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    i dont get the hype with Lappi, hasn't impressed me so far but he has the chance to do so this year in WRC2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PLuto View Post
    There is almost no chance to have Skoda available for Koci so early.
    But Koci will drive Fabia R5 in second half of season, right? You only say Portugal is too early, right? You know, it is matter of the heart for me to see young and talented Slovak guy with czech car and I am really looking forward to it.
    Visit South Moravia. It is the real paradise

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    Quote Originally Posted by liposh View Post
    But Koci will drive Fabia R5 in second half of season, right? You only say Portugal is too early, right? You know, it is matter of the heart for me to see young and talented Slovak guy with czech car and I am really looking forward to it.
    I think that nothing was decided yet...

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    Quote Originally Posted by WUff1 View Post
    It´s written that Mikkelsen could sign with Toyota (his contract with VW runs out after this season), then there would be a free seat for Lappi at VW Motorsport. Ogier and Latvala have got longer contracts with VW.
    I'm not sure about Mikkelsen but I believe that Seb and Jari-Matti's contracts are up at the end of 2016. Honestly I think any driver is possible for Toyota if they are prepared to pay them and can convince them of a competitive programme. The second part shouldn't be too hard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eli View Post
    if i understood correctly they said Lappi could replace Mikkelsen in VW II team and Mikkelsen could lead toyota, would be nice, although i thought Latvala would understand that if he wants any chance of beating Ogier he needs to build a team and a car around him but i guess Mikkelsen is smarter
    2017 Toyota drivers will be Eric Camilli and Teemu Suninen, but definitely they will need a nr1 Star Driver and there is only Ogier, Neuville and maybe Latvala that kind of kaliber.

    Mikkelsen is not yet there. If he is not able to take one more step during this season I doubt he will ever achieve that kind of level.

    Camilli will drive WRC2 during this year (also next year) and Suninen is aiming to drive WRC3 in 2015 and WRC2 in 2016. If they are able to win during these two seasons, it´s sure that in 2017 they are still learning...

    VW & Ogier are keen to stay together. Would be good for Latvala to get rid of Ogier´s shadow and I think that if Hyundai´s new i20 WRC is not a real winning car, Neuville is ready to move on. He has a three-year contract (2014-2016), so it would be possibe to drive a Toyota in 2017...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rp View Post
    2017 Toyota drivers will be Eric Camilli and Teemu Suninen, but definitely they will need a nr1 Star Driver and there is only Ogier, Neuville and maybe Latvala that kind of kaliber.
    How on earth you know this? Source please!
    Once it pop´s, you can´t stop...

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    Surprise from France !!! Jean-René Perry, winner of the Opel Adam Cup last year and so current official driver from the brand in french rallies championship, will run the three next events of the JWRC !!!

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    A noob question: is a RRC faster than a r5, if yes why they compete together?

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    Sometimes RRC is faster, sometimes not, the main advantage is that RRC are much more reliable although also much more expensive. They compete together because there is very small number of RRC cars everywhere except WRC events and it makes no sense to keep them in separate class. The mistake was to replace S2000 homologations with RRC in 2011.
    Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump

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    Will RRC continue to be allowed in WRC, or will it be banned at a certain point?

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