[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

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Originally Posted by spiderem

the solution is simple to please everyone (except few grumpy old rally fan from this forum), ogier to drive a C3 in DMack team! (pure fantaisie).
- Malcom get a piece of the cake as i understand he owns DMack (partly?) and can manage ogier
- Matton get ogier to drive his car
- Championship remains very open and interesting (dmack "lower" performance offset ogier's incredible pace)
- DMack gets a huge opportunity to work with the world champion and get good publicity

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I don't know what will happen, but that will never happen. Just no way. No!

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Originally Posted by macebig

Because they have their No1s.Hyundai has Paddon and Citroen has Meeke.

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Paddon is not Hyundai's #1.

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Originally Posted by macebig

Because they have their No1s.Hyundai has Paddon and Citroen has Meeke.

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Wherever Ogier will go he will be nr.1 it`s that simple. And every team wanting to be world champion should be interested in him.

Yes he is.He is the one who guided the development of the 2017 i20,the team is gathering around him,marketing focus has shifted from Thierry to Paddon.In my book,that's No 1.

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Originally Posted by macebig

Because they have their No1s.Hyundai has Paddon and Citroen has Meeke.

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Says who ?

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Originally Posted by macebig

In my book,that's No 1.

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I think your book is not taken seriously by the teams though, sorry for the disappointment.

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Originally Posted by spiderem

the solution is simple to please everyone (except few grumpy old rally fan from this forum), ogier to drive a C3 in DMack team! (pure fantaisie).
- Malcom get a piece of the cake as i understand he owns DMack (partly?) and can manage ogier
- Matton get ogier to drive his car
- Championship remains very open and interesting (dmack "lower" performance offset ogier's incredible pace)
- DMack gets a huge opportunity to work with the world champion and get good publicity

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And everybody is happy, except... Ogier :)))

And you are?The janitor or the president?Paddon is Hyundai's No1 driver and who doesn't see it is totally oblivious to how teams work...

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Originally Posted by macebig

And you are?The janitor or the president?Paddon is Hyundai's No1 driver and who doesn't see it is totally oblivious to how teams work...

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Unless you can see the contracts there is no way to know that. Why is Paddon still in the #20 for half the events if he is the defacto number one guy? I'd say certainly Hayden had the chance to wrestle that mantle of #1 away from Neuville this year but look at the results and look at the championship. Hyundai still have that leadership issue next year, but at least now the FIA has saved them the trouble of nominating drivers.

Neuville is No.1 Hyundai guy not Paddon. At least for now.