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While you are right about aero they had at least two engine upgrades last one for Germany this year.

Agree, even if he wins next he won't be loved in France.

In reality the main reasons in the long term are
- half hearted commitment since at least 2016
- Matton for development and choice of...

... and he was also sounding entirely hopeless before Finland this year and ended 2nd

Compared with Sardinia they indeed are much stronger here, about same speed as Hyundai, maybe even a bit better.
We'll see how they do on the more slippery gravel in GB specially in first passes...

Yes, they said they don't yet know about 2021 multiple times.

It is also possible they could do part-time 2021 while making new car just like they did in 2016.

Interesting, they used a joker on engine 1/7 and no new one since then. Maybe they felt it wasn't tested enough to actually run it in Finland?

Dunno where you getting your info from but Citroen did engine upgrades (with joker) already for Finland as confirmed by the homologation list and by Budar in interview. Strange they would have...

Thanks for finding it.

Obviously you just quote the wording in the article, but there clearly are some holes in it.
- "number two by default ", that might be correct, but after 8 rounds and...

Don't remember anything like that getting mentioned tbh. Do you remember where you have it from? Kind of optimistic assumption with 6 times WC in the team.

When Ogier was at Msport they were quite vocal about upgrades as well. Then there was a pressure that he should be winning/leading champ.

Out of topic so just the completely off parts:

Loeb - 2 good rallies (Monte, Chile), 3 bad (Sweden last WRC no teampoints; Corsica 2 crashes, slowest Hyundai, no team points; Portugal 9th when...

I am not saying he is doing good, he obviously isn't. But out of all factory drivers the ones that are without a doubt consistently doing their job are the top 3. Evans and Sordo are ok with ups and...

Btw. note that Linda Jackson was visiting the team in Portugal, so that might mean more money.

For me he is still under less pressure than those two at Toyota that have not managed a podium in 7 rallies. After all he was 2nd in his 2nd rally in the car.

Citroen have no real goal for him...

I'd say they sacked Meeke to spare funds and use them for development (with Loeb) to attract Ogier. Which they managed.

Lappi finished 2nd in his second rally with the car (guess you forgot?). Sure with a large bit of luck after that near roll on Friday.

Also here he was quite fast before crashing (discarding the...

Well yes but after this performance they will surely use any extra funds to also work on the tarmac car before Germany rather than on running a 3rd car.

1. It's just his pure speculation. While not impossible it will likely need extra funding, cause Ogier will not want to move any development money.

2. Østberg has been faster and a more reliable...

I don't think it's about being "better" it's more that either the driver knows how they behave which gives him confidence or that their characteristics fit the characteristics of the car.

Just two posts above....

The comment about Mikkelsen was for Sardinia, where he started with just a few kms of test without any changes done to the car. Supposedly they changed some dif maps after that and in Poland it was...

I like the front a lot. I the rear the blue bumper seems to ruin it a bit, but the pics don't show it well.

As things look now on tarmac I would put my money on Ogier in Citroen over Loeb in Hyundai.

As I wrote a week ago I very much doubt we will see only 2 C3s at most rallies. On european ones I am quite sure that some people will get a drive.
It also does look like Loeb leaving was only...

I'd say this is a textbook example of "once a paying driver, always a paying driver.

Citroen knows he paid before and are trying to make him pay. He has two podiums from last few months to show so...