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Thread: Silly Season 2020
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14th November 2019, 20:12 #1251
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14th November 2019, 20:30 #1252
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WRC R-GT is even more ridiculous
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14th November 2019, 20:35 #1253
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14th November 2019, 20:42 #1254
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14th November 2019, 20:56 #1255
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#8 Ott Tänak - Martin Järveoja #8
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14th November 2019, 21:00 #1256
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Indeed... Pierre Budar, pre-Rally Australia:
“We have learned the lessons from Spain and everyone on the team is totally committed to the goal of getting back on the podium in Australia, as well as continuing to plan for 2020 so that we can start the new season in the best possible shape."
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14th November 2019, 21:15 #1257
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Genuinely would be weird for Budar to deny it - as he will know either way (because it sounds like Ogier has known).
Another side to this could be that Ogier has decided to leave Citroen, and not take up his 2nd year option. So as a result Citroen have decided it's not worth continuing with Lappi + whatever other driver they could get. I know people have said/written that Citroen have a clause that Ogier couldn't leave for another team, but Citroen were in a desperate place in 2018 and Ogier could've (and probably did) bend them over in negotiations before joining them. Whether that's with demanding huge salary, constant development and also clauses put in his contract. I fail to see a man like Ogier having got himself legally locked into a contract for his final two years, with a team who were the weakest in the WRC field. You'd have thought he would have wanted a get-out clause
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14th November 2019, 21:19 #1258
I think perhaps because it was a decision made in the last 24-36 hours, Budar was taken by surprise, hence he genuinely believed Citroën would stay for next year, again this is just an assumption, guess we'll be wiser tomorrow if not then next week.
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14th November 2019, 21:21 #1259
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The other M-Sport driver (besides Suninen) will be paying an arm and a leg for the spot I'm presuming. In my opinion Greensmith would make more sense in the current climate than most of the free agents who are on their way down career wise. I really do feel for Lappi though, he had it all ahead of him.
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14th November 2019, 21:34 #1260
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Let’s say M-sport are only really bothered Ona year to year basis, which they usually are.. do you really think Greensmith is a better option than the mass of drivers out there?
Can’t see why they need to take funding from the second seat, as they didn’t this year, and let’s face it, the drivers who really need a spot aren’t in an ideal position to negotiate.
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