Silly Season 2019

[AnttiL]

I still wonder who are they going to send to Finland in the third car

[rp]

I still wonder who are they going to send to Finland in the third car

Easy one Huttunen

[BobJones]

Paddon to R5? Smells indeed like Mikkelsen to do a full season.

Motorsport/Autosport reporting "Hyundai will field Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen for the full WRC season next year" https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...addon/4312526/

[er88]

To drop Paddon totally while keeping Mikkelsen for a full year is very harsh based on the performances last season (if Paddon is indeed out). But Hyundai will be factoring in that it was Mikkelsen's first full season, and that combined with the fact he has an existing contract has probably saved him.

Shame there aren't more seats around. Paddon, Breen, Evans, Ostberg, Tidemand, Kalle, Kopecky etc could all do a job in the top category. Then you've got the drivers like Camilli and Greensmith who are maybe looking to find a way in through bringing some budget too.

Still, can't complain too much as we've had the best two years in a long long time, intense battles in great cars, and to top it off silly season has been bonkers i never thought Loeb would drive anything other than a PSA car. Can't believe Citroen didn't find the extra few million to keep the relationship going, so I'm still thinking it's more to do with Ogier demanding Loeb did a full season or nothing at all - with no guest appearances.

[Mirek]

Motorsport/Autosport reporting "Hyundai will field Thierry Neuville and Andreas Mikkelsen for the full WRC season next year" https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/...addon/4312526/

You can read it directly from the source: https://motorsport.hyundai.com/wrc-l...uned-for-2019/

[rp]

Can't believe Citroen didn't find the extra few million to keep the relationship going, so I'm still thinking it's more to do with Ogier demanding Loeb did a full season or nothing at all - with no guest appearances.

Definitely Ogier did not want to see Loeb in the same team despite the fact what he said...

[racerx1979]

Paddons situation for 2019 seems worse than 2018. He will most likely do less events if he stays.

Is the Hyundai NZ program really that great? I would try to move on to MSport. Even though Malcom probably cannot come up with funds for Hayden. I'm sure he can still do his Hyundai program in NZ while driving for a different team.

That being said I'm super excited to see Loeb back. As some of us said it would be 6-8 events. There were talks of Hyundai entering 4 cars at some events, but that was from my source at Toyota. Its obvious Hyundai want to win at all all costs. I hope Loeb can help set up the car for Mikkelsens sake....

[AnttiL]

You can read it directly from the source: https://motorsport.hyundai.com/wrc-l...uned-for-2019/

It doesn't say anything about Mikkelsen having a full season.

[T16]

It doesn't say anything about Mikkelsen having a full season.

It kind of does...

[Allez Andruet]

It kind of does...

...but still doesn't.