Silly Season 2019

[AL14]

80%? Did Nandan say that? That's a not fortunate percentage there at Hyundai, I would be worried if I were Paddon...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

they were talking about 3rd car not 4th

He DID mention the possibility of a 4th car.

Three is definite as they compete for the Manu's in 2019.

[Rally Power]

He DID mention the possibility of a 4th car.
Three is definite as they compete for the Manu's in 2019.

Budar English speaking skills are far from impressive; maybe he got a bit lost in the All Live talk.

Anyway, he couldn’t be clearer than he was to L’Equipe (yesterday edition): “Our main goal next year is to get the drivers title with Ogier”. In the same piece it’s suggested the 3rd car budget isn’t granted and neither is the possibility of Loeb doing some rallys. Full article on the end of this page: http://forum-rallye.com/index.php?/t...monde/page-795

[BobJones]

Budar English speaking skills are far from impressive; maybe he got a bit lost in the All Live talk.

Anyway, he couldn’t be clearer than he was to L’Equipe (yesterday edition): “Our main goal next year is to get the drivers title with Ogier”. In the same piece it’s suggested the 3rd car budget isn’t granted and neither is the possibility of Loeb doing some rallys. Full article on the end of this page: http://forum-rallye.com/index.php?/t...monde/page-795

That's good, becuase it wasn't just AllLive when he said 'fourth'. He clearly says it on a recent Autosport podcast too.

[racerx1979]

I hope all the teams can run a fourth car... the more the better!

[AnttiL]

I hope all the teams can run a fourth car... the more the better!

At the current situation, I hope all teams can run three cars.

[racerx1979]

At the current situation, I hope all teams can run three cars.

I think MSport will have 3 cars along with Citroen.

I think MSport will be in the same boat as Citroen with two full time drivers and a shared 3rd car with Greensmith, Block, Surderidis and whoever else Malcom can convince to spend a few hundred thousand to drive a WRC spec machine.

[AnttiL]

I think MSport will have 3 cars along with Citroen.

I think MSport will be in the same boat as Citroen with two full time drivers and a shared 3rd car with Greensmith, Block, Surderidis and whoever else Malcom can convince to spend a few hundred thousand to drive a WRC spec machine.

I think there's still a lot of moving parts like Abu Dhabi and WRC2 Pro. Will the manufacturers put effort into competiting in WRC2 Pro and have maybe ex-WRC drivers having a season split between WRC and WRC2 Pro? M-Sport could have maybe Evans, Camilli and Greensmith alternating between WRC car and the two WRC2 cars. Same could happen at Citroen for Breen and Østberg with Loeb also having some events. And of course Al-Qassimi will have an extra car wherever he goes, but whether it's a third or fourth car, we can only guess.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

From how I remember it, he was discussing Loeb and was asked about other driver's and mentioned Breen and then Al-Qassimi.

So that's possibly 5 driver's in total with Ogier and Lappi hence a 4th car would be needed at times.

He also said the Manu's title was a target for 2019. They arent just going for the WDC with Ogier.

[AnttiL]

So that's possibly 5 driver's in total with Ogier and Lappi hence a 4th car would be needed at times.

This year 5 drivers have driven Citroen (Breen, Meeke, Al-Qassimi, Loeb and Østberg) with 2-3 cars per rally. Same last year, except they had four cars in Portugal