[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[smsgrafica]

Yves Matton on Autosport:

"All I will say is that if Sebastien Ogier gives me a call I will answer and we will have a chat, but there's no question about changing my driver line-up for next season.

"We took the decision to follow this philosophy [of developing young drivers].

"But, when you have a four-time world champion this can be interesting.

Asked if he would take a call from Ogier's team-mates, Matton added: "I would not say I would not take the call from Jari-Matti Latvala or Andreas Mikkelsen, of course I will - I am a polite guy!

"But the story is different for them: they are not French and they don't have the world title."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ogier-for-2017

[AL14]

Yves Matton on Autosport:





http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ogier-for-2017

[EstWRC]

Sordo thinks Ogier can go anywhere and that Latvala will go to Toyota

translated link https://translate.google.ee/translat...tml&edit-text=


original link where's a podcast or something like that, maybe some spanish friends can tell us more http://cadenaser.com/programa/2016/1...98_689196.html

[Simmi]

Matton/Citroen are going to have to get creative here when it comes to Ogier. The reason they are rotating Breen/Lefebvre until (Portugal I think?) was that they'd conservatively planned to just run two cars next season. So the extra parts now ordered wouldn't come through in time.

So I'm wondering whether the world champion can make these part lead-times a bit shorter? Or whether Breen/Lefebvre might end up in year-old machinery for a bit?

[bassist]

I agree with that, but when you compare two drivers the way the pink scarf guy did, you have to be a bit more careful if you do not want to sound like some inferiority complex nobody.

N.O.T., you are priceless !! Your poor attempts at Humour are lost in the fog of your lack of intelligence. Grow up and try and enter into a thoughtful debate, instead of looking for ill thought out one liners which serve no purpose, other than to make you a laughing stock.

[bassist]

I constitute of 95% common sense and 5% pure awesomeness, everyone knows that.

N.O.T., you are priceless !! Your poor attempts at Humour are lost in the fog of your lack of intelligence. Grow up and try and enter into a thoughtful debate, instead of looking for ill thought out one liners which serve no purpose, other than to make you a laughing stock.

[EstWRC]

write it one more time...are you a bot?

[Allez Andruet]

Interview with Esapekka Lappi (in Finnish):
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/ralli/art-2000001944826.html

Lappi strongly denies signing any kind of contract with Toyota for 2017 and feels that now (after VW announcement) his chances to drive in WRC next season are quite slim.

"It doesn't look good for me. I can't compete against Ogier or Latvala (for the remaining WRC seats)."



If I was Tommi, I would much rather take Lappi than Latvala. Latvala clearly (based on 2016) is on his way down, but Lappi has some serious potential.

[bassist]

write it one more time...are you a bot?

Nope. not a bot- just a normal Rally Fan !

[Arwel Davies]

Nope. not a bot- just a normal Rally Fan !

And an useless sheep farmer.

That statement from Mr Matton is interesting. He says he wont change the line up but then would take Ogier back. Meeke and Ogier in the same team would be really interesting but the thought of Ogier and Tanak in a Fiesta is more appealing to me and that's where I think he'll go.