Ott Tänak - Future champion?

[cali]

Just a small notion which comes to this translation. I think the most funniest part was in the interview about Toyota's other drivers and I would like interpret this a little bit differently than stated in ESTWRC translation.

"The best Hyundai drivers were those 2 other guys driving for Toyota."

I actually bursted a good laugh out if it in the morning. But it is clear for everyone that in this interview Markko is quite mad about the shitstorm which was feeded into finnish media.

[meh]

I actually bursted a good laugh out if it in the morning. But it is clear for everyone that in this interview Markko is quite mad about the shitstorm which was feeded into finnish media.

I like that Märtin is #nofilter guy, no politically correct PR crap, just pure and raw opinons which are fact-based and argumented, no throwing shit loaded with fantasies. Not declaring that he is the best guy or manager in the world etc.

[Allez Andruet]

Or how much influence Jouhki has from Mäkinen in his comments?

This IMO is maybe the most essential point in the whole saga. Not saying it's Mäkinen speaking through Jouhki, but we all know the history of these two, and atleast for me it'd be hard to believe that they have not discussed the topic in the manner that everyone can sense from Jouhki's words. If Tänak and Märtin have felt the same way, it's no surprise they looked elsewhere. First and foremost you do business with people you want to do business with and on that game (in the eyes of OT and MM) Adamo hands down sparked out Mäkinen.

[Indreq]

Thanks EstWRC!

That was a candid interview, now let's just wait if Mäkinen and/or Jouhki want to counter attack... get ya popcorns ready!

Already bunch of Finnish media sites have picked it up and quoted selected bits from there (nobody has done full translation). No juicy replys/opinions/comments yet. But they will come

[robertr]

Already bunch of Finnish media sites have picked it up and quoted selected bits from there (nobody has done full translation). No juicy replys/opinions/comments yet. But they will come

I read the comment sections and Finns are really pissed off. Many terrible and sometimes even racist comments against Tänak, Märtin and Estonians in general.

Estonians have always rooted Finnish rally drivers as "almost our own". I hoped that Tänak will be regarded in Finland with the same way. From these comments I can see that some Finns have a huge inferiority complex and no wonder Tänak felt 'unloved' in Toyota as some sources claim.

[dimviii]

wow a hell of interview.Thanks EstWRC!



Guys i d like a NOT comment about this interview.

[dimviii]

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[Rally Power]

that was an hell of a interview, 4 posts long. lol....i did mostly with google translate and corrected the things what google translated oddly.

Thanks for the translation. Nice interview, but the crucial doubt remains: if Tanak/Martin weren’t asking to have 1st driver status, to get more money, to assume the R5 program or to replace Makinen as TGR manager, what on earth were they asking?

[cali]

I read the comment sections and Finns are really pissed off. Many terrible and sometimes even racist comments against Tänak, Märtin and Estonians in general.

Estonians have always rooted Finnish rally drivers as "almost our own". I hoped that Tänak will be regarded in Finland with the same way. From these comments I can see that some Finns have a huge inferiority complex and no wonder Tänak felt 'unloved' in Toyota as some sources claim.

Nah easy there. These comments are like our Delfi comments. Lots of people verbally vomiting... There's enough primitives on both side of the pond. Better not to read them.

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[meh]

I read the comment sections and Finns are really pissed off.

Comment-sections gods are probably not the smartest ones. Do not make conclusions on national level based on that. I mean, if you go and read comments section in Estonia (like delfi.ee), then you can read there probably pure stupidity. It's not smart to make conclusion, like all estonians think that way. I guess it's the same everywhere.