Amount of profit they're making is so unreal. How Toyota even accepts that?
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Amount of profit they're making is so unreal. How Toyota even accepts that?
One option can be that they got bonuses for every podium and even better for first place since they weren't really expected to have many in the first year.
Now when making the budget for the year they can't count they will get the bonuses and if they then get them they only add up.
Toyota`s pure profit was 5.88 BILLION dollars during the last quarter so probably they see no problem in TMR`s profit also...
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💬 "This is a very exciting experience. I see it as an opportunity to broaden my racing horizons and gain more experience."
- @SebOgier
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Sounds to me like he's looking elsewhere away from WRC for his future.
Very interesting. Not his first circuit racing foray, but at this stage in his career let's see how he gets on and whether his head gets turned. Tough series to be dropped into the middle of though...
If he looses title I don't think he'll leave.
If he wins it's more likely than last year as he has shown real speed again so he would retire on a high.
Ogier and DTM photos
https://www.motorsport.com/dtm/photo...%5B0%5D=260194
I'm surprised to see him on a Mercedes, i guess he has no links anymore with VW at all (Audi in dtm)?
Sébastien Loeb today in France for one day testing ► http://bit.ly/2AX6Q4W
Yes of course, and as someone wrote here even 6,8mill is pocket change for Toyota. My point was that building up a new facility and having to buy new machines etc instead of that already existing in Köln is extra costs even for Toyota and since TMR basically works independent from Toyota they naturally are in the business to make a profit as well.
All in all TMR has done a good job so I doubt them making a profit is of concern for Toyota
That is also why they move only partially to Estonia
Video Test Days Loeb today in France to prepare Rallyracc with C3WRC
► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PqBgvghUFA
Time to kick off some rumors again (taken from autosport podcast)
Makkinen supposedly saying in Finland that his ideal lineup for next year would be Ogier, Neuville, Tanak. Well Toyota could probably afford it, but would say Neuville want to be in a team like that? Also wasn't he supposedly uninterested in Ogier even last year?
Lappi as a possible lead driver for Citroen (in case Ogier doesn't go there). That's imo an interesting thought. Doesn't look likely, but would be interesting on many levels. Lappi, Breen and Řstberg looks like decent team for probably not that much money. Still no "established" tarmac driver (2 good legs on Corsica for Lappi is not enough for me).
to add some more fuel :D ...
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https://p1.wrc.com/
https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/augu...3--12-12-.html
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Today Ogier testing for Deutschland Rallye, video ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWhz-VcwsAs
Hyundai not happy. :D
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fyi FX Demaison married Marie-Pierre Rossi (PR Citroen) this week end, with Peter Solberg and Marcus Gronholm as best men... Rallying is definitely a small world.
Pic:
https://twitter.com/Petter_Solberg/s...07366915342338
(note how small Petter is compared with Marcus)
https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...undai-contract
Neuville sticking with Hyundai
Hello folks!
I don't want to spam you or anything like that! But I would like to know if you had the chance to see this new fan scheme announced by WRC:
Press release: https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/augu...3--12-12-.html
I'm heading to Germany this weekend, and got very curious about it! Anyone else had a chance to see it?
It's not confirmed yet.
However I can see Hyundai preferring Neuville over Ogier at this point (he knows the car/team and can fight for title, Ogier would be an unknown and possibly costly as well). Only question is if Citroen might try to snatch Neuville. (Msport likely working hard to keep Ogier).
As to the other positions. I think Hyundai is actually quite satisfied with their lineup this year. Sure Mikkelsen is underperforming and so is Paddon (compared with 2016) but overall the results are decent enough. Question is if the drivers, or more specially Paddon is satisfied or whether he'd prefer to go to Citroen to do full season instead. (I can't see Hyundai letting Paddon drive full season instead of Mikkelsen due to his tarmac pace and Sordo said he doesn't want to do full season any more). One interesting option might be to try to get Lappi for a full season.
Overall if we count with 3 seats at Citroen there are 12 seats in WRC teams and 12 drivers (Paddon and Sordo sharing). While numerous drivers are underperforming (Latvala, Mikkelsen, Evans ++) they have all shown some good results/times as well. So there is no driver that clearly doesn't seem to deserve a seat (like Lefevbre looked last year).
At the same time how many drivers are there outside that you would instantly put into WRC manu car? I'd say 2: Meeke and Tidemand. Meeke is a lottery, possibly a costly one. So that leaves Tidemand which has no experience with WRC car yet. Sure some team might try to get some talent in early and see how it turns out, but it was usually Msport doing that and they already have kind of a low-cost "young" team with Evans and Suninen. Toyota has Lappi and Citroen Breen. Hyundai might let Huttunen in at some point but it's now too early.
If both Ogier and Neuville stays, which is probably happening.
And citroen keeps Breen and Řstberg who will be 3rd and likely leading Citroen driver ?
I believe we have 1 open factory seat if Paddon/Sordo keep sharing or if Paddon goes somewhere and Sordo doesn´t want full season Hyundai needs 0,5 driver.