[WRC] News & Rumours 2020

[Arnold Triyudho Wardono]

Here comes Max McRae ... what a name !

https://www.wrc.com/en/wrc/news/dece...3--12-12-.html

The question is, how fast he is compared with Kalle & Oliver..?

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[AnttiL]

The question is, how fast he is compared with Kalle & Oliver..?

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Let’s get back to that in five years or so

[the sniper]

The question is, how fast he is compared with Kalle & Oliver..?

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Way too early to tell, he hasn't even done a rally yet! I think it's going to be tougher for him though, particularly with living in Australia. There will need to be some pretty big decisions/commitments made near the end of next year if he's going to go down the same path as Kalle and Oliver. It'll be interesting to see what his program is in 2021/2, to see how serious he is.

[AnttiL]

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...atus-at-toyota

Ogier hasn't demanded number one status at Toyota, everyone is equal as the season starts...

[Fast Eddie WRC]

https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/1...atus-at-toyota

Ogier hasn't demanded number one status at Toyota

Maybe because it goes without saying for a 6x World Champion, versus a 1x rally winner, and a rookie...

[RAS007]

Maybe because it goes without saying for a 6x World Champion, versus a 1x rally winner, and a rookie...

I’m not a huge fan of Ogier, but will be really interested to see if he can equal Kankkunen’s unbeaten record of 3 driver’s titles with three different manufacturers. On a related note, other than Ogier, who was the last driver to win the driver’s title with more than one manufacturer? Röhrl?

[masa90]

I’m not a huge fan of Ogier, but will be really interested to see if he can equal Kankkunen’s unbeaten record of 3 driver’s titles with three different manufacturers. On a related note, other than Ogier, who was the last driver to win the driver’s title with more than one manufacturer?

Röhrl?

There is not many multiple time champions: Ogier, Loeb, Grönholm, Mäkinen, Kankkunen, Sainz, Biasion, Röhrl.

And out of those only Ogier, Kankkunen and Röhrl won it with more than one manufacturer in total.

[Allez Andruet]

That's rare indeed. As masa90 wrote, only Röhrl, Kankkunen and Ogier have managed to do it. Mikkola (1979) and Grönholm (2006) have also been close to achieve it (Mikkola retrospectively), but being close naturally doesn't count here.

[AnttiL]

Mikkola (1979) and Grönholm (2006) have also been close to achieve it

Sainz 1995? Auriol 1992?

[Allez Andruet]

Sainz 1995? Auriol 1992?

Close (like McRae in 2001), yes, but not as close as those two. Röhrl was also pretty damn close to snatch it with a third manufacturer in 1983.