Mads Ostberg

[jacko]

Citroën Racing confirms another year with Mads Ostberg for the entire championship. Note: he will not be nominated for Citroën in Monte-Carlo, that will be Meeke (as the no.1 driver) and Sebastien Loeb.
Think its' the best choice made by Citroën, Mads is the best of the rest available, has experience (also with the DS3) and hungry to perform even better.
With Loeb (maybe) on tarmac rounds (quick look at the WTCC-calendar it's possible) it's a very interesting combination.

[Rallyper]

No one can take anything away from Mads being a good enjoyable driver whom is enough fast and spectacular on stages. He wouldn´t be where he is otherwise.

Exciting hearing him confirm one more year at DS (Citroen)!

Told ya! Funding maybe partly even from Adapta, but I can live with that also.

[A FONDO]

Should we rename the topic to "Please Mads, something different this time"?

Not just his poor performance but his continuous moaning from car setup during the 3rd (third) day. He is at his home turf; he has good experience with this car and generally this platform; he drives for factory team with proper engineers; he did a local rally before Sweden. What more does he want? Maybe he doesn't really know. What is needed to occur so that he would change? Is it possible at all?

[Fly]

Yves Matton was commentating the Power stage on Belgian TV.
He said he was clearly disappointed by his performance but also that there was something wrong with the car. They couldn't find the problem.
It was only solved before power stage.

[stefanvv]

"Please Mads, something different this time"?

Seems nobody cares. He had some glimpse of something more while was driving for Adapta, but factory drives didn't do any good for his results. Looks like the next middle range WRC driver, no development for 3rd year in factory team isn't good, driving just for fun is all he does, not seeking better results, why should be "something different", he seem happy with current state.

[RS]

I'm not surprised. He has been around a long time already so I'm not sure there was much room for improvement from his driving.

I think both he and Citroen expected him to fight for the win in Sweden, and it didn't happen. So we got sulking about 'problems' with the car instead.

[EstWRC]

i think it will be his last season as a factory driver.

[N.O.T]

i think it will be his last season as a factory driver.

i hope he takes citroen with him with hyundai/vw/toyota i think we are good to get rid of transvestite teams.

[AL14]

Citroen made a mistake keeping him this year. They could have taken some young guy and think about the future instead of manufacturers points, there is no difference between second and fourth in manufacturer standings, nobody cares.
But I think that maybe they don't think about future cause they won't have one. I think next season will be the last one for them.

[lewalcindor]

i hope he takes citroen with him with hyundai/vw/toyota i think we are good to get rid of transvestite teams.

What's a "transvestite team"?