Citroen WRT

[mknight]

In other words, out of seven rallies, he's done his job properly in one. Not exactly what you would expect from a guy who won his fourth ever rally in a World Rally Car.

And I love Lappi, I really do, but it's June now and that Swedish highlight is long gone.

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 downs. All others have more downs than ups (Meeke, Latvala, Loeb, Mikkelsen, Suninen, Lappi). It's not like you can kick them all.

[Pršljen]

You just can't put all of them in the same mix. Lappi is having an awful season, it can only be compared with Latvala's who had much more bad luck than him. Mikkelsen didn't do two rallies but he accumulated bad results throughout two seasons.

Loeb? You must be joking.

Meeke was the only one until Portugal who finished all of the rallies. Not bad season at all although not great too.

And Suninen is doing pretty good so far, you can not expect miracles from him but his learning curve is going up by each rally.

[mknight]

Out of topic so just the completely off parts:

Loeb? You must be joking.

Meeke was the only one until Portugal who finished all of the rallies. Not bad season at all although not great too.

And Suninen is doing pretty good so far, you can not expect miracles from him but his learning curve is going up by each rally.

Loeb - 2 good rallies (Monte, Chile), 3 bad (Sweden last WRC no teampoints; Corsica 2 crashes, slowest Hyundai, no team points; Portugal 9th when technical issues hit, slowest Hyundai all weekend, crash on PS for no reason)
Meeke - 4 crashes in last 4 rallies, one 4th place as best result, 1 good rally (Arg) , 1 ok (Mexico) 5 bad.
Suninen - 4 crashes in first 3 rallies, no pace in Argentina, 2 ok rallies (Chile, Portugal)

For the others it's:
Latvala - 1 (even that is questionable) / 6
Lappi - 1/6
Mikkelsen - 2/3
All have more bad rallies than good this
season.

[Pršljen]

Yes, but Lappi is the worst so far.

[Allez Andruet]

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 downs. All others have more downs than ups (Meeke, Latvala, Loeb, Mikkelsen, Suninen, Lappi). It's not like you can kick them all.

I don't get how it makes Lappi's situation any better if others have had bad rallies too. "Look Pierre, you can't be mad at me, Latvala and Mikkelsen have performed poorly as well". Ok, but in all seriousness, I think Lappi's situation can only be compared to those two. Whether Loeb scored any manu points in Corsica or how many times Suninen crashed in the first three rallies is totally irrelevant in this context IMO.

Bottom line: Lappi has all the tools to become a genuine title contender but no-one has unlimited amount of chances (apart from JML perhaps). It's enormously frustrating to see a talented driver waste his prime (not saying Lappi's doing that, but the early signs are there) just because he can't get his mind right.

[deephouse]

What could you expect from him if he is driving that car. (lappi, citroen)... Get real

[Fast Eddie WRC]

The issue is really that with Citroen only running two cars they really need both of their driver's to produce the goods.

Ogier needed help from Evans and Suninen to last year at M-Sport, even if it was dropping behind him sometimes if he's had an off or issue.

Lappi never seems to be in a place to help in this way, let alone taking points off Tanak or Neuville...

[dnb]

Toyota was much more suitable car for Lappi, wonder if it's possible for him to go back?

[pantealex]

Toyota was much more suitable car for Lappi, wonder if it's possible for him to go back?

1)He has 2-year deal with Citroen

2)All current Toyota drivers are currently faster than him

3)Everything is possible if...

[AnttiL]

Toyota was much more suitable car for Lappi

The team not