[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[EstWRC]

yes, Tänak back in the main team although he had an offer from factory team. And not from the team you all think...

[Simmi]

yes, Tänak back in the main team although he had an offer from factory team. And not from the team you all think...

Very interesting, thanks EstWRC. Could M-Sport actually be paying a driver next season? Makes you wonder why he turned down Citroen (I'm guessing) or Hyundai? Maybe not a full 14 rounds on the table - for instance in the third Citroen...

[jacko]

Ostberg: 'Great learning experience @rallyeniedersachsen. We also got a podium �� Lucky me !' #2ndplace #practicemakesperfect

Well nice words to his sponsors and die-hard fans but indeed, for a driver who drives already ten years with the most of them in a full-season in a factory car (including test, best engineers around him) it's quite pathetic this quote "learning corner entry's and exit. If i had been Malcom (or any other teammanger) i would say this is it, you are out. First of all he did a mistake in preparation because he should had taken also the long ratio gearbox with him to this rally (most German rally's have long straights, if you just google for some minutes you would know that and for sure this rally if you look the stagemaps before). After the recce he should know that this (short) gearbox would give the highest speed. If he really wants to learn corner entry at least he should do it with the most speed available, now he complains about the many times he got on the on the rev limiter on every straight. What a amateur.

Please remember: Mads Ostberg is a very good driver but nothing special in top of the WRC. Mads should drive the ERC next year, there he can celebrate more poduims

[jacko]

And about Fabian Kreim: he has the luck Skoda Germany invest a lot in him; he drives the German championship, the Asian-Pacific rounds, already 2 rounds in Czech from one of them was the Barum ERC round and also the German WRC round. And when the competition is strong (WRC & ERC) you can clearly see he has still a long way to go to reach the top.

[nafpaktos]

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[nafpaktos]

Ostberg: 'Great learning experience @rallyeniedersachsen. We also got a podium 🏆 Lucky me !' #2ndplace #practicemakesperfect

if he is happy by being 2nd behind kreim then 10th in Corsica against wrc drivers would be GREAT RESULT!!!!

[EightGear]

Ostberg: 'Great learning experience @rallyeniedersachsen. We also got a podium Lucky me !' #2ndplace #practicemakesperfect

Is he being sarcastic?

'Lucky me!'

[er88]

Ostberg: 'Great learning experience @rallyeniedersachsen. We also got a podium Lucky me !' #2ndplace #practicemakesperfect

That's truly pathetic

[Zeakiwi]

That's truly pathetic

Lucky him if he gets to learn to drive the R5 on a variety of surfaces if he does not get a 2017 WRC car.

[liposh]

And about Fabian Kreim: he has the luck Skoda Germany invest a lot in him; he drives the German championship, the Asian-Pacific rounds, already 2 rounds in Czech from one of them was the Barum ERC round and also the German WRC round. And when the competition is strong (WRC & ERC) you can clearly see he has still a long way to go to reach the top.

Kreim is improving, but I am afraid he may (or may not) end up like Wiegand. Very fast but one step under the top. Nobody knows at the moment and it means Skoda Germany could be quite disappointed in next few years with second bad investment. OR He would reach the top and I would be the dummy