[WRC] News & Rumours (part V) 2017

[dodge33cymru]

Did you ask a question? When I caught his previous Q&As he answered everything I asked. Top interaction, don't knock it.

[N.O.T]

Did you ask a question? When I caught his previous Q&As he answered everything I asked. Top interaction, don't knock it.

no its great, but if he does it after every rally he should publish a list with FAQs in his page with answers to all the pleb questions he already answered so people don't ask over and over again the same things.

[dodge33cymru]

Fair comment.

[the sniper]

Mikkelsen is a decent driver, but I don't think he deserves to replace:
Hanninen - Involved in development and signed long before VW pulled out.
Breen - Involved in development and signed long before VW pulled out.
Lefebvre - Involved in development and signed long before VW pulled out.
Evans - Brings the DMACK sponsorship that likely pays for the drive and has a British link for a British team (many teams have followed this strategy in the past and continue to do so).

He needn't replace Breen and Lefebvre if Citroen took him on. The third C3 when it comes could go to Mikkelsen, with Breen and Lefebvre alternating in the other one. I just can't see that Citroen can afford to turn away Mikkelsen if they want to present any kind of Championship challenge (Driver or more likely Manufacturers) this year or even next year. Meeke, as much as I like him, can probably finish anywhere in the top four of a rally IF he can get to the end of a rally. Breen will probably finish somewhere between forth and eighth, getting it to the end consistently. Lefebvre could often be seventh or lower, with or without Rally 2, if he can avoid DNFs... You can't mount a Championship challenge on those terms. If Mikkelsen could carry the form he had at VW into Citroen you'd have a guy that could consistently finish at least in the top 5.

With Mikkelsen taking good consistent points regularly, Meeke getting good points or nothing semi regularly and Breen or Lefebvre being there to pick up a few points for the team when Mikkelsen or Meeke DNF, Citroen could present more of a challenge to the Manufacturers title. As things stand without Mikkelsen, Citroen to me have the weakest driver line up. Unless they're just there to take Meeke to occasional wins/podiums and otherwise make up the numbers...

[A FONDO]

no its great, but if he does it after every rally he should publish a list with FAQs in his page with answers to all the pleb questions he already answered so people don't ask over and over again the same things.

He does not do it for the answers, he does it to attract fans. When the average spectator feels he can reach him and the driver pays some attention answering, it creates a connection. This should be done by more rally drivers though. Just one hour a month won't kill them.

[Sulland]

I think we the teams need two more rallies before we see possible changes.
Mikkelsen has several options, but only 3 in WRC
- Citroen
- Toyota
- Private Ford

Other

- ERC/WRC 2/BRC in R5
- RX Supercar
- GT Racing and tester for Oreca R4 kit

[Rallyper]

I think we the teams need two more rallies before we see possible changes.
Mikkelsen has several options, but only 3 in WRC
- Citroen
- Toyota
- Private Ford

Other

- ERC/WRC 2/BRC in R5
- RX Supercar
- GT Racing and tester for Oreca R4 kit

Sure. That should end up Mikkelsen in a Citroen for Portugal and one more of my predictions in Crystal Ball 2017 comes home.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Meeke really not happy with the C3:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ke-and-citroen

[smsgrafica]

"Not happy" is an understatement. It looks like they totally f*cked up either the diff settings or the whole car. Just one month wait to know the truth.

[Franky]

Meeke really not happy with the C3:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report...ke-and-citroen

That article is just loads of warm air