If we can believe the rumors stated on the website of Belgian Speed magazine, Lappi is going to Citroën, and it will be announced soon. Also Meeke would go to Toyota... :)
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If we can believe the rumors stated on the website of Belgian Speed magazine, Lappi is going to Citroën, and it will be announced soon. Also Meeke would go to Toyota... :)
If Lappi goes to Citroën I think the chance of Meeke going to Toyota is quite high (50%). As I wrote before I don't think they need to use money on any test. Since they know exactly what they are getting and he is not in position to demand anything and there is No doubt that Yaris is fast.
It all depeneds on how much risk they want to take. It can turn out very well with Meeke "stabilizing" without pressure on him, or it could implode completely and he could start crashing when Tänak is much faster than him and also cause Latvala to start to crash cause he tries to match Meeke's stagetimes between crashes.
In both cases PR coverage, specially in the UK, is quaranteed. Possible crash expenses are imo not a problem for Toyota (might be for Tommi), it's the title(s) that are at stake. Maybe if Toyota get both titles this year (or look set to get them) they might be more willing to go for it.
Kalle Rovanperä 18 years old today, finally allowed to drive everywhere(?) in the world
I think so. Sometimes it should be difficult to find a rental car company who allows him to rent a car, but as Skoda has its own recce cars there shouldn´t be any problem at all.
Yes it's not over for Ogier & Tänak ... but Neuville could be 2018 #WRC Champion in @RallyRACC : explications ► bit.ly/2y5mDe6
Well for Ogier it is definitely not over, but it looks more theoretical for Ott but im still positive and hopeful.
some guy in estonian forum did some maths (of course from Tänaks perspective)
Spain
Tänak 25+5
Ogier 18+4
Neuville 15+3
Australia
Tänak 25+5
Ogier 18+4
Neuville 15+3
in the end Tänak 228, Ogier 226, Neuville 225.
the bottom line is that Tänak has to definitely win the last 2 rounds and power stages and even then he wont win if Neuville finishes second on both rallies. Thierry holds the aces.
but nothing is over until it is over...this season just keeps delivering.