[WRC] 73. Secto Rally Finland 2024

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Originally Posted by WRCStan

Odd words from Seb at the end "I have to see if we do a full campaign but it looks like I have no other option. It is not my priority anymore but we'll see."

Is he contractually obliged to do more events if Toyota require it?

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Probably Toyota will push him to do it as long as he has a realistic chance to the title

Maybe Hyundai should really consider snatching Adrien for a third driver. They absolutely need a consistent driver and right now, he is among the best one for that role. M-Sport should be okay with Sesks knocking on the door.

Ogier winning 9th title while complaining like accountant doing overtime would be funny.

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Originally Posted by deephouse

Maybe Hyundai should really consider snatching Adrien for a third driver. They absolutely need a consistent driver and right now, he is among the best one for that role. M-Sport should be okay with Sesks knocking on the door.

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Neuville/Tanak/Fourmaux would be strong team. Evans could be available for M-Sport, I would not be surprised if Toyota would replace him with Pajari for next year.

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Originally Posted by COD

Probably Toyota will push him to do it as long as he has a realistic chance to the title

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He is playing mind games, we all know, the whole world of rallying knows that. The team doesn't need to ask him to do that, because obviously he has a chance and he will go for it. He just said like that, that it seems like he wants to mess with some heads. Neuville clearly doesn't expect to be that easy.

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Originally Posted by macebig

Without the road accident in Poland, Ogier would be the favourite for the title. He could still be, depending on how Greece and Chile goes. Right now, Neuville appears to be the strongest.

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The WRC championship is a dying discipline because no new manufactures are attracted to it compared with such flourishing championships like WEC and F1. A true shame because they are litterally driving to survive and a shoe-in for Netflix/Amazon.

If a part-time driver like Ogier is still a favorite to win WRC 2024 then something is verry wrong about this wonderful action sport.

Nah, I feel Toyota are about to waive Rovanpera off till Japan and push Ogier to do the whole championship,which he isn't very happy with regardless of his title chances.

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Originally Posted by deephouse

Maybe Hyundai should really consider snatching Adrien for a third driver. They absolutely need a consistent driver and right now, he is among the best one for that role. M-Sport should be okay with Sesks knocking on the door.

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One question is whether he would be consistent in a Hyundai. The other is how fast he really is, Sesks was the only point of reference this year and was better.

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Originally Posted by Sergiow

The WRC championship is a dying discipline because no new manufactures are attracted to it compared with such flourishing championships like WEC and F1. A true shame because they are litterally driving to survive and a shoe-in for Netflix/Amazon.

If a part-time driver like Ogier is still a favorite to win WRC 2024 then something is verry wrong about this wonderful action sport.

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Or, he's one of the best the sport has ever seen.

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Originally Posted by Sergiow

If a part-time driver like Ogier is still a favorite to win WRC 2024 then something is verry wrong about this wonderful action sport.

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More like in WRC drivers are more likely to crash or suffer from road changes due to cleaning or rain. If you add 5 extra drivers, things like road cleaning or "stealing" points would be even worse.

Also remember that Loeb won championship as a "part timers" due to injury as well.