Mads Østberg is in the studio at the radioshow "parc fermé" at www.radiomotor.no tonight at 19.00.
Tune in for the intervju, in norwegian.
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Mads Østberg is in the studio at the radioshow "parc fermé" at www.radiomotor.no tonight at 19.00.
Tune in for the intervju, in norwegian.
Guys with all due respect I don't care about tyres. start another thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
So what did mads tell?
Surely if that were the case (family team), there wouldn't be much need for secrecy or much in the way of contracts etc.?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
With all the rumours about Bertelli, M-Sport and the Tanak and Evans scenario, I imagine it's there.
Sorry, next week! Before weekend it was ready for a presentation, but something wasn't ready.Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
But european champion in RX s1600 Mats lysen do rally next season, Ole Christian veiby do RX in Argentina, but rally is his main focus next season too.
Won´t be any news - Ostberg goes back to M Sport (and doesn´t raise the level there).Quote:
Originally Posted by skarderud
i think Ostberg-Tänak line-up would be pretty good, basically like Ostberg-Meeke was. Ostberg-Evans line-up would be a nightmare IMO in the sense that both are solid point scorers and finishers but they don't have that raw speed like Meeke and Tänak. And i remember very clearly that Wilson this year has said many times that he is only interested in wins, good luck with that if you choose Ostberg-Evans.
I think the Ford suits Mads better than the Citroën. He was much closer the winner in the Ford back in the days, so i'm quite sure he is still the best not vw in the end of next season too. What else can you ask for in a Ford when vw is totally out of reach?
And yet he was the first non-VW last year, both in the championship and on many events. I think the VWs' level of advantage has given him a worse reputation than he deserves.
Points wise yeah but speed wise he wasnt the best non-VW. im not saying that Meeke or Tänak would 100% win with m-sport but the chance with them is bigger.
Yeah Mads was great with Ford back in the day but for me it seems he reached his peak, from then on others have progressed while he he hasn't.
Anyway like i said, i think Ostberg-Tänak line-up would be strong but we will see what Wilson decides.
DMACK Tyres
@DMACK_Tyres
Just a few days until we release our BIG @OfficialWRC news regarding 2016… #staytuned
their own wrc team? or deal with m-sport? what do you think?
Tanak is out of M-Sport.
Tanak dropped by M-Sport for 2016
Ott Tanak will be dropped by M-Sport's works World Rally Championship team but is set to immediately pick up a 2016 drive in a DMACK-branded Ford instead, Autosport has learned.
The Estonian is expected to form part of a two-car team with Jari Ketomaa in next year's world championship.
DMACK has long made clear its intention to step up its WRC commitment and will run both drivers in Ford Fiesta RS WRCs. The team is not expected to contest all 14 rallies.
Tanak's demotion, which has not yet been confirmed by DMACK or M-Sport, is the first part of a series of moves that will reshape M-Sport's WRC squad.
Managing director Malcolm Wilson confirmed to Autosport that he expects to be in a position to confirm his drivers in the coming days, with Monte Carlo Rally testing beginning next week.
Since the end of the season, Wilson has been openly critical of Tanak, telling Estonian media: "This has been less than satisfactory from a results point of view.
"Two crashes in the last two rallies for Ott does not put him in a strong position to be included as part of the main team next season."
Wilson's concern has remained Tanak's concentration level.
"It's always important to have a driver relaxed and Ott's had his own trainer with him this season, but there's obviously still work to be done to get the consistency back and to stop making silly mistakes," he said.
"The big thing is the concentration - look at the level of concentration Sebastien Ogier puts in; he's only made one mistake this year.
"To only have one accident when you're driving at the speed he's driving at shows he's absolutely concentrated and there's nothing else in his mind other than driving that car from one end of the stage to another."
M-SPORT CONSIDERED FOLLOWING CITROEN CUTBACK
As M-Sport closes on finalising its 2016 WRC plans, Wilson has admitted the team considered following Citroen into a part-time programme and leaving just Volkswagen and Hyundai as full-time manufacturer teams.
Wilson had always maintained M-Sport would contest the full 2016 season, but he said the calendar expanding to 14 events with China added and Citroen's decision had given him food for thought.
"I can understand Citroen doing what it's done," he said.
"I have told you before the calendar concerns me - it's very, very congested at a time when we need to be working flat-out on the 2017 car.
"At the moment it would be wrong to say we have decided not to enter as a manufacturer. The aim is to be there [on all 14 rounds].
"No firm decision has been taken at this point, but we'd be silly not to look at going down the route Citroen has taken."
The deadline both for manufacturers to sign up for 2016 and for Monte Carlo entries is December 18.
God how i hate Wilson, good luck to him getting to know the speed of the Fiesta with Ostberg, Evans and the Prada boy :rolleyes:
Evans and Ostberg? Two point securers, but not extraordinary fast?
I doubt it's Evans.
I bet he's on the outs as well.
I'm not sure I blame Wilson if I am honest, sure Tanak does set some quick times but he usually ends up in a tree/lake/ditch at the end of it. Not really advertising how quick his cars are if they are on a flatbed half of the time.
Of course it is Evans, who else? he talks him always up even is he has had a bad rally and he is besties with his father.
