[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[mousti]

WRC2 with Toyota? GT86 car with that car u can't do much in that championship..

[rage82]

Ostberg or Meeke to Monte Carlo team points?

Meeke alongside Loeb for manu points in Monte Carlo. There was an interview about this on wrc.com some time ago.

[EightGear]

WRC2 with Toyota? GT86 car with that car u can't do much in that championship..

I guess they will pay a year in an R5 for someone? Doesn't necessarily have to be a Toyota.

[dodge33cymru]

Would make more sense for Toyota than putting them in WRC3 and having their main driver not driving 4WD in the lead up to their programme. Again, seems strange for them to be funding it this far away from a 2017 entry though.

[Jack4688`]

WRC2 with Toyota? GT86 car with that car u can't do much in that championship..

Mainly because it's an R3 car and not eligible for WRC-2. It would be with another manufacturer's car.

[Franky]

Would make more sense for Toyota than putting them in WRC3 and having their main driver not driving 4WD in the lead up to their programme. Again, seems strange for them to be funding it this far away from a 2017 entry though.

Japanese corporate culture is strange for the Westerners in all possible ways. They've got their own approach and planning.

[stefanvv]

I guess they will pay a year in an R5 for someone? Doesn't necessarily have to be a Toyota.

If they are going to pay to lets say Abbring for WRC2 in 1+1 year in another car, we can guess what their plan is for 2017.

[vino_93]

Would make more sense for Toyota than putting them in WRC3 and having their main driver not driving 4WD in the lead up to their programme. Again, seems strange for them to be funding it this far away from a 2017 entry though.

No it's not so strange. The 5 drivers they tested are young guns, and Toyota wants to find the future World Champion.
To be ready in 2017, they need to learn the race, and gain experience. If you don't put these young guns in your team, maybe they will go to another team, and it could be difficult to have them in 2017.

2 years of WRC2 for Tidemand, Abbring or Lefebvre (+ test with WRC) is probably the right thing before going to WRC.
And going to WRC3 then to WRC2 for Camilli or Suuninen is realistic choice too. you can even put these 2 in a R5 car, but it could be a bit too quick for both of them. Let's see what Toyota will do ...

[Ounin]

I think that we all have 2017 in our mind; Toyota had officially scheduled 2017 because of the expected rule changes the FIA was considering. But there won't be any major ones till then as recently reported so they can go ahead with the actual car they are testing right now isn't it??? Two years seems a long time. This rumour of an WRC2 entry for the contracted talents makes sense as a bridging period for one season compared with the VW entered Skoda for Ogier few years ago

[EightGear]

Breen will do WRC2 and ERC in a 208.