Jarno Saari
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Someone has seen Didier Auriol in Jyväskylä yesterday
Face with monocle
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Jarno Saari
@SaariJarno
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Someone has seen Didier Auriol in Jyväskylä yesterday
Face with monocle
Good one 😬😬Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Colin Clark please
that would be fun, him explaining the things with his hand gestures and excitement, even when a driver goes off or car has a mechanical failure
Haha that would be tragical actuallyQuote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
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Wasnt Kaj Lindstrom originally in the frame for the job also?
It's been also mentioned he would be better for the team in his current positionQuote:
Originally Posted by Jewy46
are Ogier and Auriol good friends..?
khm, khm.. team orders :D
Miikka Anttila would be my choice out of those TGR insiders.Quote:
Originally Posted by meh
If I think about everyone in Toyota team i know... Kaj has very important job and I do not see replacement for him there, so, he must stay where he is... The best would be Norio, the one and the only Norio :)
can it be...no one?
I read on italian media a quote by Makinen saying "Toyota already has a complete hierarchy without adding people."
so all this fuss was just to entertain us? :D
should that be the case, it worked!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
it isnt Capito https://www.racefans.net/2020/12/17/...eam-principal/
Latvala is the new director.
That would be a surprise, wouldn't it?:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
pffff, what a disappointment
Latvala it is
https://toyotagazooracing.com/releas...c/1218-01.html
Latvala as Ogiers boss
Who could have seen this some years ago?
Actually it may not be so bad at all, considering his very detailed thinking about car setups and so on.. (like in Tänak's movie he asked many things that other's hadn't even heard..)
+ now he is Ogier's boss haha :D
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/katsu...a-keeps-faith/
Full season for Katsuta
Katsuta full season is good to him.
I'm very happy for him and I think he can be successful at this position!
Wow japanese really like JML. Interesting choice indeed
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Latvala as Ogier's boss... that really sounds interesting.
Lol Lavatla could not manage the pressure of just driving himself, what is it going to be when he has to manage 4 cars + a team behind! He already looks worried on the press release picture.
Congrats to Latvala.
Very curious to see how he will manage the same team,with the same startegy, against Adamo and the well known strategy with rotating drivers.
After 300 rallies and 14 years in the wrc he still couldn't find the right setup for most events. Weird to see why anyone would make him boss.Quote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
But then again, the best managers are usually not the best sportsman. We will see.
I'm very surprised by this choice. He always seemed to be emotionally unstable under pressure to me and absolutely not a manager type. Maybe I'm wrong but it will be very tough for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
it was the first thing which came to my mind also... quite funny... and interesting how it works out.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Maybe this is the real case - JML is just the face to outside, to be recognized and liked, kind of mascot in a good way. Actual job behind the scenes is done by Kaj Lindström.Quote:
Originally Posted by cali
Management and leadership is a strange thing.
Many styles can work, from the including, to the I tell- you do type.
I think JML will surprize us!
Have always liked him as a driver, driving with his heart on the sleeve!
I wish him the best of luck!
Exactly, good leader does not necessarily need to act like Adamo, neither does he necessarily need to micro-manage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sulland
That said not applying team orders, and not rotating drivers like they did this year, seems like a less successful strategy when results count. We will see if there will be some changes to that.
I really hope it works out for Latvala but I do see it as a bit of a romantic appointment by Mr Toyoda.
Latvala convinced him to bring Toyota back to WRC and also did a fine job in improving the new Yaris.
But the role of team manager is a whole different thing.
It's not like Ogier needs a manager to tell him how to manage rallies/his speed/mindset. Evans is pretty level headed and now quite comfortable running at the front amongst the top guys. Interesting how JML manages Kalle though, and his continued development.
But the biggest tests will be how JML manages his team/ mechanics and the development decisions relating to the new car (although im sure Fowler will be at the forefront of that).
What I'd be most intrigued about is team orders. If Ogier has Kalle fighting him for position/ a win towards the end of a rally..., can you imagine JML managing that situation well enough with Seb perhaps spitting his dummy out/putting the pressure on Jari to make a tough decision?
At least with Makinen, there was no team orders and Ogier had massive respect for a 4× champion.
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It´s two different things driving a rallycar at top level and managing a whole team. In the car it´s only you.
In the team principal position he has lot of advising people around him. Wish him best of luck and think he will be a great success.
I call myself Latvala's biggest fan, and to say I'm surprised is an understatement. Honestly, though I must admit his last two years in WRC were very underwhelming, i was still looking forward to a 2022 comeback or something, but...
I think he'll do well in this new role. I'm extremely happy he's back around, and luckily he's got three other capable, experienced people around him to manage the team with. I don't doubt his compassionate personality will do well to bring the team together, and the insight he can give to the drivers must be at the very worst a sidegrade from Tommi's decade old perspective on the championship as it stands today.
one thing for sure about Latvala,is that he ll be much more vocal at interviews compared to Makinen.