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Thread: Ott Tänak - Future champion?
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14th January 2022, 08:18 #601
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14th January 2022, 09:15 #602
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14th January 2022, 09:22 #603
Yes, he did. Also in the interview he said he said that the first talks to miss the rally were held during the simulation rally that was in the end of October so about one month before the rally. But anyway, I take his word for it and have made peace with it long time ago and hopefully all is okay with him and his family.
My personal opinion why Ott left Toyota was that he was fed up with the atmosphere in the team and how much he has a say on different topics in the team. We can remember clearly that he was very frustrated about how certain things that were discussed about didn't improve (rims, floor). So maybe Adamo came in the right time and said who he is and how things are going to be in the team. If something needs to be done, then it will be done. And if one person in WRC has some track record, then it is Adamo. Maybe it is the beautiful past but if I remember correctly then Hyundai was becoming stronger and stronger and the pattern in Toyota was that if he can't have a say about different development things then soon Hyundai will pass them. Although in the end, Toyota repaired some of the mistakes, then maybe Ott felt that it was too much of a push to get things done and chose other path. And if we take Ott's word for it then he lost financially with the decision.
Sadly Hyundai also started to fall apart too much when Ott came as he made changes to get the car faster and more to his liking. In the interview he said it himself that the car wasn't designed to go that fast. And sometimes they had to take a step back to make some parts stronger (=heavier) and this reduced the speed. And like someone here said that with the new car he feels that all the mistakes are now ironed out and now they have wider window where they can operate and set things up.
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14th January 2022, 09:31 #604
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Just to remind what I have been heard that he was part of the problems and many times the cause of conflicts at Toyota. I was able to press that out but my source didn't give me any details beyond that.
As far as I understand Tommi didn't want him to leave....
IMHO we have drifted too far to the past now and are bit off the track so this is my last post about that Subject.
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14th January 2022, 09:36 #605
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14th January 2022, 09:37 #606
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Third season(starting) in Hyundai and still some people over again.. Oh, why he left Toyota? Why didn't continue? Must be money.. yada yada
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14th January 2022, 09:45 #607
I can see that but usually there are both sides in every conflict. If Ott felt that nothing wasn't done to improve situation and problems still exist then he had to be the one who asks why certain things are not progressing. And if someone felt that he is conflict initiator in these situations then it is their choice. Ott has said it many times that it is never personal, he just wants things done. So if we look like this that in Hyundai Adamo was the one who was pushing things (also said this in this interview) then one can again see why he might have left. Maybe in Toyota everyone were too soft and polite.
Yes, I also agree that too much of the past and would rather discuss current things.
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14th January 2022, 09:53 #608
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I think the leadership and atmosphere in the team was also one of the reasons why Lappi left the team for 2019...and now he came back after some changes in the leadership.
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14th January 2022, 10:47 #609
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14th January 2022, 10:48 #610
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