DMACK Tyres @DMACK_Tyres 5m5 minutes ago
Loving all the driver transfer rumours this time every year, maybe @krismeeke wants to come and join us too??! #dreamteam
Tänak and Meeke would be great btw :P
Would be great to see a 2 car DMack team, really would put their products on show, although part of me would prefer them to stay in R5 ranks where they can compete for wins and raise the quality of the class.
Tanak frankly has done enough to be dropped or retained, apart from Poland and the odd stage elsewhere, he's shown very occasional pace but been arguably the least consistent out of all 10 full-time (--ish, in Paddon's case) manufacturer seats. At least Meeke's inconsitency beat all the Hyundais and Fords in the championship.
Ostberg and Evans would seems a slightly strange combination, but maybe they have a surprise lined up.
Can't blame Malcolm for dropping Tanak to try something else, nor could I blame him for cutting back his programme slightly on the overseas rounds - the best part of that is that it sounds like they're certainly planning a 2017 car at M-Sport!
And an "official" M-Sport driver on WRC2. Kajto? Breen? Evans? This is silly season ahah next week starts M-Sport MC test
this news has turned into a joke now on twitter and it seems it may be not true
M-sport's PR:
Anna Louise Rudd @AnnaLouiseRudd 55m55 minutes ago
Who doesn't love a bit of speculation at this time of year...? #goodcrack
Ott Tänak @OttTanak 40m40 minutes ago
Seems this is my special song at the moment!!! #wrcfun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nox57hdgeAU …
Ott Tänak @OttTanak 16m16 minutes ago
Maybe this is also on my playlist for this week!! #whoknows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1D9wWxd2w …
if it isnt true then i havent seen that Autosport have ever been so wrong. Then again, it is David Evans.
Tanak only has himself to blame. He's blown it, but is lucky he'll have DMACK to pick him up off the floor. Ostberg and Evans would be a strange combination though, unless Evans is getting the bullet too?
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I still think breen will be in a wrc next year.maybe share seat with evans ?
Even is Evans also gets the boot, there's no other 'hot shoe' out there, apart from Meeke or Lappi, who are both pretty much accounted for, or a gamble on someone who's not proven as quick as either, like Breen or Bergkvist.
That said, there's every chance they'll be trounced for pace by the two works teams and be looking for finishers rather than pace-setters.
It would be nice to see Ostberg with Mikkelsen on the second VW team, they would probably win Manufacturers Championship
Tanak and Meeke in DMAC WRT? Bring it on! That would be a sensational and fiery lineup.
I really hope Tanak will get a WRC seat for next year as well as Meeke and Kubica.
I expect Meeke will be happy with a 2016 partial season if he's guaranteed a seat in 2017.
No they would not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sch17
If Tanak ends up falling into a Dmack Fiesta programme that is a great scenario for him and he's a lucky boy. Take it with both hands Ott.
I'd suggest he's earned the support of DMACK with some good WRC and WRC2 performances for them, he certainly hasn't earned the same from two years with M-Sport.
Then M-Sport has really "mighty" fast team with Ostberg and Evans...
I hope there will be Tanak, Meeke and Kubica somehow next season otherwise it's already boring
Let's wait until it's confirmed before getting too upset. Strong rumours M-Sport would drop both their 2015 guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quad
EDIT: Although to be fair just listening to the Absolute Rally podcast (would recommend it this week) Julian Porter says his money would be on Ostberg/Evans.
I really hope Malcolm just takes a punt on some young gun. Just give them a chance - unless he thinks that Hyundai could be there for the taking next year if the car isn't sorted. That's second place in the manufacturers.
Come on,people.Ostberg is the best driver available and with quite some margin.He is a rally winner,the best finisher in 2015 championship(excluding of course the VW trio),a solid point scorer and has a lot of experience to help with car development-especially if Ford returns with the new Fiesta in 2017 thats very important-.Evans has some backing from Ford UK so it makes sense for him to stay.Tanak showed some pace but in the end what will be remember from him about his 2015 campaign is his dive in Mexico.What I want to see is Bernkvist get a chance in a R5.If Wilson does it,thats a plus.
Or, just to shake things up a bit, If ostberg is in some private effort next year, he has something secured for 2017 already.
Who deserves M-Sport seat more, Evans or Tanak ?
http://worldrallyapp.com/2015/11/25/...ort-seat-more/
I'm really sorry for Tanak but I can understand Wilson. Tanak has had chances for two years and apart for some spark he was crashing his car and going slow as well sometimes. I like the person and the driver and I hoped for a confirmation because his speed was huge sometimes and maybe he deserved one more year. But in WRC you can't be forever a promise, you should deliver soon and he didn't.
What I will not understand at this point is the confirmation of Evans if it will happen. He should really pay good money to stay again.
In a sport riddled with problems, the fact that no one can really name a realistic stand-out candidate to replace Ott Tanak has got to be right up there at the top.
An awesome Ford team for me would be Ostberg/Kubica - with a bit of funding from those guys effectively allowing Ford to run Camilli/Tidemand on a few rounds each.
I usually agree with you but getting rid of Tanak to take Kubica is not a good idea unless you want some of Kubica's sponsors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simmi
I would let Tidemand have a few rounds like you said btw.