[WRC] News & rumours (part III)

[dodge33cymru]

The guess with Lefevbre us partial season with PH Sport, funded by Citroen.

[JAM]

To be honest the world of rally is not always logical. You bring one of the people that has shown immense speed in lower categories to the top and the guy does nothing but crash or go mega slow (like Tänak or Lefebvre).

Ott Tanak is mega slow?!?!?

And are you talking about lack of logical?...

[dodge33cymru]

Ott Tanak is mega slow?!?!?

And are you talking about lack of logical?...

I think he's classing Tanak under the 'always crash' part of that either/or clause...

[JAM]

I think he's classing Tanak under the 'always crash' part of that either/or clause...

Ok, but Tanak and Levebvre are far from "mega slow". They could be only not as fast as some may have wished

[dimviii]

Simon Scattolin will be new co-driver for Bertelli

[itix]

Ok, but Tanak and Levebvre are far from "mega slow". They could be only not as fast as some may have wished

Yeah, those are probably better words for what I wanted to get across.... not as fast as others in the level and class they are running, let's say!

And yeah, dodge33cymru is right, I class Tänak under the crash a lot section (even though he's better now than he was his first season with Ford)

[eestlane]

I love that everybody is saying that Ott always crashes but not Meeke. Meeke had more offs this year than Ott.
Meeke-Germany,Italy,Mexico,Monte,Sweden,Finland
Ott- Wales,Monte,Mexico,Spain,Germany(small off at the beginning)- in Argentina he was unlucky to hit a rock in a watersplash and in Sardinia the car gave up.

While Meeke has more WRC starts than Ott.

[dodge33cymru]

Difference being that Meeke won an event, his speed was more consistent, he's strong on tarmac too, he narrowly lost out in being best non-VW in the championship and contributed to the team objective of second in the constructors. The downsides to Meeke are consistency, same as Tanak, and his age but he's done a great job of proving himself with arguably his last chance.

[JUF]

What´s the plan for Martin Prokop for 2016? His start at Rally Dakar prevents a start at Rally Monte Carlo, so he does WRC2 next year? Or selected rounds in the World Rally Car?

[PLuto]

What´s the plan for Martin Prokop for 2016? His start at Rally Dakar prevents a start at Rally Monte Carlo, so he does WRC2 next year? Or selected rounds in the World Rally Car?

He will do Dakar and selected rounds in WRC. WRC2 is nonsense for him...