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29th July 2024, 13:11 #1
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Silly Season 2025
It's time!
What do we know so far?
Toyota
Kalle Rovanperä
Takamoto Katsuta
Hyundai
Ott Tänak
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29th July 2024, 14:13 #2
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Toyota was interrested in 3 youngsters, was it pajari, Solberg and sesks?
https://rallyjournal.com/jari-...e-i...-teams-sights/
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29th July 2024, 14:44 #3
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I will risk a prediction. If one of the Hyundai drivers wins the championship,the other will leave the team. Provided of course Hyundai continues for 2025...
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29th July 2024, 15:29 #4
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Abiteboul said Hyundai are considering changing to a full-time 3rd driver from next season....
https://dirtfish.com/rally/wrc/hyund...driver-policy/
This also depends on any new points system, but if they go ahead, who would be the best choice ?
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29th July 2024, 15:40 #5
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29th July 2024, 17:21 #6
I don't see any of the drivers sharing the 3rd Hyundai car getting a full time seat, and I can't see a rookie getting in either.
I think Fourmaux could be an interesting prospect, but at the same time, why go to Hyundai if their future is uncertain?
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30th July 2024, 06:50 #7
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They have to hire Loeb! Oh wait, he eighter couldn't drive the Hyundai on tarmac.
Its not the existing drivers that are the problem, its the car.
I don't see Fourmaux change seat, lots of uncertain future in Hyundai, why would Hyundai pay M-sport for a driver for maybe a year or two?
If, then they have future plans.
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30th July 2024, 10:08 #8
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30th July 2024, 10:22 #9
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I would go for Sordo. He is complete everywhere. Or go a completely different direction and hire some youngster but that turns out to be a pretty bad decision in the past. I don't know what's with Lappi, but he is nothing after that ''Sweden win''. And that rare competitiveness of Mikkelsen isn't enough (and he always fucked that up too). There is Suninen also, but he was tricked so many times by Hyundai, that I wonder what he is doing there. Lindholm, nah. Either Hyundai isn't serious about training youngsters or he isn't everywhere. There is one guy who I think should be included in consideration. It's silly how they are not seeing Paddon at all. Of youngsters they have Solberg (he had a chance with them before), Pajari (except if Toyota holds him with some clause), Sesks, Gryazin,...
Toyota will go with the same, sure, they will not get rid of Katsuta, after they invested in him so much time and effort (and he is a Japanese ambassador).
M-Sport will maybe replace Munster with Sesks, except that the Greek guy will not let them. Maybe give him Rally2 Fiesta for one season and bring Sesks up. In the past, that way, they did very well. Tanak, Evans, Fourmaux
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30th July 2024, 11:27 #10
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Yeah, Paddon deserves a seat in Hyundai.
Also Solberg should have matured enough to get a seat."Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
Tommi Mäkinen, back in the years...
Before official decision there will be: - hybrid will still be used - Hyundai will leave if they don't like smth - hybrid will be cancelled - hyundai's future in wrc looks promising - no next...
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