Quote Originally Posted by AL14 View Post
A 3 year contract is always a good solution unless you are Ogier. M-Sport will never give him a good car. Let alone DMACKS in their first years... Toyota will struggle a lot at the beginning I guess but at least Tanak will drive with a bit cleaner mind.

Look at what a longterm contract has done to Paddon and Meeke. Even if Toyota is a very big question mark with a lot of doubts around their performances I think it would be definitely good for Tanak considering the options he has.
If anyone is offering Tanak a three-year contract then he should rip their arm off and take it. But is there any source saying that's what he's being offered - or just speculation? Seems that Toyota want to demonstrate pace to try and lure a VW driver for 2018 and beyond. So throwing out long-term contracts now might not be in their plans. And if they were going to give one to any guy it might be Lappi for development.

Would Meeke have got a three-year deal if Toyota weren't interested in him too? I'm not sure he would. Question is does Tanak have that same leverage? I'm not sure he does?