[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

Ogier seems to get on really well with Tanak recently... good interaction and clear mutual respect. I think M-Sport is a real possibility with the other comment about him liking to have worked with MW.

His Citroen history, and Meeke's comments about him this season, does not look like a good fit at all.

Hyundai.. who knows, but they do seem settled and their current drivers in decent form.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

I am not sure...

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It's close I admit but in my opinion he's as fast as Neuville and more consistent, faster than Sordo overall (maybe not on tarmac) and just as consistent and more complete than Paddon at the moment.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Ogier seems to get on really well with Tanak recently... good interaction and clear mutual respect. I think M-Sport is a real possibility with the other comment about him liking to have worked with MW.

His Citroen history, and Meeke's comments about him this season, does not look like a good fit at all.

Hyundai.. who knows, but they do seem settled and their current drivers in decent form.

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I'm not sure those things matter so much. In the end Citroen and Ogier both want to win and I think together they have the best chance.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Marc Martí Moreno ‏@MarcMartiWRC · 4h4 hours ago


@CarlosdelBarrio I believe that safe Latvala at the Finish/Toyota Team

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I bet phonecalls have already been made ;)

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Originally Posted by itix

He said (and was absolutely correct) that speculative articles are nothing to base your facts on. When we find a source with facts (which we have now) he would join the debate.

That's it. You are working yourself up for nothing.

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Speculative ? No, they had good sources. This was proven today.

And anyway when a story was this big we are supposed to ignore it until its 100% confirmed ?!

There is fair cynicism and then there is this 'I'm so cool I dont believe anything' attitude, which is just pathetic.

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Originally Posted by dimviii

Marc Martí Moreno ‏@MarcMartiWRC · 4h4 hours ago


@CarlosdelBarrio I believe that safe Latvala at the Finish/Toyota Team

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In fact Marc and Carlos were just guessing future possibilities.

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Originally Posted by seb_sh

I'm not sure those things matter so much. In the end Citroen and Ogier both want to win and I think together they have the best chance.

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I'm convinced Ford/M-Sport wouldn't refuse some titles either.

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Originally Posted by seb_sh

Hyundai would need to spend some cash to drop one of their drivers and grab one of the VW boys, not sure if it's worth going for Latvala but Ogier and Mikkelsen could replace any of their drivers and be an improvement.

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I wouldn't say so. Ofcourse, Ogier will probably win the title with any of the teams (except for Toyota perhaps), but I don't think Latvala or especially Mikkelsen will be that kind of huge assets they're being marketed at the moment. I think a lot of WRC-caliber drivers would at least have done the same results as Mikkelsen, if they had been given FOUR FULL SEASONS in the best car of the series. The same almost goes for Latvala as well, but atleast he's shown remarkable speed few times (none this year however) during that four-year period.

Is this an opportunity for Skoda to enter WRC? Let's hope so!

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Originally Posted by Allez Andruet

FOUR FULL SEASONS

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Part time testing is different from full-time, so I wouldn't say he was at equal terms with Ogier/Latvala.