Quote Originally Posted by EstWRC View Post
some finnish friends can translate this? http://www.iltalehti.fi/ralli/2016110222555604_ri.shtml
It's basically a Timo Jouhki interview:

- he says that timing of the announcement was the worst possible (well, that we already knew) as basically all contracts (for WRC teams) have already been signed or negotiated.

- according to Jouhki, Jari-Matti is "extremely disappointed" (I guess we knew that as well)

...but then the interesting points:

- he does not not believe (and if we keep in mind that it's Timo Jouhki speaking, there might be something else than pure belief behind it...) that Ogier would go to anywhere else than a "proven winning team, namely Citroen or equal to that". Jouhki's guess is, that if Ogier, for whatever reason, is unable to go to that kind of a team, he'll sit out 2017.

- Jouhki says that before anything can be done regarding Jari-Matti's situation, the legal work must be sorted out (contract with VW is still valid)

- when asked whether Toyota is an option for Jari-Matti, Jouhki just says that "it's hard to say if it's realistic or not" (whatever that means...)

- Jouhki also says (and this I don't believe one bit) that he "doesn't know" whether Tommi has made agreements with any other drivers than Hänninen.