2015 News and Results

[EightGear]

not only WRC...

ERC as well?

He said he can choose between some offers for the coming 2 years.

[RS]

A thread on the WRC board mentions that he talks with Skoda too. If he signs with Skoda I am sure they won't let him drive another make of vehicle elsewhere, looks like Peugeot do allow that.

I can understand him wanting to leave Peugeot after this year but I think his long term prospects might be better with PSA, afterall VAG already rejected him once.

[WUff1]

Maybe a second DS-works team with Abbring and Chardonnet for WRC2?

On the other hand Chardonnet was testing Peugeot 208 T16 these days ...

Are there any news about Breen b.t.w.?

[stefanvv]

afterall VAG already rejected him once.

Wasn't that for the WRC team?

[RS]

Wasn't that for the WRC team?

I am just thinking does he want to burn bridges with PSA to join a vag brand when there might be a spare Citroen WRC seat in 2016..

[stefanvv]

I am just thinking does he want to burn bridges with PSA to join a vag brand when there might be a spare Citroen WRC seat in 2016..

Well, his ultimate goal is to get in WRC one day I think, so as VW is out of the question, he might want to stick with PSA, if there is no other alternative like Ford or Hyundai.

[Tom206wrc]

According to Kevin Abbring he can still continue with Peugeot, but is in negotiating with other teams for WRC probably.

Would be a bad decision from PSA to let him go

[EightGear]

This is the interview (in Dutch, obviously): http://www.ed.nl/sport/sport-regio/s...ideo-1.4665664
And a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteM9KAsa8Y&app=desktop

Basically he is saying he is glad his efforts are being noticed despite the lacking results. Peugeot is happy and wants to continue with him.
He wants to be in WRC and says he is in a luxury position because he can choose what he wants to do, without having to bring money. He doesn't yet know what he will choose though, and somewhere around next week he will need to have signed something.

I think it could still be Hyundai, since he is allready involved with them. Or even Toyota. Who knows.

[RS]

He should only leave ERC if he is offered a World Rally Car IMO, winning WRC2 proves relatively nothing.

[dodge33cymru]

It might not prove as much skills wise, but it would let him learn the rallies and stages before making the next move up, similar reasoning to Lappi talking about it. If you look at Tanak this year, it seems to have paid off for him. I guess being in front of prospective WRC teams each day and being around the same service area may be considered advantageous in career terms.

If you look at what happened with F3000 in single seater racing, it began having trouble because the drivers weren't running on GP circuits (they were on far more interesting tracks!). National F3 championships suffered a similar issue as soon as the European version started.

I fear the same thing may happen here between ERC and WRC2, which is a real pity. In my ideal world, some WRC events would count for ERC and vice-versa for WRC2, but I realise that's not possible in this day and age with different promoters.