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    Esapekka Lapland Rally
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    There's something in this thing.
    And good things have already happened since the interview.
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    https://twitter.com/EsapekkaLappi/st...00057478590466

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    Sad day for rallying and must be also the craziest Silly Season ever!

    Hopefully there is after all some other drivers at M-Sport than Suninen, Greensmith & Loubet...

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    Pierre, Citroën withdraws from the WRC, what is your feeling?
    "We do not have a state of mind to have It must be assumed and face It is complicated, it is an announcement that touches the entire team with some people involved for more than 20 years in the WRC. It was a project over 2 years, we needed these 2 years to get a result.We knew that 2019 would be difficult: new drivers, new engineers on the car.The time to put everything in place, it has us delayed in the competition, we knew we needed a second year, we did not get there, it's the disappointment that prevails. "

    This is not new: from Catalonia we mention the departure of Ogier. What have been your reports in recent weeks?
    "We have discussions with Sébastien about his desires to leave us for some time, we tried to make arguments to him to stay with us, we talked about the developments available at Monte Carlo. other arguments elsewhere that have convinced him more. "

    Ogier was under contract until the end of 2020, how did he get out of it?
    "Actually, the contract was going until the end of 2020. There is a breach of contract, in which case we either go to court or find an amicable agreement. with Ogier. "

    Have you considered an alternative solution and contacted Neuville?
    "We want to fight for 1 title and for that we have to call on one of the 3 drivers likely to win, Neuville is one of them, we made contact with him, it would have been a mistake not to do it. a contract with a long-term project until the end of 2021. We could only offer him a one-year contract with no prospects since the group decided to engage in another discipline in 2022 (note: Peugeot has announced this week his involvement in WEC.) We were not very attractive to him. "

    https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...ZzSrVW96pjJnMg

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    The last part just perfectly contradicted the PR explanation that it's all because of Ogier. If they were commited for 2021 and new rules from 2022 Neuville would have been a real option.

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    so they contacted neuville, thats new for me.
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    Why, in such a small community, there is something cooking all the time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
    Ogier was under contract until the end of 2020, how did he get out of it?
    "Actually, the contract was going until the end of 2020. There is a breach of contract, in which case we either go to court or find an amicable agreement. with Ogier. "
    Ok, it can be the translation but this sounds like the soap opera ain't over just yet.
    ku ois neljä pyörää ku vetäis ni ois vähän eri sekunnit kyllä pätkillä, sen mä takaan

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    There will be some kind of agreement with money being transferred in one or another direction, just like with Meeke. It's very unlikely much of it gets to the public. Unless Ogier's wife spills it out

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    so Kaisers yesterday tweet about ''good news'' was citroens withdrawal?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Andruet View Post
    Ok, it can be the translation but this sounds like the soap opera ain't over just yet.
    There's a second sentence

    "On a engagé des négociations et trouvé un accord avec Ogier."

    Which could translate to

    "We started negociating and found and agreement with Ogier"

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