Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
I usually agree with you but getting rid of Tanak to take Kubica is not a good idea unless you want some of Kubica's sponsors.
I would let Tidemand have a few rounds like you said btw.
The reason I'd take Kubica is because I believe his upside, his potential, his ceiling - whatever you want to call it - is higher. I think he'd massively benefit from moving back into a professional set-up at this stage in his career. He's still going to have a few shunts, no doubt - but I think if you can remove that layer of niggling problems (bad reliability, bad preparation, punctures) then we know he has the pace. So often his rallies are over before they've even started and that bred negativity. With some man management from Malcolm and some structure and goal-setting on rallies (a bit of method instead of madness) I think he could certainly put up the same points Tanak did this year.

Plus he's a bigger name PR-wise, he has some sponsors. Maybe he doesn't need to be a manufacturer points scorer every round. And if he scores 11 points again at the end of next year we can close the book on Kubica.