Silly Season 2020

[ggg377]

Come on guys. Tänak is going to Australia and he's going to be fighting for the win. In one of the post-Catalunya interview someone said to him you won 6 rallies this season. He responded - so far... Toyota will most likely offer generous bonuses for both the rally win and the manufacturer's title. What's in it for him if he sabotages his team for Hyundai?

[ggg377]

https://sport.err.ee/977061/wilson-j...enist-ei-loobu

Wilson on 05.09.2019 "For sure Elfyn and Teemu will stay in the team" "We have invested so much into both of them it would be insane to let someone profit off of us"

[Legendaarne]

As usual, I think the reason for Tänaks leavingi probably lies somewhere in between what everyone here and in the media has talked about.
I can totally see Mäkinen not having balls enough to say to his other drivers to back off, not to chase Ott in the brginning of the year (cost Toyota and Ott a lot of points)
Toyota still seems kinda unreliable.

But I just think Ott & Tommi coulfn't get along because probably Tommi said yes to each driver when asked, if they can drive for the win.
He isn't the kind of leader that Malcolm id.
And Adamo is.

They get things done and that's it.

This is my two cents anyway on the matter.

Ott&Martin are champions, this matters the most.

Hope to see some news soon and get some closure

[krissucool]

As usual, I think the reason for Tänaks leavingi probably lies somewhere in between what everyone here and in the media has talked about.
I can totally see Mäkinen not having balls enough to say to his other drivers to back off, not to chase Ott in the brginning of the year (cost Toyota and Ott a lot of points)
Toyota still seems kinda unreliable.

But I just think Ott & Tommi coulfn't get along because probably Tommi said yes to each driver when asked, if they can drive for the win.
He isn't the kind of leader that Malcolm id.
And Adamo is.

They get things done and that's it.

This is my two cents anyway on the matter.

Ott&Martin are champions, this matters the most.

Hope to see some news soon and get some closure

Can you give any concrete examples of teammates costing Tänak points?

[Legendaarne]

I mean in the way that they didn't take points away from Ogier and Neuville

Meeke in portugal
Finland 1-2-3 for example

Bad choice of words in my part

[ggg377]

Can you give any concrete examples of teammates costing Tänak points?

Meeke gifting Neuville the 2nd place and Ogier 3rd place in Portugal crashing in the powerstage.

[ggg377]

Meeke/Latvala crashed out of many races in the first half of the season chasing their personal ambitions, in the process gifting many points to Neuville, Ogier and the Hyundais. I think at some point there was a statistic that something like over half of Meeke's WDC points were from power stages (after crashing on the first or second day).

[denkimi]

Can you give any concrete examples of teammates costing Tänak points?

Only in argentina and turkey ended his teammates in front of him. And neither times could any of them have given him more points.

[mknight]

https://sport.err.ee/977061/wilson-j...enist-ei-loobu

Wilson on 05.09.2019 "For sure Elfyn and Teemu will stay in the team" "We have invested so much into both of them it would be insane to let someone profit off of us"

Funny comment, as "letting others" profit (and taking his part) has been his mode of operation for quite a while. Tanak being latest example.

Also doesn't fit the way they were talking up Evan's value around July.

Final note is that this was written on 5/9 which is before all this Tanak crazyness.

[T16]

Why not mikkelsen and latvala at citroen? Perhaps together with ostberg.
If latvala doesn't crash to often they could do well in the constructors.

Just got that feeling again that they’re going to jump ship.