Quote Originally Posted by BigWorm View Post
In the Autosport article Matton gives no signs of intention of him opening negotiations with Ogier.
On the contrary, Matton stops just short of saying it's Ogier's decision. If he wants to drive for Citroen, he'll make sure to let it happen. Not so for JML or Mikkelsen, because they are neither French nor World Champions, although I suspect it's a nice way to say they just aren't good enough to justify the stress that signing one of them would bring.

It would obviously be a big commitment for Citroen, because Matton doesn't want to sacrifice his young drivers by axing one of them just after signing a 2 year contract. So this would leave him with only one solution: running a 4th car.

The problem now is that Citroen already knows they'll only have 2 C3s at the Monte, with Breen and Lefebvre taking turns at the wheel of it and the old DS3 until the third car arrives. Logic would put Ogier in the second C3 and the youngsters in two DS3s for the first rounds, until the other C3s will be ready.