Silly Season 2015

[MJW]

Ostberg was offered 10 rounds but he wants 13.

So who would he share a car with? Seb Loeb for Monte, Petter for Sweden and GB? Having said that Sweden and GB are Mads strongest events. Maybe it Monte, Germany and France that Yves wants another driver as Mads really struggles on asphalt.

[EightGear]

Maybe it is 'just in case' someone better is available. Wasn't Meeke offered 10 rounds for this years as well? In the end he did all 13.

[WUff1]

First Kubica was Matton´s favourite for the second car, but they seem to have had an argument. Now Ostberg was offered 10 rallies as written above. Ostberg wants all rallies and hopes for a change in Matton´s opinion after his result in Wales, otherwise M-Sport would again be interesting for him:


http://www.rallye-magazin.de/rallyes...erg/index.html

[Quad]

I saw info somewhere that in french canal+sport journalist told there is a contract on table for Kubica to sign - minimum 2 years with Citroen in WRC but he MUST drive WTCC

Matton is pushing on Kubica like crazy to drive their WTCC car for some reason, but Kubica don't want WTCC

[mousti]

Kubica Factory driver in WRC is stupid. Let him pay for 3rd driver or 4rd driver in an extra Lotos team. WTCC I dont get either they already dominate the series. Maybe for exposure?

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[Lundefaret]

One very interesting solution (tough i suspect the real solution could be a little less creative), is to skip thinking about drivers championship, and focus on team/PR, and have several drivers in each car. With one "main" driver, like Hyundais second car this year.
One could even have a qualifying event, like a PR stunt, before each rally. This could be gokart racing, and a lot of other fun gigs. This it self could be a viral success.
I would like to see Kris Meeke, Mads Østberg, Seb Loeb, Petter Solberg, and a couple of young guns or other prospects battling it out in Citroen DS3 R3T cars in a local rally, to compete for the start in the WRC car

[Rallyper]

Young guns could very well outpace Loeb or Meeke in gocart racing but be very modest when it comes to real man in the forest...

[Jack4688`]

One very interesting solution (tough i suspect the real solution could be a little less creative), is to skip thinking about drivers championship, and focus on team/PR, and have several drivers in each car. With one "main" driver, like Hyundais second car this year.
One could even have a qualifying event, like a PR stunt, before each rally. This could be gokart racing, and a lot of other fun gigs. This it self could be a viral success.
I would like to see Kris Meeke, Mads Østberg, Seb Loeb, Petter Solberg, and a couple of young guns or other prospects battling it out in Citroen DS3 R3T cars in a local rally, to compete for the start in the WRC car

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[Andre Oliveira]

So nice, now we will discuss new driver line-ups, new cars, new liveries, tests ... and quickly we are on Monte Carlo discusson mode

[Lundefaret]

When you have a can of paint open it's paramount to ensure you have good ventilation in the room, otherwise it can cause issues with your brain

For Citroëns rally team it is paramount to get the most and best PR out of the WRC effort in 2015.

1) Their new DS Brand needs all the PR it can get.
2) The WRC effort needs to be a cost effective solution to getting good PR.

Jost Capito complaines about the WRC in its current form not getting enough PR for the buck.
For me it is very strange strange that the official WRC efforts are getting pounded PR-vise by one man and his privateer effort.
Ken Block is the motorsport worlds undisputed PR king, why not learn from him?

Citroën could make them selves interesting by making a show out of who should drive their cars at certain rallies.
This could be YouTube-friendly, and also highly interactive. Rally fans can sugest who is going to enter the competition in front of the chosen rallies.

I would actually like to see the combatants beat it out in som low down machinery, like R1 Citroëns, on some relevant rally stages.
One of my wildest rally spectating moments came on Petter Solbergs farm watching him drive the crap out of a standard Volvo 940 Turbo (only skid plates and gravel tires). I turned down the opurtunity to get a passenger ride, because there where no seat belts in the passenger seat

On the other hand I would like to see Meeke drive the whole season.
Regarding Mads, I am a Norwegian, and would also like to see him in for a whole season, but understand if he is not given all the rallies. Maybe this is the wake up call he needs?

Best regards from the paint fumes