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    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Andruet View Post
    Mäkinen has said that TGR won't do that.
    What did Makinen say, got the quote ?

    And 2020 is still a way off. Things may change...
    #M-SPORTER

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    Quote Originally Posted by pantealex View Post
    M-Sport. He said "secret" he didn´t say "another manuf"
    Hybrid car

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    I also have a Kimi 2009 esque feeling from all this Bottas rallystuff. Would be interesting to see how he goes but I feel it would be hobbylevel more. I just can't see a way in how he could compete at all on rally. There are so many full-time rallydrivers these days on wrc too. I hope he stays in F1 and wins the wdc there. But let's see, I have a bad feeling about this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarmop View Post
    Yes, but he didn`t say M-Sport either. Or did he?
    "Niin, se ensi kausi. Jyväskylän testien jälkeen Suninen paljasti suuntaavansa omien sanojensa mukaan "salaisiin testeihin", joista hän ei halunnut hiiskua mitään. Kauden aikana tehtäviä salatestejä tapahtuu, sillä esimerkiksi Sebastien Ogier myönsi viime kauden lopussa käyneensä kauden aikana salassa testaamassa Citroenia ennen kuin teki päätöksen siitä, että meni talliin."
    https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-10900090

    Here he says it was at M-Sport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    What did Makinen say, got the quote ?
    I can't find the quote now (will check later), but Mäkinen was asked about partial programs/driver rotation and his answer was something like "we won't do that at TGR, we'll have three drivers and they're doing all rallies".
    ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    What did Makinen say, got the quote ?

    And 2020 is still a way off. Things may change...
    Hyundai WRT have incredible pressure to secure a championship.
    It seems they have a mandate from the home office and so they have to try everything to achieve this.
    IMO what they are doing is not the best way to build a strong cohesive team.
    Waiting until just a couple weeks before an event to announce a driver lineup does not project quiet confidence but no one on the outside knows the whole story.
    Maybe these decisions are out of the team's hands and are being made at the big HQ, maybe there is some PR strategy and the decisions are actually made well in advance but only announced just before hand.

    I don't think it would make sense for Toyota to follow Hyundai in this strategy as Toyota have a different problem to overcome than Hyundai in order to secure the championship. Rotating drivers during the season wouldn't do anything to help them.
    Last edited by OHL; 15th August 2019 at 09:17.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Andruet View Post
    I can't find the quote now (will check later), but Mäkinen was asked about partial programs/driver rotation and his answer was something like "we won't do that at TGR, we'll have three drivers and they're doing all rallies".
    This quote is matching more with Meeke topic. A'la, it was question: "Do you replace Meeke this year?"

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    Quote Originally Posted by meh View Post
    This quote is matching more with Meeke topic. A'la, it was question: "Do you replace Meeke this year?"
    Nope, wasn't about Meeke.

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    Makinen's comments refer to the current season. I was talking about next season and the prospects of other driver's (like Ostberg) getting some drives.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-10900090

    Here he says it was at M-Sport.
    He had a secret test with the same company he works with now? That makes no sense.

    That's called a 'test'. An counts towards the regulatory maximum number of days. It's not much of a secret when it has to be declared to the FIA!

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