Ogier with Ford??

I agree..

Guys! You forgot about one very important fact - Ogier made a first step! As Gerard Quinn said yesterday and Malcolm Wilson said today 'We were approached by his management team a while ago'.

As I understand Seb 2.0 start his own game :)

Very True Daniel. I agree.

Even if Ogier is intended to replace any of the Fins on the Ford team, I don't think Malcom would announce it before closing the deal with Ogier.

i think its in ogiers interest to cross over given that he cant be allowed to win any more rallies while loeb is still citroens no 1 which i dont think makes him happy although hes french,just look at his reactions when he is told to sweep roads for loeb to win while he could also win in his position.Jordan was a good example of those wicked team orders.

It says that the 2 Finns are under contract for 2011 with Ford. The question could be are they under contract with M-Sport or FORD ? If they are under contract with M-Sport, like Kresta was in 2005, one of the 2 Finns could easily be bumped in a non scoring car. I don't think Jouhki has forgotten to specify his Finns have to be the nominated drivers...unless there is performance clause for M-Sport, which would make sense too.

The other interesting thing is Ogier went to them, which is normal in my opinion. His manager (vatanen's son) is just probing around.

If Ogier wants to go to FORD, it is capital for him to be nominated driver, have a firm three year contract, at least 300.000Euro per year salary plus point and podium bonuses. The guy will have to take a lot of risk to beat the Citroëns so he needs to be paid accordingly. No more pay to drive bull**** talk there.

Olivier Quesnell says Citroen has presented an offer for him too, apparently the offer is for a seat in the official team for next year with Loeb, and I suspect the offer includes a salary too.

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Originally Posted by Francis44

Olivier Quesnell says Citroen has presented an offer for him too, apparently the offer is for a seat in the official team for next year with Loeb, and I suspect the offer includes a salary too.

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This is propably what Ogier counts on, about 2 weeks ago Sainz gave an interview, where he was very worried about Sordos future.

:p

by Olivier Quesnel.....

''This is the game, but Citroen is used to preparing the young driver and I think Ford should do the same - they have the young driver called Matthew Wilson - it would be better for rallying if they do the same."

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Originally Posted by Kaffi

It says that the 2 Finns are under contract for 2011 with Ford. The question could be are they under contract with M-Sport or FORD ? If they are under contract with M-Sport, like Kresta was in 2005, one of the 2 Finns could easily be bumped in a non scoring car. I don't think Jouhki has forgotten to specify his Finns have to be the nominated drivers...unless there is performance clause for M-Sport, which would make sense too.

The other interesting thing is Ogier went to them, which is normal in my opinion. His manager (vatanen's son) is just probing around.

If Ogier wants to go to FORD, it is capital for him to be nominated driver, have a firm three year contract, at least 300.000Euro per year salary plus point and podium bonuses. The guy will have to take a lot of risk to beat the Citroëns so he needs to be paid accordingly. No more pay to drive bull**** talk there.

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Don't forget that one of the Finns was replaced in 2008 by F.Duval as a nominated driver..