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    Quote Originally Posted by mknight View Post
    For me it's also strange that Citroen would use so much time on testing the new aero just before one of the two rallies where it matters most (together with Finland) and then not run anything. But stranger things have happened before.
    What`s strange? Their test days are limited on a yearly bases and they need to test it on high speed roads for next season. In November-December it would be too late for several reasons, test road availibility, limited time to make changes to the aero if needed etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pantealex View Post
    So does anyone really know are Citroen even allowed to use it 2019?
    Or have they used all their "Jokers"for 2019?
    Ogier said in this spanish article few days ago, that new aero was coming next year

    article: https://as.com/motor/2019/10/19/mas_...75143.amp.html
    Last edited by Kaspark; 22nd October 2019 at 07:19.

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    Hybridization is not enough. At least for Volkswagen. The last great rider of the World Rally Championship left the contest by surprise and with a car under the 2017 regulation already developed as an indirect consequence of the 'dieselgate'. The same scandal that caused the entire VAG strategy to be rethought, including the competition areas of all its brands. Therefore it should not surprise us that François-Xavier Demaison was so categorical when asked by AUTOhebdo.

    In a brief interview granted to the weekly Gallo the head of Volkswagen Motorsport ensures that they are not attracted to the step towards the hybrids intended by the World Rally Championship since 2022, as it is not consistent with the current positioning of the German brand: "The day when there are rallies with electric cars, there we will be ... but there may not be many to run with us. The brand is moving towards the electric and therefore sports programs must follow the same line. Hybrids are not enough. "

    Even so, it is obvious that the combustion engine continues to have an important weight with regard to the customer-racing section, as it demonstrates that the Polo GTI R5 project is still going well. As Demaison explains in the same interview, for the time being the developments are focused on improving its reliability, although they do not rule out a greater evolution in two years.

    https://www.diariomotor.com/competic...100-electrico/

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    I really hope Citroen does not quit rallying at the end of the season!
    https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...oeglich-42463/
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    Quote Originally Posted by HaCo View Post
    I really hope Citroen does not quit rallying at the end of the season!
    https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...oeglich-42463/
    As I said a week ago... I'd be worried if I was Lappi just now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HaCo View Post
    I really hope Citroen does not quit rallying at the end of the season!
    https://www.rallye-magazin.de/wrc/ar...oeglich-42463/
    The piece sounds a bit silly; we all know Citroen wasn’t allowed to homologate more jokers this year.
    Rally addict since 1982

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    ive been thinking all the time what the championship would look like without the top3

    this is my maths before australia

    1. Meeke 173
    2. Latvala 170
    3. Evans 164
    4. Suninen 149
    5. Mikkelsen 147
    6. Lappi 139
    7. Sordo 137
    8. Loeb 98
    9. Breen 26
    10 Tidemand 23

    keep in mind that Evans missed three rounds, Hyundai guys also with partial programs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
    ive been thinking all the time what the championship would look like without the top3

    this is my maths before australia

    1. Meeke 173
    2. Latvala 170
    3. Evans 164
    4. Suninen 149
    5. Mikkelsen 147
    6. Lappi 139
    7. Sordo 137
    8. Loeb 98
    9. Breen 26
    10 Tidemand 23

    keep in mind that Evans missed three rounds, Hyundai guys also with partial programs.
    You left R5 drivers out also...
    Rovanperä would be ahead of Breen and Tidemand.
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