Posted by TypeR

Year in Toyota with Solberg while building Subaru 27' :D

Hopefully we are smarter in couple of days..

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And maybe with Petter & Pernilla as team managers @ Subaru?

Ott and Oli in Toyota? Dont make me dream, guys!

Estonian commentators had a good and an interesting point today that maybe Tänak is driving with the old machine since CER because he is going to Toyota and they don’t see a point then or don’t want Tänak to develop the 25 car.

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Estonian commentators had a good and an interesting point today that maybe Tänak is driving with the old machine since CER because he is going to Toyota and they don’t see a point then or don’t want Tänak to develop the 25 car.

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Are they really developing the car? Seems like they aren't. I wonder if Fourmaux would still be in M-Sport, if Puma would be somehow better car than i20 this year.

Well developing wrong way is also a development

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Originally Posted by EstWRC

Estonian commentators had a good and an interesting point today that maybe Tänak is driving with the old machine since CER because he is going to Toyota and they don’t see a point then or don’t want Tänak to develop the 25 car.

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I was thinking about it also, but if I remember correctly, then Tänak tested both cars and decided to go with the old one. At least this is what they have presented to the public; the reality can be somewhere else.

Tanak, and his future, reminds me of that old saying about Russia, "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma."