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    Quote Originally Posted by Crazy J View Post
    If Rovanpera would do full season in 2020, besides Tanak. Then it could be 50-75% for Katsuta. Another 50-75% for Latvala or Meeke, the other one remaining as non-competing test driver. Latvala and Meeke both known for good technical skills. For TGR it is not impossible to run 4 cars 50% or more from season.
    Unless toyota wins both titles this year and says: fuck it, we don't want to win them again next year, both Rovanpera and katsuta will not drive anything but a 4th car next year.

    Perhaps if one of them turns out to perform very well they might promote them to the first team, but that won't be till later in the season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    https://www.rallit.fi/kalle-rovanper...toyota-huhuja/

    Kalle himself says also that he doesn't know anything about the contract.
    If I remember correctly there was similar case with Teemu, he found out that he is driving full 2019 from a local magazine, Jouhki just forgot to tell him

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    Quote Originally Posted by denkimi View Post
    The question is who is free to replace them and will surely do better?
    If Toyota wants a "stable" and reliable points scorer for manu championship Evans does seem like a very good choice at the moment.
    Tanak-Evans-Rovanpera lineup would have a title-charger, reliable points scorer and a young and coming challenger.

    That said we don't know how much they want a manu title now that they already won one and how much they want to charge for wins and driver championship (both now (Tanak) and in future (Rovanpera)).

    Also driver form can change rather quickly, before Spain last year Evans looked like he might get kicked out of WRC for good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    If Toyota wants a "stable" and reliable points scorer for manu championship Evans does seem like a very good choice at the moment.
    Tanak-Evans-Rovanpera lineup would have a title-charger, reliable points scorer and a young and coming challenger.

    That said we don't know how much they want a manu title now that they already won one and how much they want to charge for wins and driver championship (both now (Tanak) and in future (Rovanpera)).

    Also driver form can change rather quickly, before Spain last year Evans looked like he might get kicked out of WRC for good.
    He has mores off than Meeke, who has just had mostly bad luck.

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    Katsuta rumored to drive Deutschland and Catalunya on the fourth Yaris

    EDIT: Black on white. https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...suta-wrc-debut
    Last edited by AnttiL; 28th June 2019 at 09:59.

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    Well, that guy have had his training more than well. The big difference between how drivers develop... Let´s see what he can bring on.
    "Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rallyper View Post
    Well, that guy have had his training more than well. The big difference between how drivers develop... Let´s see what he can bring on.
    The team isn't expecting any results from him, just learning and developing. Germany is a difficult rally to start with. Catalunya should be easier, although it's like two rallies in one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    The team isn't expecting any results from him, just learning and developing. Germany is a difficult rally to start with. Catalunya should be easier, although it's like two rallies in one.
    What I meant, with a bit of sarcasm, was that people in this forum expects Tidemand to be top three in sweden in his 2nd outing in WRC car... Others get training years and years and still no expectations what so ever...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rallyper View Post
    What I meant, with a bit of sarcasm, was that people in this forum expects Tidemand to be top three in sweden in his 2nd outing in WRC car... Others get training years and years and still no expectations what so ever...
    I could read between the lines that you were instantly thinking about Tidemand. But you must also remember that Tidemand has years of experience from WRC rallies, even from older generation WRC cars and he is a WRC2 champion. Also, when Tidemand self-funds two drives, we expect him to show something to get team bosses interested. Katsuta meanwhile doesn't have to prove anything, since he's hired by a manufacturer to become a professional WRC driver because it will have a marketing value for the company to have a local driver.

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