Hopefully history won’t repeat itself and we also won't see Hyundai pulling the plug after 2023.Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
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Hopefully history won’t repeat itself and we also won't see Hyundai pulling the plug after 2023.Quote:
Originally Posted by rp
If Loubet share the car with Ogier, then it could beQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
Rovanpera
Evans
Loubet +Ogier
Katsuta
or
Rovanpera
Tanak
Loubet +Ogier
Katsuta
So no matter how Katsuta will still be the second Toyota team driver,Can't score for the Factory Toyota
Dirtfish podcast moots that Katsuta will be given 2023 full season in the official TGR Team (3rd car') and be nominated points scorer in events Ogier doesnt do.
Yes, we have spoken of this rumor already here before JapanQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
But this is AFTER Japan... and Katsuta being the highest Toyota and on the podium will give him more kudos with the team.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnttiL
Being team leader at Citroen and being equal no.1 with Suninen at M Sport is not comparable and you know that. He also didn't go to M Sport, because they wanted him as team leader, but because it was his only option. He was just a "refugee" there.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
And you know that I used MSport as the extreme example of where the "have to be no.1" thinking can go.Quote:
Originally Posted by becher
In first place he went to Citroen cause he wanted to be no.1 there over no.3 at Toyota. When he did that Toyota was the fastest car and would win manu title that year. Citroen was the weakest of the 4 teams with a car that was clearly twitchy and worked only on a few events.
This year it is seemingly much simpler, since Hyundai while overall weaker than the Toyota has improved a lot in second part of the season and he will go from part-time to fulltime.
But still he is leaving the team that wins manu that year for a team that struggles.
waiting for the official announcements after we've been through all permutations three times
https://media.tenor.com/sR6tkmxxrhQA...ssed-bored.gif
Official announcement should be today, or Friday, not too long to wait, try to hang on :P
About Tänak? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
What about you, staying in South-Korea or moving elsewhere?Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
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About Hyundai. About me, you need to wait ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by flat_right
So Hyundai this week, Toyota next week, Bluuford Christmas?Quote:
Originally Posted by bluuford
Did anyone watch the Nirto Rallycross at the weekend? Kris Meeke was driving and in a interview was asked what he was up to next year and said he had a chance to get back into a WRC car 😱
White and red coloured dresscode would perfectly match with Christmas time :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Franky
What will RedGrey do in 2023?
M-Sport WRC2 or ERC official team? :spin:
I keep hearing that and keep wondering who in their right mind would hire him.Quote:
Originally Posted by lankey555
Toyota in 2019 was a bit of a shock in itself after he got kicked from Citroen for crashing. Then his crashes lost Toyota the title and he hasn't driven anything but 2-3 rallies in the 3 years since...and still managed to crash on them.
Let's see, there surely won't be lack of entertainment if he drives.
EDiT: Well it could be a tactic to send him to stress Toyotas to push and crash, but that's contrary to what Moncet said on DF. (wanting a driver that can adapt his approach)
Sadly I think he would crash before the targets are pushed into doing a mistake.Quote:
Originally Posted by mknight
defintely red and white colors i understood.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
if anything, that is a big hint Ott is not going to M-Sport. Not subtle enough, so he must be trolling a bit :DQuote:
Originally Posted by seb_sh
why you thinks it hint it's not msport??Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
Squeezing the last drops of the silly season :DQuote:
Originally Posted by focus206
Bruno Thiry finished his last rally with Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe with a victory. The opener of the Belgian duo bows out after ten years of collaboration with the pilot. "We consider that this rally was the most difficult of the year, very winding, very slow. The road conditions were dirty due to the bad weather of the last few weeks. Thierry and Martijn were at the top of their game, they twirled in difficult conditions. Why am I stopping? At some point, you have to know how to turn the page, I've been working with Thierry for ten years. They were good years."
https://www.rtbf.be/article/bruno-th...nnees-11103505
Because the "hint" Gerard is giving is too obvious, with all those Estonian flags. He would be basically admitting Ott is going to M-Sport and I don't see a world champion being unofficially announced like that, in some funny tweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1988senna
But I hope to be wrong, as I'd like to see Ott in M-Sport.
Pirelli contract finish when? RMC 2023 still have that.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhtFpDdX...pg&name=medium
WRC3 Junior (JWRC) in Monte-Carlo 2023?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhtFZVmX...jpg&name=large
https://www.wrc.com/en/news/news-arc...c-tyre-tender/Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Four year deal so 2023 and 2024 still.
Possibly WRC3 Junior becomes WRC2 Junior style, any round and open to all juniors; and they bring back JWRC on top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Makes sense. No more WRC2 Masters? It was good in 2022.
WRC2 Masters a good thing? Nobody knows these hobby drivers.. except Miele who now was brought up and happened to be in WRC top10Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre Oliveira
Nobody knows Freddy Loix? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by TypeR
Well, it was still quite irrelevant series...
Still got more entries than combined WRC3.
With idea of "masters" category we have came few years ago in ERC. Idea was to have dedicated category for "lets say gentleman" drivers, who should be able to fight between each other for the trophy including all media coverage. I think in ERC it should have a sense as there is time and place to promoter it. In WRC it is in shadow of all other categories, everybody is interested only in WRC/Rally1 cars, also WRC2 in basic is in a shadow. Almost nobody cares about WRC2 Masters. And result of our proposal? It was refused by FIA to be brought as WRC2 Masters later...
How about his next tweet....Quote:
Originally Posted by focus206
https://twitter.com/WRCgerardquinn/s...fGFDafBCyw5hgw
Could it be that MSport becomes one of Martin/Tanak duos new business projects?It is doubtful that MW has found the new title sponsor who would pay for this. Tanaks going to MS without a pay should be considered as an investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
Troll master Gerard Quinn? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC
who's this Gerard Quinn ? sorry for not very familiar with this masterQuote:
Originally Posted by focus206
M-sport's business these days is probably nothing close the good years like 10 years ago, i don't know how much money RedGrey has, is it possible they have buyed a share of M-sport?
Both Tänak and Märtin looking at the business side of theire doings, both has probably good relations to MW also, maybe this is not farfetched?
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He was senior manager in Ford Motorsport/Performance Europe. I believe he retired about 2 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1988senna