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    Quote Originally Posted by Allez Andruet View Post
    Newsflash: she might also have her own career and there's a chance she's not solely living through the achievements of her husband.
    Of course, she's a well known tv presenter for German TV.

    Was having a go at the ironical timing of the tweet (and her antics at the rally in Catalunya)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
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    Chris Ingram, who won the 2019 FIA European Rally Championship* in a final-stage decider on Rally Hungary earlier this month, has been inducted into the Extreme E Drivers’ Programme.

    The 25-year-old Briton was selected after he declared an interest in competing in the off-road racing series for electric SUVs, which also includes multiple FIA World Rally title winner Sébastien Ogier and double ERC3 champion Zoltán Bessenyey.
    They may be promoting it next year, but Extreme E will only start in 2021 with a handful of events that are looking to be a sort of TV reality show rather than proper racing. Apparently it fits on Ogier retirement plans...

    Btw, it’s disgusting the way Todt and his friends from the politics are selling the industry to the electric lobby. It worth take a look on how Formula E was created: https://www.fiaformulae.com/en/news/...born-in-paris/

    Basically: the French midget and the then European Commission VP Tajani pushed Agag, a spanish smart ass that learned a few tricks with Briatore and got all sort of connections from his father-in-law (spain’s former PM Aznar) to start FE, which was destined to be a failure untill Dieselgate arrived…now they’re releasing this Extreme crap and they won’t rest ruining motorsport untill EV’s bubble burst (hopefully, sooner than later).
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    If Ogier is interested in entering Extreme-E which starts in 2021 then it seems to confirm 2020 will be his last year in WRC.

    Toyota (and rally fans) must hope wunderkid Rovanpera becomes the top pilot to replace him and be able to fight for the WDC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    Toyota (and rally fans) must hope wunderkid Rovanpera becomes the top pilot to replace him and be able to fight for the WDC.
    I don't really fear for Toyota. I do fear for Rovanpera. The overhype might not be good for him.

    This year everyone was expecting him to easily collect WRC2pro. then he crashed in all 3 first rallies and won it only with big help of extremely limited number of entrants and repeating C3 R5 problems. Leave him alone for a year or two, like Ogier when he started in Citroen. The kind of miracle start Loeb had is extremely rare.

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    Sooooo, Ogier leaves Citroen 2 times within 10 years, hmmmmm. Well different reason now anyway.
    "With that car, your brain can actually never keep up"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC View Post
    If Ogier is interested in entering Extreme-E which starts in 2021 then it seems to confirm 2020 will be his last year in WRC.
    With Toyota in his hands, he may reconsider.

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    Citroen was essentially a one driver team for almost a decade. What you are seeing now is in large part, due to that. Not entirely dissimilar to Mitsubishi in the mid/late 1990s, its just that this lasted a lot longer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnttiL View Post
    Was it any different in 2018 or 2019 with four manufacturers?
    Maybe.

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    Is it worse than two-way battles?
    Nothing could be worse than that.

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    an era where one team was miles ahead of the others?
    No.
    Last edited by RAS007; 21st November 2019 at 01:41.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RAS007 View Post
    Citroen was essentially a one driver team for almost a decade. What you are seeing now is in large part, due to that. Not entirely dissimilar to Mitsubishi in the mid/late 1990s, its just that this lasted a lot longer.
    Citroen just screwed up their driver lineup since loeb retired.
    They had golden talent ogier and chased him away. They had neuville and chased him away. They had meeke and fired him. They had the chance to hire ogier back in 2016 but didn't even bother.
    They even chased away loeb after 20 years of loyal service.

    There just seems to be nobody in that team with an eye for talent and a long term plan.

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    In mid 2018 when he was hired Lappi was clearly the most promising new driver in WRC.
    It's just that 2019 has been a bit of a disaster for him. Especially the start.

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