[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[seb_sh]

But why dont you give the four time World Champion a properly tuned car when you have a chance of recruiting him to your team?

I've been thinking about that quote myself as well. Maybe it wasn't a real try to get him or he is trying to make excuses for the car; or maybe it was a simple case of hard to find a schedule so they put him in when they had a test and conditions weren't ideal. Without more info we will never know...

[GravelBen]

...or maybe it was a simple case of hard to find a schedule so they put him in when they had a test and conditions weren't ideal. Without more info we will never know...

This is my thought too - they probably had a test planned for that time and place already, so they let him come and drive. It may have also been the only test that fit into Ogier's schedule.