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    Senior Member Fast Eddie WRC's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarmop View Post
    Then again, he also thought that Jari had the new engine in his car, unlike his teammates.
    He explained that. Latvala needed a new engine so could choose the latest spec.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Julian Porter saying on All Live Ogier is likely to go to Citroen
    They need him to get some wins, and by that support from PSA to continue.
    if not maybe they look elsewhere in motorsport, to get publicity, and increased sales.

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    JML is staying for sure. The only question is whether Lappi is leaving for Citroen which I don't think will happen unless Citroen pays him a lot more money. Considering Ogier is said to be leaving (even though a good source told me he is staying) I don't think they can afford both Ogier and Lappi??

    I think with Seb we won't find anything out anytime soon.

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    Ogier said he's going to pick whichever team gives him the best shot at the title. He'd be nuts to pick Citroën over M-Sport.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MentalParadox View Post
    Ogier said he's going to pick whichever team gives him the best shot at the title. He'd be nuts to pick Citroën over M-Sport.
    Nope.

    Citroen is seemingly progressing on gravel and still probably has the strongest engine. Historically their record shows they can keep developing the car for very long. DS3 seemed to lack vs Fiesta first then a lot vs Polo in the start but always improved from year to year.

    MSport looks like they can't keep up with the development and from mid-season look like they are dropping behind others in pure car performance. This is what historically (last 6? years) has been normal at MSport. When the car first comes it's one of the best if not the best, but then further development does not go as fast as with others. Might have to do with how much money is invested.

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    On the Spanish coverage of rally Germany (so, this information is a month old), Fernando Albes said that it was 95% certain that Ogier would go to Citroen.

    The host of the show pointed out that Ogier and Citroen had a very bad relationship, so what would make him go back to them?

    Answer: The rumor is that Citroen offered him between 3-4x his current salary, which based on previous rumors would mean $30-40 million per year. That's Hamilton/Vettel money. Suddenly, all that stuff that happened in 2011 seems so petty!

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    Don't underestimate what 3 championships with 3 different manufacturers would mean to a man who has nearly done it all. And if he's going to try and do it while earning a massive wedge and being back at the team who gave him his WRC breakthrough, then even better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post
    Don't underestimate what 3 championships with 3 different manufacturers would mean to a man who has nearly done it all. And if he's going to try and do it while earning a massive wedge and being back at the team who gave him his WRC breakthrough, then even better.
    neuville and tanak are faster drivers than him... and they are gainning experience as well as years pass (compare neuville last year and this year) the days of mrs kaisers pet at the top of the sport are nearly over... he is no Loeb, never was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by er88 View Post
    Don't underestimate what 3 championships with 3 different manufacturers would mean to a man who has nearly done it all.
    Kankkunen did that nearly 30 years ago. But nobody has never done at least 2 championships with 2 different manufacturer.
    "quattro best 4wd rallycar ever"

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    Quote Originally Posted by pantealex View Post
    Kankkunen did that nearly 30 years ago. But nobody has never done at least 2 championships with 2 different manufacturer.
    The first double champion Walter Röhrl did it. He won in 1980 with fiat (fiat 131 abarth) and 1982 with opel (opel ascona 400).

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