2016 Silly Season

[Rally Power]

Ewrc is your friend
http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile....t=Eric-Camilli
Anyone know what he was doing 2010-2012? Studies?

No money to compete! http://www.ericcamilli.com/index.php/fr/parcours

[Rallyper]

For sure someone must pay to get him drives. Results doesn´t impress. But his name was on everyons lips last year.

[bassist]

Do You suggest that Camilli bought the seat? Do You have any proof for that? I'm really surprised with the choice of him as well though.

I have no proof of anything, all I said was `Cash is King`! I would be very suprised if this addition to the team has a pay off down the line somewhere. Wilson needs investment if he intends competing in the new format in 2017!

[Mariusz]

Ewrc is your friend
http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile....t=Eric-Camilli

What I find funny about the whole thing (this is not directed at you Rallyper) is that Wilson would get criticized either way. If he'd kept Evans he'd have been slated for doing so. By going for another young talent he's also been called crazy. He can't really win.

And? Rally is not football. Sebastien Loeb with 30s was not the best of the best?

He may be a talent, but not a young one anymore.

[Rallyper]

Everyone yelled about Camilli and then Toyota hired him on qualifications I don´t understand. Then MW chooses him 28 yrs old despite no own funding and no results to be impressed by ? Let´s see what MW knows that we idiots do not.

N.O.T.??? Where are you? Explain!

[Leon]

what is the program of Bergkvist for 20016?

[Dug83]

The thing is if Camilli does turnout to be a star M-Sport won't be able to afford to keep him in 2017 anyway. With the supposed return of two manufactures in 2017 they'd surely snap him up if he's any good. M-Sport will be nothing more than a place where manufactures let them develop drivers and offer them a seat if they're any good or if you're steady and got lots of cash.

Best of luck to him anyway as he'll need it!!!

[EstWRC]

Now that the drivers are basically confirmed, im both happy and dissapointed. Out of my three favourites and drivers who really pushed VW's on some rallies, Tänak, Meeke, Paddon, only Paddon got a good deal. Nothing is heard of Meeke, Tänak has to drive with those hubba bubba tires but im really happy that he drives at all.

The only hope for me is that the new Hyundai is really good and Neuville gets his mojo back and Paddon makes again good progress and really gives hard times for VW's. Otherwise the VW's will win the title already in Poland. Ogier's title will depend on Latvala and Mikkelsen.

But i think we will still have an interesting season, the VW's may be 1-2-3 on every rally but the fight for 4th up to 10th place, the evolution of Dmacks and progress of Camiili will be very interesting to watch.

And we will see even more of this from Tänak because he has to make up the deficit of the tires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg2Q8d-TNPQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXQQdhJuQNQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6jjBDWy_sc

[N.O.T]

N.O.T.??? Where are you? Explain!

I just do not like silly season speculation much i prefer rallies from gossip for little girls...

Camilli is nothing, and that is the reason wilson choose him, he prefers drivers that either pay or are free.

[rallyfiend]

The thing is if Camilli does turnout to be a star M-Sport won't be able to afford to keep him in 2017 anyway. With the supposed return of two manufactures in 2017 they'd surely snap him up if he's any good. M-Sport will be nothing more than a place where manufactures let them develop drivers and offer them a seat if they're any good or if you're steady and got lots of cash.

Best of luck to him anyway as he'll need it!!!

Depends on the options that MW can have over the future.

It's quite a well-known fact that the first year Thierry was at Hyundai, he had to spend most of his (nicely large) money to pay back Malcolm and Nasser who invested in him to give him the WRC drive at M-Sport....