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1st December 2018, 02:42 #11
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Part of me wonders whether that was the plan, but Citroen tried to take advantage and squeeze some money out of Mads to subsidise the limited program they offered him, and he essentially told them sod off because it's an insult. He's done a reasonable job for them this year, why should he pay them to likely score them a decent number of points for the manufacturers on the few rounds they'll give him?
With Mads out, if Loeb does do around 8 rallies, maybe it'd make sense for EVEN to further cement their new relationship with Citroen by paying for Tidemand to do the remaining rounds in their 3rd car. Though there doesn't seem to be much prospect of getting a return on their investment with PSA in future, given how cheap they seem to be...
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