Translation please, are those wild rumors, or will it actually happen?
Printable View
I think rumors at this point?
Definitely rumours
Statoil should create rally team Norway to support local heros. At least no lack of potential material with Ostberg, Mikkelsen, Veiby, Solberg Jr and many others. Statoil would have money even to run Citroen WRCs. Lukoil would have similar potential to run Luky.
Circle K has been sponsoring Oliver for quite a some time already..
Agree, if he can he should try to drive somewhere else, even with almost no tarmac rallies next year. MSport gives a car to anyone who pays so if Toyota is not possible he should pay for a season at MSport. But has to be a season, 1-2 drives like Paddon tried are pointless.
At end of 2020 there might be options. (Ogier and maybe Loeb and Sordo retiring) and Hyundai will likely introduce a new car that which might suit others better. Staying is Hyundai right now is just a road to decline, but if it's only possible option it's off course better than nothing.
Exactly
The Hyundai story since 2017 is pretty straightforward:
2017 - Paddon and Sordo struggle => reduce their starts in 2018 and hire Mikkelsen
2018 - Mikkelsen struggles => kick Paddon, keep Sordo's few starts, reduce Mikkelsen starts and hire Loeb (and Breen)
2019 - Loeb struggles => "kick" Mikkelsen, keep Loebs 6 rallies and hire Tanak
Until end of 2018 it looked like it was Nandan's "engineers make the car and drivers have to learn it" attitude that was the problem. But somehow Adamo continued in same pattern.