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Thread: Silly Season 2020
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27th October 2019, 13:04 #491
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27th October 2019, 13:04 #492
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27th October 2019, 13:08 #493
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Without those changes Ogier was best out of the rest until Spain... even including 2 crashes (Sweden, Sardinia) and multiple punctures or small crashes (Argentina, Germany).
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27th October 2019, 16:38 #494
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Some have started to speculate that Tänak might even do "Rosberg" after this season.
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27th October 2019, 16:52 #495
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27th October 2019, 16:56 #496
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There's a huge budget behind making the 'N' a well-known performance brand. You don't hire the head of BMW 'M' and give him a blank cheque for nothing.
There's a new i20 out soon with the first i20N hot-hatch too next year. WRC is good marketing for that.
There's a lot of money from R5, but mainly i30 TCR sales, which have been very strong to help give the motorsport division even more available funds.
In short, yes they have the money and the impetus.
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27th October 2019, 16:57 #497
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https://www.rtbf.be/sport/moteurs/ra...ve?id=10352231
Maybe monday tuesday we know more
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27th October 2019, 17:02 #498
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There is an obvious list of possible conflicts coming at once at Hyundai:
What if he wants changes to the car that go opposite to Neuville and that can't be done without homologation jokers?
- a) Probably he will have the last say as reigning world champion. But what if that makes Neuville and Sordo much slower and therefore threaten manu champ?
- b) Or what if the changes are not really possible without changing the whole car? This applies especially on tamac as shown by Loeb/Mikkelsen
Let say no (drastic) changes are needed at start. It's still quite likely that Neuville will be as fast or maybe faster in first few rallies. But it's unlikely we will start to see strong n1 prioritizing at once, but that can in the end hurt the chances both have to the title as Ogier will benefit.
It might be that he only agreed to join if he is clear n1 from start, but b) could still be a problem.
For team dynamics it will be interesting.
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27th October 2019, 17:14 #499
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27th October 2019, 17:27 #500
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Toyota can hire Mikkelsen, Breen etc. Why would they keep either Latvala or Meeke who are both accident prone
"Pavlos Athanassoulas, the event director of the Acropolis Rally Greece, told Cosmote TV in an interview that all three manufacturers agreed that the current classification period should be respected...
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