Well, personally, Greensmith, I find hard to see which rallies suit him best considering his past results.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Except Monte-Carlo (one win in R5 class against French guys + his last year drive), I found him very average everywhere; he did some good time in Croatia before his drop in results and confidence and maybe some rough rallyes; I think the place where Ogier won’t be there could cover a part of it (I would think Ogier out in Sweden, Croatia, Sardinia, Estonia, Finland + Greece or Chile).
Some people in another thread talked about Skoda RS: well, except if the family has limited the money, I don’t really see the point because I don’t think he has the speed for this.
Else, we know the program of Serderidis now apparently: Monte-Carlo, Mexico, Sardinia, Kenya, maybe Greece.
Probably that Bertelli will do as usual 2 rounds, Sweden (no incompatibility with fashion week this time) and probably one abroad one (Chile as in 2019?).
It would let a 3rd entry available (if we assume M-Sport is reducing his number of entries this year to purely paying drivers to focus on Tanak) for a 5-6 European round program with Croatia, Portugal, Estonia, Finland, maybe Greece and Central Europa (however, some rumors about Munster being authorized to do 1 or 2 Rally1 outings depending on his results). Well, not a bad shot for some drivers and probably available for less money than the Toyota 4th car (very expensive according to some drivers interviews). I wouldn’t be surprised to see a driver announcing a program like this a bit lately in February like Loubet did last year.
Question may be more about who: Mikkelsen probably knows it’s now his last chance to come back so maybe he is changing his mind about paying and is trying to find some backing? Huttunen sounds complicated considering Gronholm’s comments after Finland (and more globally, the situation sounds very loomy for him considering his last interview). A lot of young drivers have already set a big RC2 program. That type of program could suit Suninen also.
Some would say Loeb, I’m pretty pessimistic after Monte Carlo negotiations failed and I don’t see him going in Croatia (doesn’t seem to be appealed by it and W2RC calendar is not favorable), Estonia or Finland but one or two one-offs (Portugal and Greece especially) cannot be totally discarded but will depend a lot on his other involvements.
